[Elecraft] K3 and recording SSB

[Jeff Kinzli N6GQ]

Nick and others, thanks for the replies and information.

Sounds like I have some options, and I should be able to get things
working reasonably well.

See you all in the pileups.

Jeff N6GQ (op @ KH6LC)

On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 03:03, Nick Lekic <ve3ey at rogers.com> wrote:
> Hi Jeff
>
> There are many programs which will allow you to record the audio, but the
> problem
> starts when the time comes to find some particular QSOs in the pile of
> recorded files.
>
> Writelog was perfect for this purpose but I no longer use it for different
> reasons.
>
> I settled with Recall Pro ( http://www.sagebrush.com/recpro.htm )which is
> not as flexible compared with
> Writelog but it does the job.
>
> The program can split the recording after each hour giving you, say, 48
> files per entire contest.  Mine is configured
> to auto name each file by inserting a contest name, the hour and minute.
> Eg. ww2007cw_1000.mp3 for recording
> segment beginning at 10:00GMT.
>
> Depending on MP3 compression level used, each file will be somewhere between
> 10Mb and 15Mb in size.
>
> Since the time stamps are recorded you can later open a selected MP3 file
> and search for a specific point in time (in seconds)
> by moving the playback slider to desired position.
>
> Writelog was unbeatable for this feature.  You could just browse through
> your log, right-click on the given QSO and select 'play this qso'.
> I wish other contest logging programs could do that.
>
> 73,  Nick
> ve3ey
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jeff Kinzli N6GQ <jeff at N6GQ.com>
> To: w3fpr at arrl.net
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 11:51:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 and recording SSB
>
> Thanks guys...I have Audacity, and that's what I was thinking of using
> unless someone had a better idea.
>
> I'm still wondering if there's a way to get the monitor audio out the
> line-out output from the rear. It would be there out the headphone
> jack but as K8DD pointed out, that is going to be controlled by the AF
> Gain, which isn't optimal.
>
> Jeff N6GQ
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 19:15, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> Jeff,
>>
>> For recording software, I suggest Total Recorder (www.highcriteria.com)
>> for
>> recording ease.  It is not free, but is budget priced and does the task
>> well.
>>
>> If you are looking for something free, I suggest you look at Audacity from
>> www.sourceforge.net - it is a great audio editor and is open source and
>> multi-platform.
>>
>> I record with Total Recorder and edit with Audacity myself.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>> Jeff Kinzli N6GQ wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Folks,
>>>
>>> I'm planning a serious effort for CQWW SSB in October and would like
>>> to record the entire contest digitally to my laptop (not the logging
>>> computer, a different one). I'd like to also include in the recording
>>> the monitor audio on XMIT, is this possible?
>>>
>>> If anyone has had any great success with any particular computer
>>> recording software, I'd love to hear about that, too. My plan is to
>>> just run the LINE-OUT from the K3 to my MIC-IN on my laptop, and
>>> adjust MIC levels until I have something that doesn't distort. Any
>>> words of wisdom or success stories are welcome...
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jeff N6GQ
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