[Elecraft] K3 Rtty Tx Setup Question

[David Wilburn]

That portion is copied and pasted from an earlier release.  It is a 
laptop, and does not have a line out.  My concern is that it works 
going into the mic in of the rear panel, but not the line in of the 
rear panel.


Dave Wilburn
K4DGW
K2/100 - S/N 5982
K3/100 - S/N 766

"For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will 
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Jim Cox wrote:
> shouldn't you connect the line out on the sound card to the line in on 
> the k3?
> Can you use PTT on the mic to put the K3 in transmit and see if you have 
> any audio from the sound card to the K3?   Jim
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Wilburn" 
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> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Rtty Tx Setup Question
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>> I have K3 766 setup and trying to do RTTY AFSK.  Copied from a 
>> previous post;
>>
>> 1.  Connect speaker out from sound card to line in on the rear panel 
>> of K3.
>> 2. Connect line in on sound card to line out on the rear panel of K3.
>> 3.  Go to main menu, use vfo b to select mic select and vfo a to 
>> select Line In
>> 4.   Turn on Vox by holding the Vox button.
>> 5. Go to Main menu, select Vox using VFOB and pick a value for Vox 
>> gain. I have it set at 15 or so.
>> 6. Use Mic to set line gain appropriately.  Mine is at 15 or so.
>> 7. With mode Data, press DATA MD and select AFSK A
>>
>> I have done all of these, but I cannot get the line in to go into 
>> transmit using VOX.  If I move the connection from the computer over 
>> to the mic in, and change the mic in config to rear panel, it 
>> transmits fin.  I am trying to understand why line out will not transmit?
>>
>> My FP is in need of the mod, but I have not performed that yet.  I am 
>> doing all of this from the rear.
>> -- 
>>
>>
>> Dave Wilburn
>> K4DGW
>> K2/100 - S/N 5982
>> K3/100 - S/N 766
>>
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>> never know."
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