[Elecraft] K3: Line Out level

[Don Wilhelm]

James,

You will not hurt the K3, but if the transformers saturate, you will get 
distortion.
As long as the level of distortion is OK to your ears, I would judge 
everything to be OK.

73,
Don W3FPR

James Sarte wrote:
> Greetings to the group!
>
> Quick question: I normally keep the line out set to 5 or 10; I haven't seen
> the need until now to increase it.  I recently discovered a recording
> utility built in to HRD, and leaving the line out level at 5 or 10 usually
> results in a low-volume recording.  I've fiddled around with the setting and
> have found that a line output level of 50 is pretty good.  However, I just
> want to make sure that doing so is safe for the K3.  I've monitored the
> audio from the PC, and I haven't noticed any sort of overdrive condition.
> On the other hand, the manual states that setting the line out to anything
> above 10 may cause saturation of the KIO3's isolation transformers.
>
> Thoughts?
> Vy 73 and a Happy New Year to all!
>
> James K2QI
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