[Elecraft] K3 - low line output level

[Pete Smith]

73, Pete N4ZR

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I have been trying to get set up to record CW contests, including both 
my CW and that of the people I'm working.  In the process I'm having 
trouble with what seems to be a low LIN OUT level.  I currently have it 
at a setting of 96 (!) and my monitor at a setting of 58, and when I 
send a string of dots while watching on an old, uncalibrated scope, I 
see only about .1 volts of audio.  Meanwhile, the manual says that any 
setting of the LIN OUT level more than 10 should be avoided, but I find 
that even with these very high settings I have to run the gain controls 
on the sound card wide open to get even a low level of audio through.

Am I missing a setting, or, alternatively, can anyone suggest some 
trouble-shooting parameters?  This is a brand-new KIO3A board that I 
bought to replace one that had an RS-232 failure due to lightning.  I 
have written to Elecraft support but thought in the meantime it wouldn't 
hurt to post on this list.