[Elecraft] K3: Recording from LIN OUT

[Tom W8JI]

> In the traditional sense, "LINE" was a broadcast and
> recording industry standard for FIXED signal at 0dBm, and
> 600 ohms.  It was used to interconnect various pieces
> equipment and was supposed to relieve the engineers of the
> need to determine what the signal level was and what the
> source and destination impedance levels were.

....which is 774.6 millivolts into 600 ohms, or roughly 1 volt peak or 2 
volts p-p.

> IMHO all manufacturers should return to the tradidional
> definaton.

I like the idea of an adjustment in level, but all line outputs should be 
able to deliver clean signal at .775 volts RMS into 600 ohms with a headroom 
of several dB. If it can not do .775 volts RMS cleanly into 600 ohms, it is 
not line level.