[Elecraft] Line In jack and standard stereo cable

[Philip Leonard]

I just plug a stereo cable from the line-in (and line-out) on the K3 to 
the PC's sound card.  No problems at all.  Been doing this for a couple 
of years now.

Philip


On 6/23/2010 1:25 PM, Pete Smith wrote:
> If I plug a standard stereo cable into the mono Line In jack on my K3, I
> assume that it will short one of the channels to ground.  In order to
> connect to the Line Out of a computer sound card, does this mean that I
> need to build a special cable with a mono plug on one end, connected
> only to the tip and shell conductors of the cable, letting the ring float?
>
> Sorry to ask a question that must have been covered before, but I
> haven't found anything on this in the manual, and the archive of this
> reflector really isn't effectively searchable.
>