[Elecraft] WSPR using K3/Dell Laptop/VISTA

[stan levandowski]

I'd like to hear from anyone successfully using WSPR with the 
combination of K3/Dell Inspiron 1525 Laptop/Vista Basic.

I'm just operating in 'receive' mode at this time and sometimes it works 
and sometimes it doesn't.  When it works it seems to work well and 
properly; when it doesn't work I see a red box with "RX Noise -30 DBM" 
in the lower left corner and another red box next to it saying "Invalid 
Audio Output Device".

I have tried two different stereo patch cords from the K3 Lin Out to the 
Mic, and a headset plugged into the K3 Lin Out does produce sound. 
Fellow Elecrafter Tony, KT0NY helped me get started and gave me some 
software menu guidance but now we're both stumped.

It's the random nature of "sometimes it works; sometimes it doesn't" 
that's driving me crazy.

I'm fairly confident the computer's 'mic'  circuitry works OK because 
I've been regularly making and uploading CW audio files for a fellow ham 
who wants to learn morse code the correct way (i.e. aural only; never 
look at it).

I'd just like to know if anyone else has experienced a similar problem 
with laptop interface.

Thanks,  Stan WB2LQF