[Elecraft] Fixed audio output missing on the KX3?

[Wayne Burdick]

Martin Storli - LA8OKA wrote:

> It seems that a fixed audio output is missing entirely from the KX3,  
> why?....

Hi Martin,

Our goal was to make the KX3 the smallest, lightest, most portable all- 
band/all-mode radio ever. We had to draw the line somewhere on  
features, battery size, number of controls, I/O connectors, etc.  
Included are features that felt would be used most often in portable  
settings.

Audio-based data modes are a good example: we fully support these  
modes, but as you pointed out there's the small inconvenience of  
sharing audio I/O with headphones and speaker.

On the other hand, PSK31 and RTTY can also be supported by the KX3  
with nothing but the serial port (using ASCII send/receive commands).  
So we're providing a very usable alternative for the two most popular  
digital modes. You can use the Terminal function in KX3 Utility,  
running on PC/Mac/Linux, to do full data communications in CW, RTTY,  
and PSK31 modes.

I don't think we can support digital audio data over our serial port,  
but if figure out how to do it, I'll let you know.

73,
Wayne
N6KR