[Elecraft] K3 won't PTT in data...

[John Ragle]

This is a subject that has been aired many times on the server...(a) the 
combination you are using (which is the same as mine) works just fine, & 
(b) you must be sure the K3 is IN VOX mode -- examine the display to 
make sure that VOX shows above the AGC entry to the mid-left of the 
screen. If it does not, the SignaLink will not work (i.e. the transmit 
lite will come on but you wiull get no action from the K3. Just press 
and hold the BAND DOWN side of the band button. I have put myself in the 
condition you describe numerous times by leaning too long on the band 
button. Ignore those who tell you to dump the SignaLink...it is an 
outstanding piece of hardware...I have two of them, one of which I used 
on an ICOM 910H and the other which I use on my K3 and on my K2 before 
it. You can use it with the K3 set on sideband, and with a super program 
like FLDIGI it works extremely well with RTTY and the myriad other 
digital modes. Its ability to work with SSB means you can even talk to 
the "upside-down" RTTY people on 10 meters from eastern Europe (using 
LSB) without gyrations.

John Ragle -- W1ZI

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