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

[Mike]

I have an ongoing, long standing problem with using VOX to key the K3 in Data mode.

My sound card is a Creative USB dongle. I use a CM500 headset/mic, plugged into the 
back panel. If I get the mix of volume, line in level and VOX gain high enough to 
reliably key the rig, the smallest noise in the room gets to the mic and keys the rig.

Am I missing something?

Mike, NF4L

On 1/26/2012 8:47 AM, John Ragle wrote:
> 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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