[Elecraft] Fixed audio output missing on the KX3? -> and in the K3

[Stephen Prior]

This may be a really silly impractical idea, but could not the I/Q output
socket be selected in setup to be either line audio out or I/Q?

73 Stephen G4SJP

On 1 May 2012 10:17, Peter <pc2a at pi4cc.nl> wrote:

> Wayne
>
> With all the digital modes popping up and audio recording it will be
> nice if the K3 will have fixed level line output
> In 2010 there was short email converstation about this subject, but
> Lyle, KK7P, was then (still) in the consider mode
>
> Will you look at this long time wanted feature?
>
> Peter
> PC2A
>
> Wayne Burdick schreef:
> > 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
> >
> >
>
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