[Elecraft] cables for digital/dayton
Robert Galambos
va3bxg at gmail.com
Tue May 22 22:44:09 EDT 2012
Sorry
I have an Apple IMAC running fusion win 7 64 bit
On 12-05-22 10:41 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Robert,
>
> The USB cable to ACC1 will indeed provide you with CAT control of the
> KX3.
>
> I do not understand "IMAC stereo line in" - I only discuss in acronyms
> that are defined in the KX3 manual, and "IMAC" is not one of them.
>
> Yes, you will have to build your own cables. There may be KX3
> specific cables offered further down the road, but that is not today's
> situation. A cable from the interface audio output to the KX3
> microphone input and a cable from the KX3 headphone output to the
> interface Audio input should be all that is required. If you have a
> cable from the computer usb or serial port, that cable can provide
> keying of the KX3, but without that cable, VOX is a viable solution,
> so use it unless you have other considerations.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 5/22/2012 9:44 PM, Robert Galambos wrote:
>> so just came back from Dayton and found out a couple of things.
>>
>> 1) neither west mountain nor signallink external sound cards have cables
>> for the new KX3
>>
>> 2) so given that i will try to set up the radio with using the internal
>> IMAC stereo line in for digital But the manual is light on the set up. I
>> assume that the output of the radio (read phone jack) goes into the in
>> line of the mac? but i figure there is another cable needed to transmit
>> the digital, i hope to create/write. so where does that cable go from
>> (from mac head phone to mic of the radio?
>>
>> I also have a USB cable to the ACC1 jack of the radio that should be
>> able to control it (CAT commands)
>>
>>
>> any help would be appreciated
>>
>> 73
>>
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