[Elecraft] K3 Signalink setup - no TX using MixW

[Don Wilhelm]

Ken,

I figure you are trying to use the Line In on the back of the K3 for audio
if so, have you changed the jumper in the Signalink to produce line 
level output (it comes plugged for microphone level)
Once you make that change, you should have sufficient audio.  Adjust the 
audio level to produce 4 bars solid on the ALC meter with the 5th bar 
flickering.  those first 4 bars do not indicate ALC at all, they are 
there to help you adjust the audio.
ALC starts with the 5th bar.  In other words, the K3 is different - 
ignore the common advice of no alc indication.

Adjust the power output with the power knob, not the audio level.

If you do not drive the K3 audio to the proper level, the power will drift.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/14/2012 12:48 PM, Kenneth Hale wrote:
> I have been working for about a week on something that should be so simple,
> sending digital.  Using a K3 with a Signalink soundcard interface and MixW
> V2.18 as the software.  Trying to send MT63 on MARS nets.  I can receive
> great, just can't transmit.  Have double checked the wiring of J1 inside the
> Signalink and it is as per the instruction sheet included with the unit for
> the Elecraft K3.  If anyone is using this setup,  Are there any special
> settings on the K3 that I should know about.  On all my other radios (ICOM)
> , I could transmit in USB mode.  I have even tried using the data mode on
> the K3 and still no transmit.
>
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