[Elecraft] HF KX-3 Newbie Dave and PSK-31 SUCCESS!

[Esquer Dave]

Hello all,
Thank you ALL for your help on getting this Macbook Pro HF Elecraft KX-3 NEWBIE on PKS-31! Just had my first 2 contacts this afternoon, this stuff actually works! 

These folks were invaluable in their elmering (in no particular order):
Don, W3FPR
Doug, NA1DX
Ray, K2ULR
Matt, VK2RQ
Lyle, KK7P
John, W9EN
Scott, KB1ZBU
Ariel, NY4G
Barry, K3NDM
John, K7JLT

and I just wanted to acknowledge them. Your outreach and taking time out for me … was invaluable.

Summarizing my settings for others:
FLdigi 3.21.72 on a 15" Macbook Pro with OSX 10.8.3, Griffin iMic and the Elecraft KXUSBa and KX3-PCKT kits for connection.

As others have mentioned, the iMic "IN" is fed by the Elecraft headphone jack, the iMic "OUT" is fed by the Elecraft KX-3 Mic jack. The iMic is set to "MIC" switch. The ACC1 connection from the Elecraft is plugged into a USB port on the Mac.

VOX is turned "ON" in the Elecraft and the MIC BTN is set to "OFF" as well. The Bandwitdth is set to somewhere between 3.0 and 4.0.

The Macbook input and output setings (System Prefences, Sound) are set to "iMic USB audio system" and both are set to 1/2 level.

My KX-3 AF setting is set to "20 and the Keyer/Mic (ALC) is set to "4". This just tickles the 5th bar when in ALC mode. 

PARTICULAR FLDIGI SETTINGS
In FLdigi, the Configure, FLdigi configuration, Rig, RigCAT tab
	points to the (Rig description file) K3.xml.  Both "Toggle RTS for PTT" and "Toggle DTR for PTT" are also selected. My device (as defined in the KX-3 Utility) is "usbserial-AD02DUIQ".

In FLdigi, the Configure, FLdigi configuration, Audio, Devices tab
	has "PortAudio" checked with both Capture and Playback pointing to the "iMic USB audio system"

In FLdigi, the Configure, FLdigi configuration, Misc, Spotting tab
	has "Automatically spot callsigns in decoded text" turned on.

In FLdigi, the Configure, FLdigi configuration, Waterfall, Display tab
	has "Monitor transmitted signal" turned on. This turns in the upper right corner a "Spot" button that can be enabled and you can see your PKS-31 output on the http://pskreporter.info/ website.

In Fldigi, the "SQL" button in the lower right is ON and my squelch level is about 1/4 from the bottom.

As mentioned, when I transmit, the waterfall now shows my transmission and going to the pskreporter website (map view), I can see my PSK-31 output. My 2 contacts today reported a good 599 from me on the waterfall.

Again, thanks to all! If I can be of service to other Mac folks, please don't hesitate to ask. I really do love my Elecraft, it is an amazing and super capable rig.

73,
Dave, K6WDE