[Elecraft] Rocky and Windows 8.1

[Kenneth A Christiansen]

Hi to the group and thanks to Joe W4TV. I followed your advice and found the default settings were wrong but after I corrected them it still did not work. I found the gain was set no nothing and I reset the gain wide open for the iMic. I then booted the computer and now everything is just the way I want it. I have ROCKY MIXW and N3FJP all on the screen at the same time and everything seems to be well behaved.

Thanks again Joe I always enjoy reading your advice along with Don and some of the others.

73 and thanks.

Ken W0CZ


Sent from my iPad

> On Nov 7, 2013, at 9:50 AM, "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > 1 Get the iMac to work with Windows 8.1
> 
> Open the Windows Sound Control Panel.
> Select the Recording tab
> double click the iMic (probably Microphone)
> Select the Advanced tab
> Change the Default Format to "2 channel, 16 bit 48000 Hz (DVD
>   Quality)" or a higher sample rate if the iMIC supports it.
> 
> Widows generally selects "1 channel" as the default for any
> USB microphone device - whether the hardware supports one or
> two channels.
> 
> 73,
> 
>   ... Joe, W4TV
> 
> 
>> On 11/7/2013 10:34 AM, Kenneth A Christiansen wrote:
>> Hi again from Ken W0CZ
>> 
>> Last summer I had Rocky working on my Toshiba laptop using a Griffin iMic as a stereo input for the I/Q on my KX3. I wanted to have a display similar to the P3 on my K3. It worked and I put it aside. This week end I entered the ARRL SweepSteaks and wanted to use Rocky again. I updated the computer to Windows 8.1 earlier this fall and now Rocky does not see the signal from the KX3. I thought the iMic had quit so I bought another one but now neither one works. The computer tells me the iMic is working properly in the SOUND-RECORDING-PROPERTIES screen. If I change Rocky to the SB X-FiGo and plug the KX3 in I see a display on Rocky but it is not proper because it is not in Stereo. I can get the iMic to work with the SDR program on my IPAD but the battery will not last long enough to do a contest.
>> 
>> I need to ask the group if there is one or more solutions.
>> 1 Get the iMac to work with Windows 8.1
>> 2 Recommend another stereo adapter that will work with Windows 8.1
>> 3 Come up with a way to charge the battery of the IPAD at the same time as I plug in the iMic.
>> 
>> The KX3 did a wonderful job at 5 watts on a vertical from here in ND. I worked 122 contacts, 54 sections and made 13176 points. I could have worked many more but I did not spend enough time in my chair. I thought the performance of the KX3 compared well with the K3 but I missed the P3 and felt the K3 may do slightly better but not a lot on strong close in QRM. It was sure a much better experience than I ever had with my IC746.
>> 
>> Thank you for any help with my panadapter for the KX3 project.
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> Ken W0CZ
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
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