[Elecraft] New PSK set up - no joy

[Don Wilhelm]

Monty,

You apparently do not have enough audio going into the K3.

You mention an external soundcard as well as a microKEYER interface (the 
microKEYER does include an external soundcard).
So do you have the correct soundcard specified in your software 
application(s) and is that soundcard connected to the K3 line-in and 
line-out jacks?

The K3 does have internal isolation transformers on the line-in and 
line-out jacks, so you can use the ASUS soundcard alone with no problems 
and not depend on the isolation provided in the microKEYER.

If instead you wish to use the microKEYER soundcard, you must tell your 
software application to use that soundcard and setup the microKEYER for 
line level output (rather than microphone level) as instructed in the 
microHam documentation.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/4/2014 8:24 PM, w3sb wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to get on PSK31 with a new Windows 7 64-bit computer. I've read the owner's and Cady manuals, checked and re-checked the settings and still no joy. The setup is the K3, ASUS Xonar U7 external sound card, microKEYER interface and FLdigi. Basically I have no power output and no ALC indication. Receive is OK. Here are the K3 settings:
>
> MODE=DATA A
> MIC SEL=LINE IN
> VOX=ON
> VOX GN=50
> LINE=40
> PWR=20
>
> In FLdidi:
> PortAudio checked
> CAPTURE=LINE(Xonar U7)
> PLAYBACK=SPEAKERS(Xonar U7)
>
> In FLdigi if I start a message, PTT turns on OK but turning the MIC(LINE) knob has no effect and there is no power out (Bird watt meter). When a message is started, if I look in the CONTROL PANEL > SOUND, I see modulation via the Playback (Speakers) bar graph at the 60% level.
>
> I have the setup working on RTTY with MMTTY just fine but PSK is giving me fits. Suggestions are certainly welcome!
>
> 73, Monty W3SB
>