[Elecraft] Little brown truck arrived w/ my K3!

[Wes (N7WS)]

Me too.  I had a Signalink.  With the K3 I found no difference between it and 
the built-in sound of my Lenovo T400 laptop, which is my current system.

At K9YC's suggestion I acquired a Tascam US-100.  While it worked fine, there 
was no noticeable difference in performance on my modes of choice, RTTY and 
PSK.  Perhaps on so called lower noise modes like JT65 there would be some 
difference: I can't say. Personally, I think we're at the mercy of the quality 
of the line out on the K3.  VOX works fine, you don't need any more complex 
switching.

The hand-wringing over Windows sounds when using an internal sound card is 
unwarranted in my opinion.  Turn the things off and stop worrying about it.  If 
you're a total klutz you can have Windows sounds on your external card too.

Wes  N7WS

242 countries worked on RTTY using the K3.


On 12/18/2014 10:32 PM, David Cole wrote:
> Hi,
> I used to use a Rigblaster on my old Icom, I got the K3, and after
> asking was told no need...  I reluctantly connected everything, and it
> works just fine with out an interface...  No hum, everything works very
> well...  I have no wires coming out the front of the rig, nor to I have
> to rewire for mode changes...  I am totally happy with teh lack of an
> interface...
>
> Do download everything K9YC has published and read it...