[Elecraft] Need Audio for SignaLonk from Sub-Rx on my K3

[Wes (N7WS)]

Well now, *that* is untrue.  If you think that is my "prescription" then so be 
it, but that's not what I said.  Nothing precludes additional features from 
being options, which aren't necessary for modes one is not interested in.

That said, I don't think that a transceiver that is "supposed" to be 
"state-of-the-art" should have to have an extra cost (and bulky) dongle hanging 
off the back just to have acceptable receiver performance on ten and six meters, 
just for example.


On 5/14/2014 11:41 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
> > It's curious that we have this relatively tiny box of a radio that
> > suffers from poor ergonomics because of it and then we're supposed to
> > festoon it with dongles to make it play.
>
> That's unfair and untrue ... there is a distinct disadvantage to
> building every option under the sun into a transceiver.  The biggest
> is that all users pay more for the transceiver *and* the built-in
> options (compare the panadapter in an FT-1200 to the P3 or SDR-IQ)
> are far inferior to the "best of breed" that can often be had for
> little more than the amortized cost of the built-in feature.
>
> If one took your prescription, the K3 would only be available in one
> configuration - with all options built-in at double the price of the
> base unit.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 5/14/2014 12:42 PM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
>> Well, they do say opinions are like...
>>
>> Shout all you want, but it is not imperative that you have a separate
>> sound card.  The computer's integrated sound card can be "dedicated" to
>> ham radio. Keeping Windows sounds from playing through the radio is no
>> different from not transmitting outside the band.  It's something that
>> is supposed to be in our skill set.
>>
>> I have both a SignaLink and a Tascam US-100 (highly recommended by Jim
>> Brown). On RTTY, neither of these is either better, or worse, than the
>> built-in card in my laptop, and both require a USB port, something in
>> short supply.
>>
>> It's curious that we have this relatively tiny box of a radio that
>> suffers from poor ergonomics because of it and then we're supposed to
>> festoon it with dongles to make it play.
>>
>> Wes  N7WS
>>