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

Jim Rogers jim.w4atk at gmail.com
Wed May 14 16:30:04 EDT 2014


Well now, let's determine what is acceptable receiver performance. If 
all I want is to work some openings on 10 and 6, the K3 can hold its on 
with anyone in my experience.  Certainly it out performs the IC-9100.  
For "weak signal" work,  a preamp is a welcome addition. I use ARR 
P50VDG on 6m and ARR P144VDG on 2m mounted on transfer panels along with 
appropriate RF amplifiers and a couple of multi-element beams.

Jim, W4ATK
K-Line

On 5/14/2014 2:41 PM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
> 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
>>>
>
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