[Elecraft] Signalink and K3

[Eric Norris]

I ran JT65 EME for a long time using the computer sound card and had mysterious periods of no decodes even on signals I could easily see on the waterfall.  This occurred even though I had carefully calibrated the clock rates.  Then I bought a Tascam 122 mk II external sound card and the vast majority of missed decodes vanished.  Plus you get two nice, big knobs to turn.  Just make sure you install the latest firmware AND driver from the Tascam website--mine would not even work at all out of the box until I did this.

Well worth the money, and as Jim says, you don't need the interface.

73

Eric WD6DBM

Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

>On Mon,11/10/2014 2:47 PM, dmoes at nexicom.net wrote:
>> Keep in mind that you really don't need a signal link with the K3   
>> any good sound card will work  as the K3 has isolation built in.  all 
>> you need is cables with 3.5mm plugs on the ends to plug into K3 line 
>> in and out.
>
>That's not the reason for using a better sound card. Indeed, NO 
>transformers are needed if the equipment is properly bonded together. 
>The reason for using a better sound card is for better A/D converters 
>and a quieter signal chain, which results in MUCH better decoding of 
>digital signals.
>
>> the advantage of the signallink is that it has real level pots and its 
>> becomes a second sound card. 
>
>The SignalLink has several serious problems, and is NOT a good solution. 
>Further, it's a single channel box. See the pdf link I posted for Jorge.
>
>73, Jim K9YC
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