[Elecraft] K3 and FLDIGI Question

[James Bennett]

Hi david - thanks for the reply to my post.

Unfortunately, no improvement. I have everything set exactly as you suggest (it was already that way) and the result is the same. I type in some text, press T/R and: the K3 goes into transmit mode, RF flows out the radio to the antenna, but no ALC indication on the K3 ALC meter. I shut down FLDIGI, bring up cocoaModem and do EXACTLY the same thing with absolutely no changes, and I get the RF out, but with the fifth ALC bar flickering. Funky, huh?

Jim / W6JHB


> On   Sunday, Nov 23, 2014, at  Sunday, 6:18 AM, david Moes <dmoes at nexicom.net> wrote:
> 
> Its not normal   verify that you have the correct sound card selected in FLdigi and that the levels are set correctly.
> 
> In the setup  under configure sound card  first tab
> "devices"  I have port audio set to the sound card for the rig (soundblaster in my case)
> under "settings" sample rate is native and converter is medium interpolation. and corrections all 0  and
> third tab "right channel" all buttons are clear unchecked.
> 
> David Moes
> VE3DVY,  VE3SD
> 
> On 11/22/2014 17:15, James Bennett wrote:
>> I’ve been using cocoaModem on my iMac for PSK31 QSO’s. Also, I use WSJT-X for JT65 and JT9. Recently downloaded FLDIGI v 3.22.01 and gave it a try. It works, but…..
>> 
>> When I transmit, I get absolutely no indication of RF being sent. The K3 goes into transmit mode, but I get no ALC action on the K3 meter. I know I’m getting RF out because (1) my KPA500 (in standby mode) is showing 30 watts, and (2) I’ve had several QSO’s on PSK31. If I bring up cocoaModem and transmit, I get the ALC action that I’m used to seeing: the fifth bar flickering. Same thing with WSJT-X. But for some reason, when I transmit with FLDIGI - nada, zip, zero indication.
>> 
>> Is this “normal”? If so, how would one ever set audio levels w/o having any indication of audio actually flowing? What do I have set wrong?
>> 
>> Thanks, Jim / W6JHB
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