[Elecraft] K3 and FLDIGI Question

[John Nelson]

The same thing happens in my setup, if the audio level from the sound 
card to the K3 is too low.  Nothing will appear in the ALC window, no 
matter how high I turn up the mic gain.  Once establishing a minimum 
audio level, the ALC will show four bars with the fifth flickering at a 
mic level of 7. It's very touchy for me to get just right, but I am 
probably using sub-optimal sound cards.  Works fine, though, for all the 
digital modes.

John / W3DN


On 11/23/2014 4:34 PM, James Bennett wrote:
> 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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