[Elecraft] HRD and K3

[Kenneth Christiansen]

Hi to the gang

I have to agree with all the advice from the other hams but I have experienced one more thing at least with my KX3. If I keep turning up the audio the indications go up to the required 4 to 5 bars than if I keep turning up the audio all the bars go away. I can see with a mic gain of 60 that you may be seeing the same thing.

My advice is turn all the gains down to minimum. Bring the computer sound card up to mid scale. Slowly bring the mike gain up and see if you see the same results I described above.

If this doesn't work please excuse the bandwidth but it has happened to me at least twice and caused me to look for other troubles such as cords that were not there.

Good luck

Ken  W0CZ   w0cz at i29 dot net

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> On Aug 8, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Matt Zilmer <mzilmer at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
>> 
>> The K3 goes into transmit but there is no power coming out of the radio.
> Problem areas to look for -
> 
> 1. The K3 mode should be TX DATA (seen on the graphic), and its data
> mode should be DATA A.  DATA A is used to interface external sound to
> the K3 through line in and out jacks.
> 
> 2. Line in and out need to go to the sound unit you intend to use on
> the PC.  MIC SEL at the K3 should be set to Line In.
> 
> 3. HRD needs to be configured to use the sound unit above.
> 
> Once you've juggled these around to get *some power* out of the K3 on
> TX, then you should set the K3's LIne In gain (via the MIC control
> while in TX to a reasonable level).  For the K3, use the ALC metering
> to set 4-5 bars of ALC indicated.  This is the correct drive level to
> use.
> 
> You may need to adjust both the K3's Line In gain AND the sound unit's
> Playback level to get a happy medium.  Once you've got it, write it
> down in case something gets moved around.
> 
> 73,
> matt
> W6NIA
> Matt Zilmer, W6NIA
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