[Elecraft] MAC BOOK KX3 QUESTION

[Barry Baines]

Gerry:

Please see the following link that describes what the 2010 MacBook Pro laptop line features:

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/macbook-pro-unibody-faq/differences-between-macbook-pro-13-15-17-inch-mid-2010.html <http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/macbook-pro-unibody-faq/differences-between-macbook-pro-13-15-17-inch-mid-2010.html>

You don’t mention whether your laptop is a 13”, 15” or 17”  MacBook Pro. 

However, depending upon the laptop type you have, the audio input/output features vary.  From the link above:  “However, the 15-Inch and 17-Inch models have optical digital/analog audio in/out and the 13-Inch does not — it lacks optical audio in and instead has the same combined optical digital output/headphone out (user-selectable analog audio line in)” port used by the iPhone.”

Depending upon the model laptop you have, you can either use the ports that Apple provides on your laptop, or you may elect to use a USB plug-in audio-to-digital converter.  I highly recommend the Griffin “iMIC” which can easily be used by both Mac OS 10.x devices as well as Windows devices under WinXP, Vista, Win7, Win8 Win10, etc. They’re highly reliable and the drivers for iMIC are integral in both Mac OS 10.x as well as Windows OS.  

Once the system recognizes the iMIC, you can easily configure whatever program you’re running to use the iMIC for audio input/output.  The iMIC has the ability to handle both ‘level-in’ audio as well as “Mic-In” by means on a slide switch.  Audio input is via a 1/8” jack and audio output also has a 1/8” jack.   It comes with a Dual female RCA -to- stereo 1/8 plug that is inserted into a 1/8” jack.  

See:  https://griffintechnology.com/us/products/audio/home-audio/imic <https://griffintechnology.com/us/products/audio/home-audio/imic>


I’ve been using these devices for years at remote sites to input audio into a variety of computers utilized to provide an audio feed at receive sites that are fed to Radio Reference as well as to provide feeds from receive sites for railroad signal data (ATCS).  However, my experience with iMIC has been primarily with PCs.  I have not tried using an iMIC with Elecraft software nor with amateur digital programs such as JT-65 on a Mac.  That said, I don’t know any reason why this approach wouldn’t work for you.

Last comment: For some reason you sent your e-mail typed in CAPITAL LETTERS.  For many e-mail users, typing in capital letters is the equivalent of SHOUTING which can be annoying to read. I don’t think that was your intent, but be mindful that others may misinterpret your postings if you use capital letters all the time.

Hope this helps,

Barry Baines, WD4ASW
(Currently in N.Myrtle Beach, SC)









> On Jul 31, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Gerry Miller <aa2zj at juno.com> wrote:
> 
> HI GUYS,  I AM USING A MAC BOOK PRO FROM 2010.  I HAVE THE LATEST SOFTWARE AS OF THIS DATE.  THE QUESTION IS, DOES "BIG E" HAVE A CABLE AVAILABLE THAT WOULD ALLOW WORK WITH MY MAC (USB) TO SEND-RECEIVE DATA SOFTWARE I HAVE ON THE PC?    I AM ABLE TO DOWNLOAD KX3 UPDATES, BUT DO NOT KNOW IF I COULD USE THE SAME CABLE FOR  RTTY/PACKET/JT  SOFTWARE THAT I MAY HAVE ON THE MAC.  THE MAC DOES NOT HAVE A CONNECTION FOR A MICROPHONE SUCH AS WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON A WINDOWS MACHINE.  I MUST ADMIT THAT I AM NOT COMPUTER LITERATE.TNX AND 73AA2ZJ 
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