[Elecraft] KX3 - Splitting receive audio between PC and external speaker?

[Bill Frantz]

I have been successful using headphones with an audio splitting 
cable. 3.5mm stereo into the radio and two 3.5mm stereo sockets 
for the sound card and the phones.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 12/14/18 at 4:24 PM, mspmail2 at gmail.com (Mike Parkes) wrote:

>I am interested in determining the best way to split out the KX3's receive
>audio for digital modes to an external speaker, so that if I want, I can
>listen to the band while running digital sound card modes. (Maybe I am just
>too old school, but my older rigs (like the IC-751a) could do this easily
>because they had a separate digital output for rtty and other fsk modes. So
>I was able to monitor the band while also decoding digital modes.) I
>thought I could use a splitter from the KX3 phones jack, and send one side
>to the PC and the other to a speaker (with its own vol control). I have no
>idea how that will impact the signal going to the PC though, at the least
>it will be less level to the PC. Or perhaps one of the USB sound card
>interfaces can do this, as I think some of them have their own audio out?
>Ideally I would also like to be able to monitor the transmitted audio
>signal too if possible (whatever the signal is that is leaving the PC and
>going to the KX3. If anyone has any advice on this I am all ears.
>Thanks!
>Mike AB7RU

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