[Elecraft] LIN IN level varies

[Don Wilhelm]

Alan,

Where do you have the LINE gain set?
It should be somewhere at a mid-range setting.
If it is set to the low or high regions, set it mid-range and adjust the 
audio level with your soundcard volume control in the computer.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 5/10/2018 5:58 AM, Alan Ibbetson wrote:
> I'm an infrequent user of data modes. I'm trying to use FT8 with the 
> latest version of the WSJT-X software. Sound card input is via LINE IN. 
> I'm using DATA A mode.
> 
> Everything works OK on transmit except that intermittently the K3 output 
> falls to zero even though the sound card audio output level isn't 
> changing. The VOX stays on, so the K3 is "hearing" the audio. ALC 
> usually but not always falls to zero from the 4 bars level. Even 
> weirder, if I turn the MIC gain (LINE) down to zero and back up again 
> the output and ALC come back up to normal.