[Elecraft] Wish List

[Don Wilhelm]

Jim,

Yes, switching between digital and SSB modes on the KX3 is troublesome 
from the requirements imposed by the single Mic input jack and the 
single headphone (SPKR) jack.

For convience in switching between Data modes and speech modes, you will 
have to go with the K3 which has independent per mode selections.  The 
KX3 was not designed to have that same capability.
With the KX3, some form of external switching would be required to 
switch from microphone input to your digital inputs.  Attenuators in the 
PC soundcard to KX3 audio input might be requited so you do not have to 
contend with the differences in audio levels.

Such switching was not a part of the KX3 design, and you may wnat to 
upgrade to a K3 for your station instead of the KX3.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/12/2019 8:02 PM, Jim Jones wrote:
> Okay, I'm a 2nd owner of a KX3 and I'm still reading and trying
> To figure out all the commands and menu options. Yikes. Anyway,
> I run a lot of digital, mainly on Mars circuits. What I'm finding
> Is that I have to swap plugs for the mic and speaker each time I
> Have to go to voice and then back again for digital. What would
> Be nice to add to a wish list is to put a 6-pin mini-din connector
> On the KX3. This would have a pin for Mic input, Ground, Key line,
> And a line out audio level fixed level.
> 
> This would allow the end user to take his computer/KX3/Signalink
> Out into the field and run digital fairly easy. This is just a
> Wish for something in the future. By the way, great rig.
> 73
> Jim
> 
> Jim Jones - N9DIX
> Waverly, TN
> 
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