[Elecraft] KX3 No meter indication when transmitting digital

[Tony Estep]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 9:36 AM Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> ...you should be using DATA A mode, and not AFSK A....
>
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Don, thanks for your comments and the info on your website. Thanks also to
the others who replied.

I am not using AFSK A mode. I never should have said anything about AFSK --
I only mentioned it to explain that the WSPR signal comes from the audio
tone generated by the software.

I have verified that I'm getting audio out of the computer and into the KX3
mic jack. The mic bias is set to off. I'm transmitting into a dummy load,
swr = 1. The meter seems to show the right display (SWR 1 bar, power 2
bars), but when I touch the mic gain knob the display goes blank. I can no
longer get the display showing the ALC, no matter what I do.

Despite all this the KX3 does seem to be transmitting correctly at least
part of the time -- but at other times it does not. If I could figure out
what is happening with the ALC display I think I could get everything going
properly. Any more thoughts?

Tony KT0NY

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 10:01 AM Tony Estep <esteptony at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 9:36 AM Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> ...you should be using DATA A mode, and not AFSK A....
>>
> ==============
> Yes, I am not using AFSK A mode. I never should have said anything about
> AFSK -- I only mentioned it to explain that the WSPR signal comes from the
> audio tone generated by the software.
>
> Anyway, Don, thanks for your comments and the info on your website. Thanks
> also to the others who replied.
>
> 73,
> Tony KT0NY
>