[Elecraft] No ALC Indication in DATA A mode with fldigi

[James Bennett]

Mike - are you using Data-A mode? When I put my K3 into Data-A mode, the RF scale becomes the ALC scale.

Jim Bennett / W6JHB
Folsom, CA

> On Apr 5, 2020, at 7:11 PM, KE0KAC <woooe48mmex991 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> I'm stuck trying to understand why I can't get any ALC bars when I'm using
> fldigi.  I can connect headphones to the line that normally goes into the
> MIC connector and can vary the volume from complete silence to very loud so
> I know a signal is making it to the MIC jack.  If I plug my MH3 microphone
> into the MIC jack and speak, I see the bars vary depending on how loud I
> talk.  
> 
> A question - when fldigi puts the KX3 into transmit and send data, should
> the RF scale disappear and be replaced by the ALC scale?  Sometimes (like
> right now) I don't see the ALC scale BUT I see bars above the RF scale that
> I can vary using the MIC knob.  What causes the ALC scale to show up?
> 
> By the way, my KX3 is connected to a KXPA100 which the manual indicates has
> an ALC adjustment screw.  Is the KXPA100 controlling some of this?
> 
> Mike, KE0KAC
> 
> 
> 
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