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

[Walter Underwood]

If the input to the KX3 is too high, it turns off the audio to protect the radio.
Try starting at zero and slowly increasing it.

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
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http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)

> On Apr 5, 2020, at 7:22 PM, James Bennett via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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