[Elecraft] K3 FT8 Levels Sanity Check

[Bill Frantz]

Remember also, if the output level from the computer is too 
high, then it may not be possible to get the 4 bars steady, 5th 
flashing by adjusting the radio line in gain. This is because a 
change of one in the line in on the radio gives you either 4 
bars steady or 5 bars steady. Cutting down the levels from the 
computer will let you use more gain in the radio, getting to a 
place where the step size of the digital gain is smaller, giving 
finer control.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 11/26/20 at 2:52 PM, jim at audiosystemsgroup.com (Jim Brown) wrote:

>On 11/26/2020 1:43 AM, LDE wrote:
>>Line In Gain = 40 seems too high to me.
>
>Numerical values are pretty much meaningless. The values cited 
>simply indicate that levels coming out of the computer are 
>fairly low, so more gain is needed in the Elecraft input stage.
>
>73, Jim K9YC

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