[Elecraft] External sound card advice needed to attach to K3

[Phil Kane]

On 1/1/2021 10:22 AM, Rick Bates, NK7I wrote:

> While I'm not an attorney, I've read the rules (subject to 
> interpretation of course).

That's always a good start.

> Considering the general apathy of the FCC lately (US of course), I'm 
> not surprised that this has never been tested by citation.

Why should it be?  Don't poke the sleeping bear.

Some may be see it as apathy, some may see it as common sense.  My
decades in FCC enforcement taught me to differentiate the two after one
Division Chief asked me "don't you have anything better to do with your
time..  "  :)

> I'd much rather err on the side of caution.  Turning off the OS 
> sounds is not a complete solution.

Sounds like pretty much a solution - if the sounds don't get generated
they don't get into the audio chain.  Of course the sounds generated by
the programs need to be turned off as well.  That's the job of the operator.

> Using a sound card, specific and limited to the radio use, is a vast
> improvement over using the OS sounds device to maintain legality.
I go one better - I use a specific computer only for ham radio use.

Happy New Year.


73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

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