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

[Don Wilhelm]

I fail to understand why so many are resistant to using an external USB 
soundcard.  Those adequate for data mode use are available in the $10 to 
$20 range, and it solves a lot of problems.  Sure there are exotic 
soundcards costing $100 or more, but those are overkill for data modes.

If you have a computer dedicated to the ham station setup, you can avoid 
this problem by simply turning off the OS sounds, but if you are using 
that computer for other tasks, then you likely want to leave the sounds 
turned on.  With each OS update, check to be certain the OS sounds are 
still turned off.

Just make sure your OS does not set the external soundcard as default. 
Windows often does that when you first install it - check the soundcard 
settings.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 1/1/2021 7:43 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
> 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.
>