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

[Tom Azlin W7SUA]

My shack computer with Win10p does not have a mike, speaker or video 
camera. OS sounds turned off. Easy to check after an update. I use a USB 
cable to my upgraded K3 but would work just fine with line in/out audio 
cables to the back of the K3.

I do not want any alerts so works for me. I use a different computer for 
playing sounds, using Zoom, etc.

73, tom w7sua

On 1/1/2021 10:48 AM, Rick Bates, NK7I wrote:
> Precisely why (since MS can foul up audio settings routinely on any 
> random update) it's a bad idea.  Leaving one small check mark in a lower 
> level driver setting (looping/routing audio) that leaves a mic hot is 
> but one example.  There are  too  many ways to make an error.  Using the 
> computer sound card on a radio is not 'set and forget'.
> 
> We still have a large base of folks that don't get what is required to 
> operate a clean (legal) station; we all learn as we go.  Setting 
> boundaries is part of that edcucation (OS stays in OS, radio stays in 
> radio).
> 
> Turning off the OS sounds, one would also lose features that the OS and 
> apps that are useful (like JTAlert "DX" announcements, Zoom/Skype 
> audio).  The small cost of a sound device (or second sound card) for the 
> radio(s) is certainly worth the gains and lowering of the risks.
> 
> 73,
> Rick NK7I
> 
> On 1/1/2021 9:34 AM, Mike Harris via Elecraft wrote:
>> Not really. It all boils down to _*understanding what you are doing*_. 
>> Windows sounds can be turned off. The best sound card in the world 
>> isn't going to stop anyone from transmitting garbage. Understanding 
>> includes setting the audio levels correctly throughout the system. 
>> I've used my PC sound system with two simple audio cables for years. 
>> Now I have upgraded my K3 with the K3s I/O and simply pipe audio, CAT, 
>> PTT and PC CW down the one USB cable.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mike VP8NO
>>
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