[Elecraft] No bars at all on KX3 digital mode transmit

[Julia Tuttle]

Does anyone know *why* it does that? It's confusing when no bars means
either "way too high" or "way too low".

On Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 20:22 AL7CR <al7cr at mooseaviation.com> wrote:

>
> A classic problem.  You have TOO MUCH input gain.  Counterintuitively the
> KX 3 ALC will display nothing if over driven.  Turn the input way down and
> then increase in small steps.  You will find the right setting to show ALC
> that way.
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2021, at 2:57 PM, Frank O'Donnell wrote:
> > After not having used my KX3 in a while, today I set it up with a laptop
> > on the front porch to send FT8 in WSJT-X with a new AX1 antenna.
> >
> > I went through the procedure in Don W3FPR's document "Setting Elecraft
> > Transceivers for soundcard digital," setting in and out audio levels on
> > my MacBook Pro for the thumbnail-sized Sabrent USB soundcard; Mic Gain
> > on the KX3; and the power slider in WSJT-X. CAT control is working fine,
> > and the KX3 is in DATA A mode. The waterfall of incoming signals appears
> > normal.
> >
> > I seem to be getting a good signal out, with -1 dB reported from Alaska,
> > and -7 to -10 dB from the U.S. east coast with the above settings around
> > midrange, and with the KX3 set for 15w out. However, I don't see any
> > bars at all on the ALC meter at any time, even when the USB soundcard
> > out, KX3 Mic Gain and WSJT-X power slider are set as high as their
> maximums.
> >
> > Am I forgetting a setting? Anything I can look at to troubleshoot the
> > ALC meter function?
> >
> > Thanks much,
> >
> > Frank K6FOD
> > Southern California
> >
> >
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