[Elecraft] SignaLink and KX3

[David Haines]

For FT8 on my KX-3 I didn't use a Signalink for years.  When I was 
having trouble with Winlink, a ham friend suggested I use a Signalink.  
Didn't I need it?

david, KC1DNY

On 8/20/2022 10:12 AM, Neil Zampella wrote:
> You really don't need a Signalink to do digital modes and the KX3. All
> you need is a good USB sound card, the audio cables for Tx & Rx
> (Stereo), and the KXUSB cable for CAT control.
>
> The setup is described in Cady's KX3 book.
>
> Neil, KN3ILZ
>
> On 8/15/2022 6:10 PM, k2vjk wrote:
>> I called Tigertronics the other day and asked them about a SignaLink 
>> USB and the bias voltage on the mic for the KX3. A lady called me 
>> back later in  the day and told me that she has something to read to 
>> me that she didn’t understand. She said the tech department said that 
>> if you are using their jumper plug, that it has a blocking capacitor 
>> in it, so the bias voltage is ok. If you wire your own jumpers, you 
>> will have to disable mic bias. She said she didn’t understand what it 
>> meant, but the tech department said that I should know what it means. 
>> And I do. I’ll be checking the SignaLink jumper plug I have this week 
>> and let you know if this is the case. Jst a little info…..
>>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows
>>
>>
>>
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