[Elecraft] Very late to the party - computer rig control and sound card modes for K3

[Ed Parish]

I really don't know what the big deal is about Signalink. I have a non-USB
K3 and have used it for FT8 as well as SSB contesting with just the
internal sound card of my computer for over 15 years.  I have also used
inexpensive ($10) external USB sound cards when the internal sound card
doesn't have separate line in and Microphone inputs. My desktop machine has
separate inputs, but my laptop doesn't.

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023, 05:00 Paul Barlow <paul.barlow at outlook.ie> wrote:

> Dear Elecrafters,
>
> I am very late to the party. For various reasons I have been QRT for a few
> years and I'm just now getting back on the air. I'm still using a paper
> log, and QRP CW is my 'thing'.
>
> My rig is a K3, serial no. in the 7000's. I have the KUSB cable, which I
> have only used to update the firmware. Could I use this to connect to a pc
> and have rig control via this cable? Say for interfacing with a logging
> program?
>
> Also, I've never used the FT8 type modes. I understand they use the pc for
> all the signal processing, and I could interface the K3 directly using
> audio cables and VOX. I see that there are products available like the
> SignaLink which interface with a pc using usb, which I think might be a
> less fiddly option.
>
> I guess these subjects have been beaten to death years ago, is there
> somewhere I could look to find some concise information?
>
> 73,
>
> Paul EI5KI
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