[Ham-Mac] Waterfall display questions

[Rick Prather]

Robert,

I'm not sure what you mean by being set to "Data/PSK", I assume you mean " PSK D"  if so that will not work for anything but receiving and sending with your CW memories and a paddle.

Switch to "Dara A" for PSK.  

Connect the Line in and out ports on the K3 to your Mac, either directly of via a usb "sound card" like the iMic.  For now the simplest way would be to connect it directly to the Mac in and out connectors.  Select those in System Preferences under Sound and set the level.

BTW, the K3 is set up differently for AFSK levels than most radios, check the manual.

I recommend you use Cocoamodem for the waterfall and decoding, especially if you have the Sub receiver and will ever try RTTY.

You can connect several programs to the Mac sound card.  For instance, I have run Cocoamodem and Fldigi side by side.

BTW, an outboard sound card is nice but not needed if you have USB speakers on your Mac since you can route the system sounds to them instead of the line in/out.

My main set up is to run the K3 connected to MLDX and Cocoamodem connected to an iMic for audio.  I also run RUMped for crunching a call against  my master DXCC list - country, band and mode needs.

Have fun!

Rick - K6LE

On 12/26/2009, at 9:12 , Robert Klein wrote:

> This is probably elementary, so please bear with me, but I am confused about
> digital mode software for the Mac.  I have a K3 and connect to my Mac (OS
> 10.6.2) via a Keyspan serial to USB.  That works great for logging software
> and the K3 Utility program. The K3 has data capability built-in, so it will
> decode PSK31 RX, for example, without the need for a computer.  The K3
> Utility terminal function will display the output and allow me to type in
> text to transmit, and these work to a degree.
> 
> I am trying to learn and use PSK31 et al., and I want to be able to see a
> waterfall display at the same time.  iSpectrum requires a live audio input
> device (microphone or line in) rather than the USB input.  CocoaModem 2.0
> and MultiMode Cocoa appear to require that also, as I could not figure out
> how to make them respond to the input from the radio.  I have the
> transceiver set to Data/PSK31 mode and tuned to a transmission, but nothing
> shows up anywhere in those programs, so I can only surmise that live audio
> is required.  I would prefer not to have to connect live audio because I use
> an external speaker and it just seems like a very clumsy way of going about
> it.  Neither program has built-in Help and the manuals are not at all clear.
> MacLogger DX does not appear to have a waterfall display for digital modes.
> I want to have software includes PSK31 controls and terminal, and
> Digipan-like display without having to run Parallels or the like with
> Windows.  I don’t want to have to buy a panadapter.  Would I have to run the
> live audio at the same time that I run two programs (K3 Utility, MacLogger
> DX or Aether, etc. AND iSpectrum or MultiMode Cocoa) at once to do this?  Am
> I missing something with these programs?  I don’t even know if there is a
> combination that is or is not compatible running at the same time.
> 
> I would very much appreciate the community’s advice on this.
> 
> Thanks and 73,
> 
> Robert
> KY1RK
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