Thanks for the reply Rick. I adjusted my PC's line in to achieve something close to 0 dB, although as you said it does fluctuate a bit. In my case, between -1 and 2 dB, but mostly staying at 0. I decided to leave my K3's line out level at 10 and not mess with that setting as I've found that the K3 works superbly with DM780 and my soundcard. Knowing me, if I start adjusting too many things, I'll forget what I've done the next time I decide to work one of the digital modes - best to keep as many changing variables to a minimum.
Anyway, it appears everything is working FB. The propagation map shows a fair amount of stations hearing me and vice-versa on 40m. Not bad for 5 watts, a screwdriver antenna on a balcony, and a very poor excuse for a ground plane. 73 de James K2QI On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Rick Prather <k6limae...@gmail.com> wrote: > James, > > As a veteran of one whole weekend on WSPR I'll share what I have learned. > > First I would turn off the CW ID since it isn't necessary and clutters up > the WSPR frequency. > > Yes, all you will hear is what appears to be a solid tone while you are > transmitting. > > I wouldn't use the RF gain control to get the desired level, I use both the > PC volume control and the K3's LIN OUT control to get in the 0db range. I > found that it fluctuates a bunch but still get good copy. > > I also leaned that when they caution you about having your PC clock being > set properly they aren't kidding. Make sure it is within a second or two of > exact time. > > Very interesting mode and it's amazing what reception reports you will see > on the WSPRnet.org site after an hour or so. > > Rick > K6LE > > > > -- 73 de James K2QI President UNARC/4U1UN ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
