Gerald- You would just plug the audio cables from the rig into the laptop's headphone and mic jacks. The term "soundcard" is better used when applied to desktop PCs, and refers to the days when computers didn't have integrated audio on the motherboard and if one wanted to process audio at all, one had to buy a card to plug into one of the expansion slots. (Your laptop could actually have a "soundcard," but more likely it has integrated audio.) These days, most PCs have integrated audio processing, but people use sound cards to do higher-end audio processing.
Hope this helps! 73, Scott, N9AA On 3/2/12 3:23 AM, KC6CNN wrote: > I called Elecraft today to get information about ordering my new K3. > I spoke with Dale, Very informative and so willing to help. > One question I asked him and he gave me the answer to was on RTTY, PDK31, > and CW I thought that I could hook up a cable between my laptop and K3 and > be able to operate those modes. > Maybe I miss understood but from what I got was that I needed that cable, > DB9 to USB or usb converter and that I needed to connect the in and out from > the back of the radio to my sound card. I checked my laptop and don't have a > sound card port on the outside of it. > I do have a 3.5 mm head phone jack and a 3.5mm mic jack on the front. > So my confussion is do I need to hook up the 3.5mm jacks or will it run with > just the one cable from laptop to radio. I hoping that, because I don't know > where to buy the other cables, and with my current conditions, I can't make > them. > > Anyone know the run down on this? > > Thank you in advance. > Gerald - KC6CNN > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
