Hi Gerald, No you don't need a SignalLink. You may want to review the K3 manual before ordering your K3. Audio patch cables are readily available from Radio Shack, Amazon, and other on-line cable sources like Monoprice or CableWholesale. Probably at Target and Walmart as well. Some may call them 1/8" patch cables. Get stereo cables. Even for mono inputs, the stereo cables will work just fine. Just connect between your laptop microphone input and headphone output to the K3 Line Out and Line In.
Here are some links: http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Cable-ST35MM-06-Stereo-3-5mm/dp/B002JCOX5U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330696042&sr=8-1 http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021802&p_id=644&seq=1&format=2 http://www.cablewholesale.com/specs/headphone-cable/10a1-01106.htm 73, Mike K2MK 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 > > Looks like most just use the signalink to resolve this. > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-Confussion-Help-Please-tp7335735p7336673.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
