Sean,
The circuit is simple enough to build on perfboard if you don't want to
go to the trouble of making a board. If you do make boards, you might
want to consider making additional board and offering them for sale.
There are occasional requests for those boards.
Build the version which lays the components flat on the board and attach
it to the back of the Control Board. That way everything except the
audio output is on the Control Board making the Control Board easy to
remove for servicing - plus it fits easily when the KPA100 is
installed. For the output connection, yes an unused microphone pin is
an ideal place (for the Elecraft microphones, use pin 5). Use a wire
that is an adequate length to allow the Control Board to be removed
sufficiently that you can reach the microphone configuration header on
the back of the Front Panel. You can solder the audio output wire to
one of the 'computer' type jumpers that will plug right into the
microphone configuration header - make certain the 'jumper' is plugged
only into the side that is closest to the microphone jack.
The only difference between Pauli's (SK) AF take off point and the one I
used is that Pauli's is prior to the muting transistors in the K2 and my
points are after the muting transistors.
If you prefer that the AF not be muted during TX, then you can still
attach to the back of the Control Board at the rear of CB J2 pins 1 and
2 - and is quite independent of the KDSP2 (or KAF2) option.
I might add that Pauli did buy one of my boards - I asked him "Why since
he had a wonderful interface already", and he replied that my Fixed
Audio Output board was an easy and simple solution.
Good luck on getting that license.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 1/27/2014 6:08 PM, Sean Michael Johnston wrote:
Hello All.
I’m a newbie here and about to embark on building a K2. One of the many uses I
have planned for the radio is to send emails over Winlink 2000 while at sea on
a sailboat.
I'd like to communicate with the SignaLink USB sound card through Winmor first
and then eventually with a PACTOR 3 or 4 modem.
I was thinking of building the fixed audio out designed by W3FPR & NØSS. My
plan is to fabricate a pcb using the laser printer transfer method. I have
recreated NØSS’s layout as a printable pdf
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_D41ceK5uSqM3VGa05BWXBhYkE/edit?usp=sharing),
and am thinking I’ll run the line out to pin 5 of the 8-pin mic connection so I
can have a single cable between the K2 and the SignaLink.
My question is where is the best point in the K2 to source the AF inputs from?
Is it cleaner to tap into the control board as is illustrated by W3FPR’s great
instructions
(http://www2.opparc.org/mirrors/n0ss/www.n0ss.net/w3fpr_fixed_af_output_for_the_k2_v2r1.pdf),
or would it be a better signal if I tap into the KDSP2 board as recommended
by EA3BLQ (http://www.qsl.net/ea3blq/downloads/k2di-pci_const_manual.pdf) for
his Sound Card Interface? And is this the best way to get a line out from the
K2, or has there been any newer advancements along those lines?
I realize that I’m building a legacy product here, but from the activity I’ve
seen on this mailing list, it’s definitely not dead yet.
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