Cathy, I don't know how much your soundcard would load down the speaker line (I would tend to believe not much), but you certainly should not hurt anything, so give it a try.
If you want a separate audio output line for the soundcard, take a look at the K2 Fixed Audio Output article on my website http://w3fpr.qrprqdio.com for some ideas. I do have boards available for $3 each plus 50 cents shipping, sorry, but I am out of the kits and do not plan to re-order. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > With my Alinco DX-70TH, I have become used to using the waterfall > spectrum display to zero-beat CW signals. Just spin the tuning knob > until the signal is sitting on the beat frequency, and you're tuned. I > also like to use my ears to get a rough find on PSK and other digital > signals. Both are these are very easy with that setup because I get > audio out of the speaker *and* audio into the sound card at the same time. > > The K2 cuts off the speaker when I insert the cable into the ext speaker > jack, which makes it almost impossible to do what I describe above. It > is pretty obvious how to jumper the ext speaker jack to prevent this, > but I don't know if I would be running any risks by doing so. Do I need > additional isolation circuitry? Is the audio power out sufficient to > drive both speaker and sound card? Has anyone else done this? > > Cathy N5WVR > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
