Thanks Julian, that's interesting. I haven't got to transmitting yet as I find that I have lost the ssb tx audio somewhere! I don't even have any output using the microphone - I think I must have made a mistake on the mic header where I have soldered the screened cable for the data audio in.
Thanks 73, Stephen G4SJP On 17/12/07 12:06, "G4ILO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Stephen Prior wrote: >> >> Thanks for the advice David, I shall do as you and Dave KD1NA suggest - at >> least that way I suspect the setting of the output level from the >> soundcard >> will be less critical. With other radios I have owned such as the >> IC-7400, >> it was recommended practice to have the power control at 100W and set the >> output power on psk solely by audio input level - it was a bit touchy >> sometimes! >> >> I have a fan sitting on top of the heatsink, it's blowing down at the >> moment >> and that seems to cut down the amount the noisy little fan comes on quite >> noticeably. >> > I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned it but I am sure one of the changes > introduced way back when the revision 2 firmware was released for the K2 was > to add a "soft" ALC in data mode that did not have an adverse effect on > signal quality. Perhaps Lyle can comment since I am sure that he originally > came up with a mod for this that was eventually incorporated in later > production models. > > I set the power control to 5W on my K2/10 and adjust the audio level so that > 1 bar of ALC is showing. This gives a consistent output level that does not > normally need to be readjusted even when changing bands. > > ----- > Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? > G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com > Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf _______________________________________________ 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
