Dave, You should use the line out connector. The level on this output is not affected by the AF gain controls, whereas the level on the headphone output depends on the AF gain controls and also on whether or not you have headphones plugged into the front panel (since the two are in parallel). The line out level is adjusted from the CONFIG:LIN OUT menu item (it's a set and forget adjustment). Using the headphone connector also disables the speaker, whereas the line out connector does not.
A simple stereo cable should do fine. If you have a sub-receiver and it is on, the right channel will carry output from the sub-RX; the left channel is always the main RX. Most sound card software defaults to the left channel, but almost all software can be configured to use the right channel instead, and either by running two instances of a program or with software that supports dual channels, you can receive independently on both receivers. If your sound device only has a mono microphone input, you might want to check whether the right channel is used to carry a DC voltage, and if it is, you would leave the ring disconnected, but otherwise, a straight stereo cable should work fine. 73, Rich VE3KI G3TJP wrote: > I'm getting round to trying PSK31 and later maybe some other data modes. > > I want to use either the stereo line out source or the headphones socket on > the back \ > panel of the K3, which is getting mighty full of connections these days. > > I could use some advice from the collective HI! > > Should I use a stereo jack with tip active, sleeve ground and ring > unconnected, or \ > should ring and tip be paralleled for use with line out? > > Would I be best using the line out or headphone socket (with configuration \ > speakers+phones=yes)? > > Also, if anyone has experience of using the Tigertronics Signalink USB with > the K3 \ > I'd be very interested to have your comments. > ______________________________________________________________ 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
