This has happened to me also. Some PC software can't handle multiple sound cards very well. When I'm not getting the correct sound from the radio into the computer, I tap on the laptop a few times. If I see the extra noise on the waterfall when I tap, I know it is using the microphone input.
73 Jay W9IUF On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Mike K2MK <k...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi Larry, > > K3 troubleshooting is easier if you always blame the computer first. Do you > have a built-in microphone on your PC? Are you using a speaker with your K3 > (built-in or external) rather than headphones. Is it possible that the > audio > from your K3 speaker is being picked up by the PC microphone? > > Differences between main and sub could be explained by considering left and > right balance adjustments in the PC. > > I did not dream this up. This came up a year ago when someone wrote in that > his PC software was decoding RTTY before he even connected the line-out of > the K3 to the PC line-in. > > 73, > Mike K2MK > > > > Larry Godek wrote: > > > > "There is a Line Out level adjustment in the K3 configuration menu. Set > it > > to > > "NOR" mode (fixed-level output, does not change with AF Gain control) and > > set the output level to about 7 (pretty low). This avoids distortion > > caused > > by too hot an output level into the sound card." > > > > The previous was sent the other day thru the reflector to the list and i > > appended it for this message. > > > > The crux of my question, which is still unanswered is "why does the Main > > rec AF gain control affect the line out jack level when i've verified > that > > in the config menu it is set to normal and the adjustment in the config: > > line out menu item only adjusts the Sub rec audio output. That is NOT > the > > way it's supposed to be. It's almost like something is X-d up before the > > line out adjustment. > > > > Larry > > W0OGH > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Line-out-audio-tp5263528p5265327.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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
