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K3 FT8

Joe K2UF
I am trying to get FT8 running on my K3 using Rig blaster advantage.
Everything works except no  transmit RF output.
 
Enable TX puts K3 into transmit but no RFoutput.  Have tried adjusting RBA
xmit level and K3 mic output.  No joy.
 
.Anyone able to share their PTT settings.
 
Thanks,
 
Joe K2UF
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Re: K3 FT8

John-2
Vox on Joe?


On 11/12/2020 12:10 p.m., Joe K2UF wrote:

> I am trying to get FT8 running on my K3 using Rig blaster advantage.
> Everything works except no  transmit RF output.
>  
> Enable TX puts K3 into transmit but no RFoutput.  Have tried adjusting RBA
> xmit level and K3 mic output.  No joy.
>  
> .Anyone able to share their PTT settings.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Joe K2UF
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Re: K3 FT8

NK7Z
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I am running with no interface, an d all works well here.  You might
consider re-configuring to not use the Rigblaster.

73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
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On 12/11/20 12:10 PM, Joe K2UF wrote:

> I am trying to get FT8 running on my K3 using Rig blaster advantage.
> Everything works except no  transmit RF output.
>  
> Enable TX puts K3 into transmit but no RFoutput.  Have tried adjusting RBA
> xmit level and K3 mic output.  No joy.
>  
> .Anyone able to share their PTT settings.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Joe K2UF
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Re: K3 FT8

Don Wilhelm
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Joe,

Do you have the audio levels set right for transmit?
Go to my webpage www.w3fpr.com and look at the last article in the left
column.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/11/2020 3:10 PM, Joe K2UF wrote:

> I am trying to get FT8 running on my K3 using Rig blaster advantage.
> Everything works except no  transmit RF output.
>  
> Enable TX puts K3 into transmit but no RFoutput.  Have tried adjusting RBA
> xmit level and K3 mic output.  No joy.
>  
> .Anyone able to share their PTT settings.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Joe K2UF
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Re: K3 FT8

Jim Rhodes-2
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Personally (and this varies with every setup) I usually run with the sound
card output level about 1/3 of the way, the level in WSJT-X about 1/3 of
the way up then adjust the mic (line-in) to get the 4 bars plus a flicker
level on the ALC meter. You do not want any of the levels to be too near
either end of the scale for best linearity. So my mic level usually ends up
at 20 to 30.


On Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 13:11 Joe K2UF <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I am trying to get FT8 running on my K3 using Rig blaster advantage.
> Everything works except no  transmit RF output.
>
> Enable TX puts K3 into transmit but no RFoutput.  Have tried adjusting RBA
> xmit level and K3 mic output.  No joy.
>
> .Anyone able to share their PTT settings.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe K2UF
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Re: K3 FT8

Rick Bates, NK7I
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Not just the levels but the right input source on the K3?

73,
Rick NK7I


On 12/11/2020 12:28 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> Joe,
>
> Do you have the audio levels set right for transmit?
> Go to my webpage www.w3fpr.com and look at the last article in the
> left column.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 12/11/2020 3:10 PM, Joe K2UF wrote:
>> I am trying to get FT8 running on my K3 using Rig blaster advantage.
>> Everything works except no  transmit RF output.
>>   Enable TX puts K3 into transmit but no RFoutput.  Have tried
>> adjusting RBA
>> xmit level and K3 mic output.  No joy.
>>   .Anyone able to share their PTT settings.
>>   Thanks,
>>   Joe K2UF
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