K3 interface to Signalink USB question
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Hello everyone!
I have a Signalink USB box that I'd like to interface with my new K3. From what I understand the preferred connection method is via the rear Line-In/Out jacks, right? I am using those with my rack audio gear, though (xlr mic/EQ/mixer/etc). What would you guys suggest that I do? Can/should I use the front mic connector (it is the standard Kenwood 8-pin pinout, right?). Or is it possible to connect the Signalink inline with the audio stuff, between the rack and the K3? Also, I have a new LP-PAN with an E-mu 0404 sound card that I haven't connected yet. So I wonder if that can somehow be used for the Signalink. I also have an iPlus box (FYI). Thanks in advance for your suggestions and ideas! Slava Baytalskiy [hidden email] W2RMS ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
Re: K3 interface to Signalink USB question
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Sal,
When I had a SignaLink connected to my K3, I had the Kenwood cable set for the SignaLink. It connected as follows: -USB from computer to SignaLink -Cable from SignaLink to K3 rear panel Line-In and Line-Out, as appropriately marked. Now I just use stereo cables directly from the sound card on my PC into the rear panel Line-In and Line-Out on the K3. I route K3 line-out to computer line-in and K3 line-in to computer line-out. I'm not familiar with the other audio equipment you're using, so can't venture a comment there. Hope this helps. 73 es gl de --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua [hidden email] K3 #281, P3 #688, KPA500 #1468 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Slava Baytalskiy Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:37 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] K3 interface to Signalink USB question Hello everyone! I have a Signalink USB box that I'd like to interface with my new K3. From what I understand the preferred connection method is via the rear Line-In/Out jacks, right? I am using those with my rack audio gear, though (xlr mic/EQ/mixer/etc). What would you guys suggest that I do? Can/should I use the front mic connector (it is the standard Kenwood 8-pin pinout, right?). Or is it possible to connect the Signalink inline with the audio stuff, between the rack and the K3? Also, I have a new LP-PAN with an E-mu 0404 sound card that I haven't connected yet. So I wonder if that can somehow be used for the Signalink. I also have an iPlus box (FYI). Thanks in advance for your suggestions and ideas! Slava Baytalskiy [hidden email] W2RMS ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Slava,
Yes, you should be able to use the front mic jack. Set the SignaLink for mic level output rather than line level (see the SignaLink documentation). Turn bias off for the front mic. It is feasible that you could feed the SignaLink into your audio rack, but it should not run through any of the conditioning mechanisms. If you do that, you would want to kill all other inputs to your audio rack and just run the SignaLink 'straight through' to the Line In on the K3. Whether that is possible or not depends on the capabilities of your mixer. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/26/2014 12:36 PM, Slava Baytalskiy wrote: > Hello everyone! > I have a Signalink USB box that I'd like to interface with my new K3. From what I understand the preferred connection method is via the rear Line-In/Out jacks, right? I am using those with my rack audio gear, though (xlr mic/EQ/mixer/etc). What would you guys suggest that I do? > Can/should I use the front mic connector (it is the standard Kenwood 8-pin pinout, right?). Or is it possible to connect the Signalink inline with the audio stuff, between the rack and the K3? > Also, I have a new LP-PAN with an E-mu 0404 sound card that I haven't connected yet. So I wonder if that can somehow be used for the Signalink. > > I also have an iPlus box (FYI). > Thanks in advance for your suggestions and ideas! > > Slava Baytalskiy > [hidden email] > W2RMS > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Thanks everyone!
Don, will this setup liven up the mic? Or is there a way to just switch to front panel mic input only when using SL USB? I mean I know I can set the menu option to fp mic. But if I didn't and SL USB keyed up the rig - my actual mic would be live, right? Slava Baytalskiy [hidden email] W2RMS On Mar 26, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote: > Slava, > > Yes, you should be able to use the front mic jack. Set the SignaLink for mic level output rather than line level (see the SignaLink documentation). Turn bias off for the front mic. > > It is feasible that you could feed the SignaLink into your audio rack, but it should not run through any of the conditioning mechanisms. If you do that, you would want to kill all other inputs to your audio rack and just run the SignaLink 'straight through' to the Line In on the K3. Whether that is possible or not depends on the capabilities of your mixer. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 3/26/2014 12:36 PM, Slava Baytalskiy wrote: >> Hello everyone! >> I have a Signalink USB box that I'd like to interface with my new K3. From what I understand the preferred connection method is via the rear Line-In/Out jacks, right? I am using those with my rack audio gear, though (xlr mic/EQ/mixer/etc). What would you guys suggest that I do? >> Can/should I use the front mic connector (it is the standard Kenwood 8-pin pinout, right?). Or is it possible to connect the Signalink inline with the audio stuff, between the rack and the K3? >> Also, I have a new LP-PAN with an E-mu 0404 sound card that I haven't connected yet. So I wonder if that can somehow be used for the Signalink. >> >> I also have an iPlus box (FYI). >> Thanks in advance for your suggestions and ideas! >> >> Slava Baytalskiy >> [hidden email] >> W2RMS >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [hidden email] > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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And one more question: what's this rj-45 type plug on the bottom of the front panel for? Anyone using it at all?
Slava Baytalskiy [hidden email] W2RMS ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
Re: K3 interface to Signalink USB question
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Sal, that RJ-45 jack was used at the factory for programming purposes. It
has no function outside of that. 73 de -- Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua [hidden email] K3 #281, P3 #688, KPA500 #1468 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Slava Baytalskiy Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 5:03 PM To: [hidden email] Cc: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 interface to Signalink USB question And one more question: what's this rj-45 type plug on the bottom of the front panel for? Anyone using it at all? Slava Baytalskiy [hidden email] W2RMS ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Slava,
That all depends on whether you feed the SL USB through your mixer or go with the front panel mic. Through the front panel, set the mic select to the front mic and bias off. Use VOX and do not connect PTT from the SL USB and you will not have any PTT 'mistakes'. If you feed it through your mixer, then it all depends on your mixer and its controls - I don't know your full audio (nor PTT) setup, so I cannot comment. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/26/2014 5:00 PM, Slava Baytalskiy wrote: > Thanks everyone! > Don, will this setup liven up the mic? Or is there a way to just switch to front panel mic input only when using SL USB? I mean I know I can set the menu option to fp mic. But if I didn't and SL USB keyed up the rig - my actual mic would be live, right? > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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SignaLink is mono, I believe. LP-PAN requires stereo.
Larry N8LP On 3/26/2014 10:39 PM, [hidden email] wrote: > Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:36:32 -0400 > From: Slava Baytalskiy<[hidden email]> > To:"[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 interface to Signalink USB question > Message-ID:<[hidden email]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hello everyone! > I have a Signalink USB box that I'd like to interface with my new K3. From what I understand the preferred connection method is via the rear Line-In/Out jacks, right? I am using those with my rack audio gear, though (xlr mic/EQ/mixer/etc). What would you guys suggest that I do? > Can/should I use the front mic connector (it is the standard Kenwood 8-pin pinout, right?). Or is it possible to connect the Signalink inline with the audio stuff, between the rack and the K3? > Also, I have a new LP-PAN with an E-mu 0404 sound card that I haven't connected yet. So I wonder if that can somehow be used for the Signalink. > > I also have an iPlus box (FYI). > Thanks in advance for your suggestions and ideas! > > Slava Baytalskiy > [hidden email] > W2RMS > > ------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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