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Hisashi T Fujinaka

KIO3B audio into the K3?

Setting up wsjt-x on the Mac is not as straightforward as the
instructions say.* In any case, I think I have it decoding now but now I
have to figure out how to get audio from my Mac to the K3.

Am I right in thinking that the audio TO the K3 should go through USB as
well?

Any other tricks I should know about?

*The instructions say move the app ANYWHERE but the kvasd installer only
works if you put the application into /Applications and not in a "Ham
Radio" Folder. It's probably the space in the filename, now that I
think of it.

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Hisashi T Fujinaka

Re: KIO3B audio into the K3?

Now I think it's the WSJT-X software rather than the radio because I can
get JT65 to work for a while and then it stops sending audio to the K3.
Fortunately it hasn't stopped in the middle of a QSO, but only in
between.

It could be somehow messing with the settings, but I really don't know
how I'd check to see if the USB audio is making it to the radio. Power
cycling the radio doesn't help. I suppose I could keep rebooting the
laptop but that's a bit painful as well.

Anyone have any more hints?

On Sun, 3 Jan 2016, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:

> Setting up wsjt-x on the Mac is not as straightforward as the
> instructions say.* In any case, I think I have it decoding now but now I
> have to figure out how to get audio from my Mac to the K3.
>
> Am I right in thinking that the audio TO the K3 should go through USB as
> well?
>
> Any other tricks I should know about?
>
> *The instructions say move the app ANYWHERE but the kvasd installer only
> works if you put the application into /Applications and not in a "Ham
> Radio" Folder. It's probably the space in the filename, now that I
> think of it.

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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: KIO3B audio into the K3?

Hisashi,

I suspect the computer or the software application.
Do a test - connect a USB soundcard to your computer and tell WSJT-X and
JT65 to use that soundcard.
Connect the output of the soundcard to an amplifier or headphones and
listen to the audio as the application "transmits".

73,
Don W3FPR

On 1/4/2016 1:09 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:

> Now I think it's the WSJT-X software rather than the radio because I can
> get JT65 to work for a while and then it stops sending audio to the K3.
> Fortunately it hasn't stopped in the middle of a QSO, but only in
> between.
>
> It could be somehow messing with the settings, but I really don't know
> how I'd check to see if the USB audio is making it to the radio. Power
> cycling the radio doesn't help. I suppose I could keep rebooting the
> laptop but that's a bit painful as well.
>
> Anyone have any more hints?
>
> On Sun, 3 Jan 2016, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>
>> Setting up wsjt-x on the Mac is not as straightforward as the
>> instructions say.* In any case, I think I have it decoding now but now I
>> have to figure out how to get audio from my Mac to the K3.
>>
>> Am I right in thinking that the audio TO the K3 should go through USB as
>> well?
>>
>> Any other tricks I should know about?
>>
>> *The instructions say move the app ANYWHERE but the kvasd installer only
>> works if you put the application into /Applications and not in a "Ham
>> Radio" Folder. It's probably the space in the filename, now that I
>> think of it.
>

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Hisashi T Fujinaka

Re: KIO3B audio into the K3?

Oh, good idea. I forgot I have a Signalink somewhere.

On Mon, 4 Jan 2016, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> Hisashi,
>
> I suspect the computer or the software application.
> Do a test - connect a USB soundcard to your computer and tell WSJT-X and JT65
> to use that soundcard.
> Connect the output of the soundcard to an amplifier or headphones and listen
> to the audio as the application "transmits".
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 1/4/2016 1:09 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>> Now I think it's the WSJT-X software rather than the radio because I can
>> get JT65 to work for a while and then it stops sending audio to the K3.
>> Fortunately it hasn't stopped in the middle of a QSO, but only in
>> between.
>>
>> It could be somehow messing with the settings, but I really don't know
>> how I'd check to see if the USB audio is making it to the radio. Power
>> cycling the radio doesn't help. I suppose I could keep rebooting the
>> laptop but that's a bit painful as well.
>>
>> Anyone have any more hints?
>>
>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2016, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>>
>>> Setting up wsjt-x on the Mac is not as straightforward as the
>>> instructions say.* In any case, I think I have it decoding now but now I
>>> have to figure out how to get audio from my Mac to the K3.
>>>
>>> Am I right in thinking that the audio TO the K3 should go through USB as
>>> well?
>>>
>>> Any other tricks I should know about?
>>>
>>> *The instructions say move the app ANYWHERE but the kvasd installer only
>>> works if you put the application into /Applications and not in a "Ham
>>> Radio" Folder. It's probably the space in the filename, now that I
>>> think of it.
>>
>

Hisashi T Fujinaka

Re: KIO3B audio into the K3?

Odd. I got the SignaLink to work, and then the K3S worked fine.

On Mon, 4 Jan 2016, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:

> Oh, good idea. I forgot I have a Signalink somewhere.
>
> On Mon, 4 Jan 2016, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>
>> Hisashi,
>>
>> I suspect the computer or the software application.
>> Do a test - connect a USB soundcard to your computer and tell WSJT-X and
>> JT65 to use that soundcard.
>> Connect the output of the soundcard to an amplifier or headphones and
>> listen to the audio as the application "transmits".
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>> On 1/4/2016 1:09 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>>> Now I think it's the WSJT-X software rather than the radio because I can
>>> get JT65 to work for a while and then it stops sending audio to the K3.
>>> Fortunately it hasn't stopped in the middle of a QSO, but only in
>>> between.
>>>
>>> It could be somehow messing with the settings, but I really don't know
>>> how I'd check to see if the USB audio is making it to the radio. Power
>>> cycling the radio doesn't help. I suppose I could keep rebooting the
>>> laptop but that's a bit painful as well.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any more hints?
>>>
>>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2016, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>>>
>>>> Setting up wsjt-x on the Mac is not as straightforward as the
>>>> instructions say.* In any case, I think I have it decoding now but now I
>>>> have to figure out how to get audio from my Mac to the K3.
>>>>
>>>> Am I right in thinking that the audio TO the K3 should go through USB as
>>>> well?
>>>>
>>>> Any other tricks I should know about?
>>>>
>>>> *The instructions say move the app ANYWHERE but the kvasd installer only
>>>> works if you put the application into /Applications and not in a "Ham
>>>> Radio" Folder. It's probably the space in the filename, now that I
>>>> think of it.
>>>
>>
>
>

Hisashi T Fujinaka

Re: KIO3B audio into the K3?

In case anyone was wondering, I suspect this is a failing of Mac OS X
and USB audio. After conversations with Mac and Apple developers about
the state of USB audio as of Yosemite (and even worse, in El Capitan) I
decided to use a different OS. I'm now running a brand-new $349 HP
laptop and WSJT-X ran fine last night in Win 10 and Ubuntu. It's not an
ideal choice, but having the audio quit in the middle of a conversation
was a deal breaker.

I could go on about OS X Bluetooth issues after Snow Leopard but that's
a different off-topic story.

On Mon, 4 Jan 2016, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:

> Odd. I got the SignaLink to work, and then the K3S worked fine.
>
> On Mon, 4 Jan 2016, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>
>> Oh, good idea. I forgot I have a Signalink somewhere.
>>
>> On Mon, 4 Jan 2016, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>>
>>> Hisashi,
>>>
>>> I suspect the computer or the software application.
>>> Do a test - connect a USB soundcard to your computer and tell WSJT-X and
>>> JT65 to use that soundcard.
>>> Connect the output of the soundcard to an amplifier or headphones and
>>> listen to the audio as the application "transmits".
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Don W3FPR
>>>
>>> On 1/4/2016 1:09 AM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>>>> Now I think it's the WSJT-X software rather than the radio because I can
>>>> get JT65 to work for a while and then it stops sending audio to the K3.
>>>> Fortunately it hasn't stopped in the middle of a QSO, but only in
>>>> between.
>>>>
>>>> It could be somehow messing with the settings, but I really don't know
>>>> how I'd check to see if the USB audio is making it to the radio. Power
>>>> cycling the radio doesn't help. I suppose I could keep rebooting the
>>>> laptop but that's a bit painful as well.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any more hints?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 3 Jan 2016, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Setting up wsjt-x on the Mac is not as straightforward as the
>>>>> instructions say.* In any case, I think I have it decoding now but now I
>>>>> have to figure out how to get audio from my Mac to the K3.
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I right in thinking that the audio TO the K3 should go through USB as
>>>>> well?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any other tricks I should know about?
>>>>>
>>>>> *The instructions say move the app ANYWHERE but the kvasd installer only
>>>>> works if you put the application into /Applications and not in a "Ham
>>>>> Radio" Folder. It's probably the space in the filename, now that I
>>>>> think of it.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>