KIO3B upgrade
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I have an older K3 and have been using a USB Signalink for digital. The audio levels are easy to control with the TX and RX pots on the Signalink. With the KIO3B installed, putting the soundcard inside the K3, how are those levels controlled? I ordered the upgrade kit, but need to know about this before finishing it up.
The Signalink has been easy to control and very reliable. Will the KIO3B upgrade be as easy to operate? Jim Leder … K8CXM ______________________________________________________________ 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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You no longer have knobs, but the computer sound card controls and the digital
app of your choice give you control of levels. Use VOX in the radio and you won't know the difference, except for having a better sound card. Wes N7WS On 6/1/2021 4:38 AM, Jim Leder wrote: > I have an older K3 and have been using a USB Signalink for digital. The audio levels are easy to control with the TX and RX pots on the Signalink. With the KIO3B installed, putting the soundcard inside the K3, how are those levels controlled? I ordered the upgrade kit, but need to know about this before finishing it up. > The Signalink has been easy to control and very reliable. Will the KIO3B upgrade be as easy to operate? > > Jim Leder … K8CXM > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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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I have the upgrade on my K3. Single USB cable that creates two virtual ports. One for rig control and the other K3 sound card. I am talking about a Windows 10 installation and operation. I have done it in Linux on Raspberry Pi, but had to watch a lot of YouTube videos to adjust audio via a Pi Terminal screen. I find windows a lot easier. In Windows you need to go in and find your serial port for both audio and rig control, just like you did with your Signal Link for rig control (I use a Signal Link with my KX3 and earlier with my K3 before upgrade). Then to adjust audio go into Windows "Setup", "Audio Devices" and adjust your audio output (Typically speaker audio level) from your computer to K3. Setup K3 to adjust your modulation level just like you did with the Signal Link. Typically levels are lower than the radio's microphone. Then adjust the audio in Windows, "Setup", "Audio Devices" as you did on the Signal Link. For audio from the K3 to the computer just incr
ease audio (typically computer microphone audio level) until your computer program begins to react to the sound. Not sure what computer program you are using, but make sure you have selected the K3 USD sound card, typically called "USB audio codec" in your computer program. Otherwise the computer program may default to your computer sound card (Not Good!). I find windows adjustments very easy and can do it on the fly. I work NBEMS HF & VHF and that requires audio readjust going from HF to VHF and back. Getting rid of the required rats nest of wires with the Signal Link was worth it. I was banking on your experience with the Signal link, so did not go into a lot of intimate details. So if more details are needed don't hesitate to get back to me. I really like the USB K3 interface with Windows and I am sure a lot on this list will disagree with me. I have no experience in the Apple/Mac. Good Luck, 73, Charlie, N2PKW -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Jim Leder Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 6:39 AM To: Elecraft <[hidden email]> Subject: [Elecraft] KIO3B upgrade I have an older K3 and have been using a USB Signalink for digital. The audio levels are easy to control with the TX and RX pots on the Signalink. With the KIO3B installed, putting the soundcard inside the K3, how are those levels controlled? I ordered the upgrade kit, but need to know about this before finishing it up. The Signalink has been easy to control and very reliable. Will the KIO3B upgrade be as easy to operate? Jim Leder ... K8CXM ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman.qth.net%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Felecraft&data=04%7C01%7Ccharles.hardt%40mgccc.edu%7C6eb5a161da254b0c816008d924f21abe%7Ca78575e91fd246b1aace92a336b018b4%7C0%7C0%7C637588735267961781%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=8j53WI39YmKbDJHry3hyHPPISEDPEtLoxfu3%2B%2FgD9wQ%3D&reserved=0 Help: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman.qth.net%2Fmmfaq.htm&data=04%7C01%7Ccharles.hardt%40mgccc.edu%7C6eb5a161da254b0c816008d924f21abe%7Ca78575e91fd246b1aace92a336b018b4%7C0%7C0%7C637588735267961781%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=JpPW1N6vXwHFHZ%2BwAAzhC8roIO8CYpjxHQy0bHyeVRs%3D&reserved=0 Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qsl.net%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ccharles.hardt%40mgccc.edu%7C6eb5a161da254b0c816008d924f21abe%7Ca78575e91fd246b1aace92a336b018b4%7C0%7C0%7C637588735267961781%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=2obq%2BBm9S3BfDs86d%2F9UokYm%2F9t0Tdf17Vs3%2BQfsECE%3D&reserved=0 Please help support this email list: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qsl.net%2Fdonate.html&data=04%7C01%7Ccharles.hardt%40mgccc.edu%7C6eb5a161da254b0c816008d924f21abe%7Ca78575e91fd246b1aace92a336b018b4%7C0%7C0%7C637588735267961781%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=nAiBmQ2Qz8UdUzOjeJslg%2FZFVBSHfA0Kxn20E4vU5Ok%3D&reserved=0 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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Hey Jim,
Replacing my external box (US Interface Navigator) with the KIO3B was a change I was glad to make to my K3. Audio levels are controlled two ways, 1, in the K3 menus and 2, in the computer operating system sound settings. The application may also have adjustments for the audio levels. At first, losing my knobs made it a little more difficult to set levels for different modes and applications, but once I got it set just right, I found that saving the configurations made the adjustments much more precise from and repeatable from mode to mode, etc. I really like the single USB cable between the PC & K3. 73 de Joe NE3R On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 7:39 AM Jim Leder <[hidden email]> wrote: > > I have an older K3 and have been using a USB Signalink for digital. The audio levels are easy to control with the TX and RX pots on the Signalink. With the KIO3B installed, putting the soundcard inside the K3, how are those levels controlled? I ordered the upgrade kit, but need to know about this before finishing it up. > The Signalink has been easy to control and very reliable. Will the KIO3B upgrade be as easy to operate? > > Jim Leder … K8CXM > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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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