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k0wa@swbell.net

Let me try again...RTTY and K3

OK... let me try again....

I have a K3 with V.3.63. I am getting ready for ARRL RTTY RU. I have a SignalLink USB device coupled to the LINE IN and LINE OUT of the K3. In AFSK A mode the MIC is at LINE 40. This has been working since I got the rig. Everything is fine but I have found this one issue that is different from what I have observed before.

I do not run a lot of RTTY in the summer and fall. So, in the interim, I have updated the K3 to version 3.63

Prior to that event...when I was on AFSK RTTY (and I am using AFSK A) I could control the drive of the K3 and see the results on the ALC meter. I could drive to one bar...two bars...three bars...etc.

When I added 3.63 to the K3 and started working RTTY....nothing else has changed...i noticed that the ALC meter no longer works as stated above. I can get three bars....and that is it. The three bars are either on solid, or I can turn down the drive and the three bars start to flicker. Then I can turn it down, and the three bars are totally gone. I still have output with the three bars "gone." The power output is right at 100 watts when the three bars are flickering.

This is different that what it was before. Is this the NEW norm....or is there something amiss? is this a bug? Is this what you see? I can work stations without and issue. But, I want to make sure I am adjusted correctly.

Lee Buller - K0WA

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Iain MacDonnell - N6ML-2

Re: Let me try again...RTTY and K3

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Lee Buller <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
>
> OK... let me try again....
>
> I have a K3 with V.3.63. I am getting ready for ARRL RTTY RU. I have a SignalLink USB device coupled to the LINE IN and LINE OUT of the K3. In AFSK A mode the MIC is at LINE 40. This has been working since I got the rig. Everything is fine but I have found this one issue that is different from what I have observed before.
>
> I do not run a lot of RTTY in the summer and fall. So, in the interim, I have updated the K3 to version 3.63
>
> Prior to that event...when I was on AFSK RTTY (and I am using AFSK A) I could control the drive of the K3 and see the results on the ALC meter. I could drive to one bar...two bars...three bars...etc.
>
> When I added 3.63 to the K3 and started working RTTY....nothing else has changed...i noticed that the ALC meter no longer works as stated above. I can get three bars....and that is it. The three bars are either on solid, or I can turn down the drive and the three bars start to flicker. Then I can turn it down, and the three bars are totally gone. I still have output with the three bars "gone." The power output is right at 100 watts when the three bars are flickering.
>
> This is different that what it was before. Is this the NEW norm....or is there something amiss? is this a bug? Is this what you see? I can work stations without and issue. But, I want to make sure I am adjusted correctly.

I usually use FSK for RTTY, but I switched to AFSK to test this - I
can get anwhere from 7 down to 3 bars on the ALC meter, by adjusting
either the MIC control on the K3, or the output level of the
SoundBlaster card feeding it. When I reduce below the 3-bar level, it
goes to no bars in one jump. It's about right (5 bars) with line-in on
the K3 at 10, and the level on the sound card about half-way. I'm
running 3.68.

I don't have a SignaLink, but wonder if perhaps it's setup to drive a
mic level radio input?

~Iain / N6ML
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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: Let me try again...RTTY and K3

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Lee,

I have not tried RTTY with the latest firmware - BUT --

Until Lyle states differently, I would suggest that you set the line in
level just to the point when the 3 bars are solid, and no higher.
I have not tried RTTY, but if the bars flicker, I would assume that the
audio drive level is not quite 'up to snuff'.

73,
Don W3FPR

Lee Buller wrote:

> OK... let me try again....
>
> I have a K3 with V.3.63. I am getting ready for ARRL RTTY RU. I have a SignalLink USB device coupled to the LINE IN and LINE OUT of the K3. In AFSK A mode the MIC is at LINE 40. This has been working since I got the rig. Everything is fine but I have found this one issue that is different from what I have observed before.
>
> I do not run a lot of RTTY in the summer and fall. So, in the interim, I have updated the K3 to version 3.63
>
> Prior to that event...when I was on AFSK RTTY (and I am using AFSK A) I could control the drive of the K3 and see the results on the ALC meter. I could drive to one bar...two bars...three bars...etc.
>
> When I added 3.63 to the K3 and started working RTTY....nothing else has changed...i noticed that the ALC meter no longer works as stated above. I can get three bars....and that is it. The three bars are either on solid, or I can turn down the drive and the three bars start to flicker. Then I can turn it down, and the three bars are totally gone. I still have output with the three bars "gone." The power output is right at 100 watts when the three bars are flickering.
>
> This is different that what it was before. Is this the NEW norm....or is there something amiss? is this a bug? Is this what you see? I can work stations without and issue. But, I want to make sure I am adjusted correctly.
>
> Lee Buller - K0WA
>
>

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Greg - AB7R

Re: Let me try again...RTTY and K3

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Lee,

I had a similar problem about a month back when reorganizing my
station. Turned out to be the Signalink mixer control. It has to be
all the way at 100%. Something I did in the interim changed it.

Go to your sound settings (XP) and put the speaker icon in the system
try. Then open it and click options and then properties. Choose the
USB audio codec and then make sure the play control is at 100% and the
wave control is at 50%.

73
Greg
AB7R

On 12/29/2009 3:29 PM, Lee Buller wrote:

>
> OK... let me try again....
>
> I have a K3 with V.3.63. I am getting ready for ARRL RTTY RU. I have a SignalLink USB device coupled to the LINE IN and LINE OUT of the K3. In AFSK A mode the MIC is at LINE 40. This has been working since I got the rig. Everything is fine but I have found this one issue that is different from what I have observed before.
>
> I do not run a lot of RTTY in the summer and fall. So, in the interim, I have updated the K3 to version 3.63
>
> Prior to that event...when I was on AFSK RTTY (and I am using AFSK A) I could control the drive of the K3 and see the results on the ALC meter. I could drive to one bar...two bars...three bars...etc.
>
> When I added 3.63 to the K3 and started working RTTY....nothing else has changed...i noticed that the ALC meter no longer works as stated above. I can get three bars....and that is it. The three bars are either on solid, or I can turn down the drive and the three bars start to flicker. Then I can turn it down, and the three bars are totally gone. I still have output with the three bars "gone." The power output is right at 100 watts when the three bars are flickering.
>
> This is different that what it was before. Is this the NEW norm....or is there something amiss? is this a bug? Is this what you see? I can work stations without and issue. But, I want to make sure I am adjusted correctly.
>
> Lee Buller - K0WA
>
> ====================================================================================================
>
> In our day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply. If you don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it. If you can't find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense. Is Common Sense divine?
>
> Common Sense is the image of the Creator expressing revealed truth in my mind. - J. Wolf
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