Re: KX3: no ALC bars on transmit SOLVED

[Michael Rudolph]

Thank you David and everyone else.  The problem was that for some mysterious reason, FLdigi lost its proper configuration settings – all of them.  It was confusing because I was receiving just fine; it was only the transmit that was affected.

 

Now that I am getting the ALC bars, I find that tuning the MIC control is so critical that I cannot get a flickering 5th bar.  I jump from 4 bars to 5 bars.  Is it acceptable to back off from 5 bars until the 5th bar just disappears and 4 bars remain?

 

Michael N3IRT

 

From: David Orman [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 10:33 AM
To: Michael Rudolph
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3: no ALC bars on transmit

 

In addition to not enough output, too much output can do the same thing. It took me a long time after switching laptops to figure out I had my output too _high_ and that was causing no ALC bars to display. Since you're using fldigi, I suggest the following:

 

1) Hookup headphones/speakers to your output. Hit 'tune' in fldigi, make sure you're getting output.

2) Turn 'tune' off in fldigi. Turn your output volume all the way down. Connect your radio. Set mic gain to 20.

3) Hit 'tune' in fldigi again, and slowly turn up the volume on your computer until you start to see ALC bars appear.

 

Hope this helps,

David

 

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 8:20 PM, Michael Rudolph <[hidden email]> wrote:

All,



I have my KX3 connected to a computer and am running FLdigi.  For psk31, I
set the KX3 to VOX, and the mode to DATA-A.  When I send characters from the
FLdigi, I see no bars in the ALC display.  What could be wrong?



Michael N3IRT

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[Lyle Johnson]

Yes, or so the 5 bars are showing.  Traditional ALC doesn't commence
until after the 5th bar, so should be OK.

73,

Lyle KK7P

On 7/14/15 11:13 AM, Michael Rudolph wrote:

> Thank you David and everyone else.  The problem was that for some mysterious reason, FLdigi lost its proper configuration settings – all of them.  It was confusing because I was receiving just fine; it was only the transmit that was affected.
>
>  
>
> Now that I am getting the ALC bars, I find that tuning the MIC control is so critical that I cannot get a flickering 5th bar.  I jump from 4 bars to 5 bars.  Is it acceptable to back off from 5 bars until the 5th bar just disappears and 4 bars remain?
>
>  
>
> Michael N3IRT
>
>  
>
> From: David Orman [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 10:33 AM
> To: Michael Rudolph
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3: no ALC bars on transmit
>
>  
>
> In addition to not enough output, too much output can do the same thing. It took me a long time after switching laptops to figure out I had my output too _high_ and that was causing no ALC bars to display. Since you're using fldigi, I suggest the following:
>
>  
>
> 1) Hookup headphones/speakers to your output. Hit 'tune' in fldigi, make sure you're getting output.
>
> 2) Turn 'tune' off in fldigi. Turn your output volume all the way down. Connect your radio. Set mic gain to 20.
>
> 3) Hit 'tune' in fldigi again, and slowly turn up the volume on your computer until you start to see ALC bars appear.
>
>  
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> David
>
>  
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 8:20 PM, Michael Rudolph <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> All,
>
>
>
> I have my KX3 connected to a computer and am running FLdigi.  For psk31, I
> set the KX3 to VOX, and the mode to DATA-A.  When I send characters from the
> FLdigi, I see no bars in the ALC display.  What could be wrong?
>
>
>
> Michael N3IRT
>
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