Simultaneous audio out & digital out for K2 -- safe?

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Simultaneous audio out & digital out for K2 -- safe?

Ronald Cox
I needed a way to quickly interface to the computer without  
purchasing an interface box. I have the CAT system running and used  
HamRadioDeluxe/PSK-31 for software control. My solution to the audio  
interface was to use a stereo receiver I use to drive the 5.1 channel  
speakers from the computers in the shack. I have a stereo cable that  
plugs into the back of the K2 disabling its speaker. I leave the AF  
gain at max on the K2 and then use the stereo receiver's control to  
adjust the listening volume. To supply a non-adjusted level of audio  
to the PC sound card, the audio channel used on the stereo receiver  
is the "Aux" channel and I use the "tape recorder out" channel for  
the PC connection. Since this worked out to be a stable setup with  
regard to EMI, I used the other unused (right or left) stereo channel  
to buffer the audio back from the computer to to the K2... using the  
unused  channel of the "tape recorder out" to the K2 and the "Aux"  
input from the  PC. This will result in K2 audio from my left speaker  
during receive and computer generated audio from my right speaker on  
transmit with both adjustable and not interfering with the fixed  
audio levels required to drive the K2 and PC sound card. Seems to be  
working well so far. I made my first contact on PSK-31 last night  
using my new K2 (serial # 5372). Still working on getting the audio  
levels right, but that should not be a long term problem.

Ron Cox W9KFB
Indianapolis, IN
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