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wlbrooks

Sound Cards

This may be the wrong place for this question, but...

My K3's, I have two, are connected to my computer sound cards, (I have two)
via the K3 line out to the sound card line in. After taking the computer
and the K3's to Field Day and running different software than I normally
do, they no longer work. When I try to set them up for RTTY (I use
Writelog), I set the sound card levels. That level setting lasts for about
10 seconds and then it goes to zero. Something is changing the setting. It
happens on both sound cards. Each sound card is connected to a different
radio.

I am using Windows 7 Home Premium with a microHam u2R.

Anybody have any idea what may be happening?

Thanks,
Bill, KE5OG
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Don Wilhelm

Re: Sound Cards

Bill,

The K3 has no control over the computer soundcard levels.
I suggest you pose the question to your computer OS forum to see what
may be changing your soundcard levels.

The folks at MicroHam *might* be able to offer some clues, but bottom
line, your OS is doing something unexpected.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/10/2016 7:52 PM, Bill Brooks wrote:

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Ian Kahn, KM4IK

Re: Sound Cards

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Bill,

Make sure WriteLog is using the u2R as the sound card device, and not
whatever the default sound card is for your system. Sometimes, when you make
other changes to your system, it can return all sound card settings to the
default on-board sound card. Over 22 years in IT has taught me to check all
settings, even ones that should be persistent.

73 de,

--Ian
Ian Kahn, KM4IK
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PODXS 070 #1962
K3# 281, P3 #688, KAT500 #860, KPA500 #1468

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Brooks
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Subject: [Elecraft] Sound Cards

This may be the wrong place for this question, but...

My K3's, I have two, are connected to my computer sound cards, (I have two)
via the K3 line out to the sound card line in. After taking the computer and
the K3's to Field Day and running different software than I normally do,
they no longer work. When I try to set them up for RTTY (I use Writelog), I
set the sound card levels. That level setting lasts for about
10 seconds and then it goes to zero. Something is changing the setting. It
happens on both sound cards. Each sound card is connected to a different
radio.

I am using Windows 7 Home Premium with a microHam u2R.

Anybody have any idea what may be happening?

Thanks,
Bill, KE5OG
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wlbrooks

Re: Sound Cards

Thanks Ian. I have spent three days on it to no avail. I check on that.

Bill

On Sunday, July 10, 2016, Ian - Ham <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Make sure WriteLog is using the u2R as the sound card device, and not
> whatever the default sound card is for your system. Sometimes, when you
> make
> other changes to your system, it can return all sound card settings to the
> default on-board sound card. Over 22 years in IT has taught me to check all
> settings, even ones that should be persistent.
>
> 73 de,
>
> --Ian
> Ian Kahn, KM4IK
> Roswell, GA EM74ua
> [hidden email] <javascript:;>
> 10-10 #74624, North Georgia Chapter #2038
> PODXS 070 #1962
> K3# 281, P3 #688, KAT500 #860, KPA500 #1468
>
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> Brooks
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> Subject: [Elecraft] Sound Cards
>
> This may be the wrong place for this question, but...
>
> My K3's, I have two, are connected to my computer sound cards, (I have two)
> via the K3 line out to the sound card line in. After taking the computer
> and
> the K3's to Field Day and running different software than I normally do,
> they no longer work. When I try to set them up for RTTY (I use Writelog), I
> set the sound card levels. That level setting lasts for about
> 10 seconds and then it goes to zero. Something is changing the setting. It
> happens on both sound cards. Each sound card is connected to a different
> radio.
>
> I am using Windows 7 Home Premium with a microHam u2R.
>
> Anybody have any idea what may be happening?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill, KE5OG
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wlbrooks

Re: Sound Cards

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Thanks, Don,

I have gotten no where asking about the OS so I thought I would try here
and the Writelog forum.

Bill

On Sunday, July 10, 2016, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Bill,
>
> The K3 has no control over the computer soundcard levels.
> I suggest you pose the question to your computer OS forum to see what may
> be changing your soundcard levels.
>
> The folks at MicroHam *might* be able to offer some clues, but bottom
> line, your OS is doing something unexpected.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 7/10/2016 7:52 PM, Bill Brooks wrote:
>
>> This may be the wrong place for this question, but...
>>
>> My K3's, I have two, are connected to my computer sound cards, (I have
>> two)
>> via the K3 line out to the sound card line in. After taking the computer
>> and the K3's to Field Day and running different software than I normally
>> do, they no longer work. When I try to set them up for RTTY (I use
>> Writelog), I set the sound card levels. That level setting lasts for about
>> 10 seconds and then it goes to zero. Something is changing the setting. It
>> happens on both sound cards. Each sound card is connected to a different
>> radio.
>>
>> I am using Windows 7 Home Premium with a microHam u2R.
>>
>>
>>
>

Joe Subich, W4TV-4

Re: Sound Cards

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Make sure WriteLog has selected the correct sound card. If you
connected other hardware to the computer and installed other
software during Field Day you will almost certainly need to reset
all of the audio settings in Windows Control Panel and WriteLog.

73,

... Joe, W4TV

On 7/10/2016 7:52 PM, Bill Brooks wrote:

> This may be the wrong place for this question, but...
>
> My K3's, I have two, are connected to my computer sound cards, (I have two)
> via the K3 line out to the sound card line in. After taking the computer
> and the K3's to Field Day and running different software than I normally
> do, they no longer work. When I try to set them up for RTTY (I use
> Writelog), I set the sound card levels. That level setting lasts for about
> 10 seconds and then it goes to zero. Something is changing the setting. It
> happens on both sound cards. Each sound card is connected to a different
> radio.
>
> I am using Windows 7 Home Premium with a microHam u2R.
>
> Anybody have any idea what may be happening?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill, KE5OG
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Jim Brown-10

Re: Sound Cards

On Sun,7/10/2016 6:36 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> Make sure WriteLog has selected the correct sound card. If you
> connected other hardware to the computer and installed other
> software during Field Day you will almost certainly need to reset
> all of the audio settings in Windows Control Panel and WriteLog.

Yes. Another thing that often happens is that if you plug those sound
cards into different USB ports, Windoze will view them as new devices,
assign them different IDs. And, as others have suggested, your
applications may be using a different device as the default. Bottom line
-- it's a Windoze issue.

73, Jim K9YC

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