Are the mic gain settings per-mode? Might check the levels in the two modes. I'm guessing...
wunder K6WRU On Apr 22, 2014, at 5:08 PM, "Keith D Jones" <ke...@compassmarina.com> wrote: > I got my KX3 and KPA100 this past February and have a lot of fun so far with > it. I've been pretty frustrated the past few days trying to get > satisfactory RMS Express performance using both Pactor 3 and Winmor. > > > > I built a cable for my Navigator and quickly had it working with the KX3 > choosing the USB Data mode in the Radio Setup (K3 radio choice). I quickly > made a connection and sent a small message. > > > > The past few days I have been trying to get my SCS PTCIIex Pactor 3 modem > hooked up. I built a cable and rebuilt it 2 more times! The problem that I > kept getting was a connection and either very slow and error (ARQ Repeat in > RMSE and error light on TNC) or a disconnect after unsuccessful handshaking. > Since I could connect I thought that maybe there was a problem with the > cable. > > > > I checked with Elecraft and they felt good about my settings, Mic Bias On, > Mic Gain 12 (4 solid 5th ALC bar flickering). I used the USB Data selection > in RMS Express and that set the radio to DATA A. FL2 would show (I have the > roofing filters). > > > > The poor performance continued, then by error I found that I had hit the > mode button and gone to USB not DATA A - it worked great! Later changed > back to DATA A and it was slow, hit Mode and it sped right up and the error > conditions largely eliminated. Transferred a 31K file in 3-4 minutes. > > > > Back to a try with Winmor and the Navigator. With DATA A mode I gave up on > the 31K file after 17 minutes. Trying in regular USB it took 6.6 minutes - > about twice P3, more or less what I would expect. > > > > So I am totally confused about DATA A mode - using both sound card (Winmor) > and TNC. I haven't had the opportunity to play with other digital modes as > yet, but wonder whether the DATA A mode is advisable. Am I missing > something? > > > > Keith, N4KDJ > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org -- Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
