Thanks to all for the great info, and esp. Walter and others who suggested the reading material from Jim, K9WC, I'll make that a priority to digest. I hadn't thought about the PC sounds, so given the way I operate, I'll probably opt for the external sound card. I love my PC sounds, and have custom sounds for lots of events, including the band edge alerts, and sounds from other programs that I usually have open when I operate. I'm so silly with my sounds I have a 4-port mixer here in the shack that I pipe everything into to drive a pair of old speakers. Looking forward to experiencing whatever stereo effects are offered in the K3 using that setup!
(Hint: Feature request: Stereo CW where the center of the passband is in the "middle", with lower freqs going left, and higher freqs going right...) ;) I started the build last night, looks like I'll be done in one or two more evenings. See you all on the air!! Thanks again, Chris K1AY Punta Gorda, FL On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Joel Black <[email protected]> wrote: > > Definitely use some type of external sound card. In this day and age and > all the admonishments to not do so, I *still* hear Windows sounds over the > air when using the "default" sound card. > > If you spend just a few dollars more (you've already bought the K3, don't > scrimp on the interface), you can buy something much nicer than the SLUSB. > I use the Creative Labs EMU 0204 and have posted here how well it hears > regularly. The EMU is no longer available new, but they crop up for sale > every once in a while on the used market. As a matter of fact, there is a > used one for sale on qrz.com <http://qrz.com/> ( > http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?461417-E-MU-0204-Soundcard-Unit < > http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?461417-E-MU-0204-Soundcard-Unit>). > This one is not mine nor do I know the ham who is selling it. As in all > other money exchanges, caveat emptor. > > I am sure Jim will weigh in on this. As Walter said, listen to what Jim > says about the subject. He even has a paper on the subject that is easy to > read and understand. > > Good luck with whichever interface you choose. Maybe I'll see your trace > on the waterfall soon. > > 73, > Joel - W4JBB > > > > On Dec 18, 2014, at 11:15 PM, Walter Underwood <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > The Signalink is noisy and the VOX is not needed because you can use the > KX3 VOX. > > > > I highly recommend reading K9YC's short paper on audio interfacing. He > knows more about this stuff than I ever will. > > > > http://audiosystemsgroup.com/USB_Interfaces.pdf > > > > wunder > > K6WRU > > CM87wj > > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- Life is like Linux - it never stands still. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
