You are not alone. I much prefer my old K3 with an external sound card to the
built-in in my new(er) K3S.
I mentioned (complained) about this before to no effect. Trying to set ALC to
the recommended 4+flashing bars is nearly impossible. Changing Line Out by one
level, will change AGC from no bars to three bars. One more step and I can have
five bars solid. Of course there is interaction between Line Out, Windows Sound
and the JT modes level setting. I don't believe that running Windows gain at
nil is a good idea SNR wise but who knows.
Add to this that Line Out/Mic Gain settings affect VOX Gain and changing from
digital modes to SSB usually requires VOX gain adjustment. There was a question
from Elecraft to me whether VOX gain remembered by mode would help. Answer yes,
result none.
Wes N7WS
I wonder how Flex handles this.
On 7/16/2017 10:54 AM, Jim N7US wrote:
The Windows recording and playback levels of the soundcard in my K3S seem to
both be very sensitive. For RTTY, other digital modes, and voice messages I
have the level set at only 5 for recording and 18 for playback.
I have my LIN OUT in the K3S set to only 5 for RTTY reception (recording)
and to 14 for digital mode TX (playback).
Maybe I'm confused or misunderstanding the settings or maybe I missed a step
in setting up the radio.
73, Jim N7US
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