You guys are over-thinking this "issue". Just set whatever combination of level controls it takes to get four solid bars and a flashing fifth on the ALC and get on with it.....that works for me.
See Y'all on FT8! Glenn WB5TUF -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave Cole Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2017 11:52 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Odd ALC behavior Thanks to all for the sheer number and breadth of answers... Rather than answer each one, and create a huge number of posts, I will try and answer all here... I have done all the steps outlined i the posts here before, and have tried them again today. Output from the computer is sitting dead center, line in was sitting at 27, and the power slider on WSJT-X is sitting at 4/5th full. I took a different sound card program, (MixW in RTTY), and I got the same behavior at 5 bars, the meter shows 5 bars, or no bars going between those conditions about once or twice a second randomly. If I increase ANY of the audio controls it drops out of that mode, and acts just as Elecraft say to set things, just one bar higher, i.e. sits at 5 bars, and the 6th flashes... No combination I can create of the input, or output controls will stop this. I also tried adjusting the power controls set a 1 watt, and at 50 watts. The power control makes zero difference in how it behaves. In fact if I am in TEST TRANSMIT mode the problem shows... Listening to the computer output via MON-- sounds perfect... I may next get the scope out again, and start looking at things again... I doubt it is the sound card changing levels because the issue goes away if I turn up LINE IN on the K3... I am still at a loss as to what is causing this issue. I am pretty sure it is an artifact of something happening in the K3, but for the life of me I can't figure it out. 73s and thanks, Dave NK7Z http://www.nk7z.net ______________________________________________________________ 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 wb5...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ 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