Ian J Maude wrote: > > > Done that, the receive is fine :-) > What is the right level then? > Yes, I was going to mention you needed to go into the CONFIG menu and set LIN OUT, then realized you already said receive was working.
On TX the actual mic gain level is going to be dependent on the output level from your sound card, which of course can be adjustable from the computer as well. On other radios I used to increase the audio drive until the ALC just started to show. On the K3 it seems that you don't get any ALC indication at all. So I started with the mic gain at zero and then very slowly increased it until the power output stops increasing. You have to do it slowly because if you increase it further, the K3 backs the power down again. You'll probably increase the level past that point and then back it down again until you have just enough drive to produce the power you want, and no more. I should point out that I set the power control to the power I want, 5W in my case since I have the QRP radio. I see that some people on this list advocate setting the power control to full and regulating the output power entirely using the AF gain controls. But in my opinion that runs the risk of accidentally running too much power and frying the finals unless you watch the output power all the time. Also, the drive level needed to maintain a set power level may vary from band to band and even at different places within the passband. Certainly it did on the K2. ----- Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3-Datamodes-tp15786508p15786814.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
