Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-06 Thread Bob McGraw - K4TAX
I agree with you Jim. For years I've operated digital modes with a direct connection between the IN's and OUT's of the sound card to the radio. Using the VOX to control the T/R sequence {and any radio worth it's salt has a good VOX, although many don't} does the trick nicely. Now, if you end up

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-06 Thread K6LE
Playback can also be done very nicely, without involving your computer, with the very slick KDVR3 in the K3. Rick K6LE On 4/6/2010, at 6:55 , Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote: Snip With this approach, using available free software, one can record audio direct from the receiver and play it back

[Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread George A. Thornton
I have a question about PSK31, sound cards and the K3. I am currently set up to use my K3 with the LP-Pan for a pandapter spectrum display on computer. I am currently using a separate USB sound card (E-Mu 0202) as the sound card for this interface. Someone told me that using the same

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread Kok Chen
On Apr 4, 2010, at 11:22 PM, George A. Thornton wrote: It has been recommended to me that I get the SignaLink USB interface because it is easy to work with and reliable. The SignaLink USB contains two functions: (a) a 16-bit sound card (Burr-Brown 2909 chip) and (b) an audio activated

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread Don Wilhelm
Chen has given good advice here, but all jacks on the back of the K3 are mechanically stereo jacks. In the case of line-in, only the tip has an electrical contact (which makes it mono electrical input). So it is convenient to just use a manufactured stereo 3.5mm plug to 3.5mm plug cable to

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread Wes Stewart
FWIW. I more or less successfully used the K3 for RTTY and a brief taste of PSK (too slow, like watching paint dry) with the internal sound card in my T400 Lenovo laptop. I say more or less, because on occasion, the computer would refuse to output audio to the transmitter. The display would

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread John Ragle
Wes Stewart wrote: FWIW. I more or less successfully used the K3 for RTTY and a brief taste of PSK (too slow, like watching paint dry Good Morning, Wes... I think you'll be pleased with the SignaLink box. You are right about BPSK31 -- it is a bit slow. My take on this is that people like

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread lstavenhagen
wow - hand copying 40wpm? My hat is off to you hi hi. When I took my Extra exam back in the early 90's, it was right at the limit of my ability to scribble to copy down the text at 20wpm and you had to do a full 5 minutes of it. My right arm was burning pretty good at the end of the tape...

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
I think you'll be pleased with the SignaLink box. There is no value to the Signalink that can't be provided by much less expensive USB based soundcards (e.g., UA-580 for $28.95 at Byterunner) or even the $9.95 dongles used to support a headset. Since the K3 provides VOX in the DATA A

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread wb6rse1
On Apr 5, 2010, at 9:48 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: There is no value to the Signalink that can't be provided by much less expensive USB based soundcards ___ The SignaLink schematic shows the same type of isolation transformers already standard in the KIO3.

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread Jim Brown
On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:58:42 -0700, Kok Chen wrote: The usual reason given for using a separate sound card instead of the built- in speaker/headphones of the computer is so that chimes, alert sounds and music from the computer don't accidentally go out on the air (especially when the

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread Kok Chen
On Apr 5, 2010, at 4/57:33 AM, lstavenhagen wrote: Still with PSK31, trying it out with cocoaModem, I find I can't keep the buffer full. I can get ahead on simple plain language but throw some numbers and punctuation in there and the buffer catches up pretty quick. 45 baud RTTY

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
-USA.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM supp...@microham.com -Original Message- From: wb6r...@mac.com [mailto:wb6r...@mac.com] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 1:11 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Cc: Joe Subich, W4TV Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31

2010-04-05 Thread George A. Thornton
...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 1:08 PM To: wb6r...@mac.com; 'Elecraft Reflector' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3, sound cards and PSK31 The SignaLink schematic shows the same type of isolation transformers already standard