Re: [Elecraft] No bars at all on KX3 digital mode transmit

2021-11-26 Thread Julia Tuttle
Oh, I get that, I just don't understand why the radio doesn't more clearly indicate what's happening, with something like flashing full bars or an error code ("HI MIC"?). As it stands, an operator can't tell "input is too low to trigger ALC at all" from "input is so high the radio is ignoring it

Re: [Elecraft] No bars at all on KX3 digital mode transmit

2021-11-26 Thread Don Wilhelm
Julia, That is designed in to prevent the audio front end from being damaged by a high audio level. For those who have read my document on setting the audio levels, I was careful to state that one should start with each audio level (computer and KX3) to mid-range for a starting point and

Re: [Elecraft] No bars at all on KX3 digital mode transmit

2021-11-23 Thread Julia Tuttle
Sure, but when it engages, why doesn't it show full bars, or flash them, or say "HI MIC" or something? On Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 22:29 Brian Hunt wrote: > It’s a self protection feature to keep you from blowing up the audio > input. The KX2 has it as well. Causes me to scratch my head until I >

Re: [Elecraft] No bars at all on KX3 digital mode transmit

2021-11-23 Thread Brian Hunt
It’s a self protection feature to keep you from blowing up the audio input. The KX2 has it as well. Causes me to scratch my head until I remember. 73, Brian, K0DTJ > On Nov 23, 2021, at 17:36, Julia Tuttle wrote: > > Does anyone know *why* it does that? It's confusing when no bars means >

Re: [Elecraft] No bars at all on KX3 digital mode transmit

2021-11-23 Thread Julia Tuttle
Does anyone know *why* it does that? It's confusing when no bars means either "way too high" or "way too low". On Tue, Nov 23, 2021, 20:22 AL7CR wrote: > > A classic problem. You have TOO MUCH input gain. Counterintuitively the > KX 3 ALC will display nothing if over driven. Turn the input

Re: [Elecraft] No bars at all on KX3 digital mode transmit

2021-11-23 Thread AL7CR
A classic problem. You have TOO MUCH input gain. Counterintuitively the KX 3 ALC will display nothing if over driven. Turn the input way down and then increase in small steps. You will find the right setting to show ALC that way. On Tue, Nov 23, 2021, at 2:57 PM, Frank O'Donnell wrote: >

[Elecraft] No bars at all on KX3 digital mode transmit

2021-11-23 Thread Frank O'Donnell
After not having used my KX3 in a while, today I set it up with a laptop on the front porch to send FT8 in WSJT-X with a new AX1 antenna. I went through the procedure in Don W3FPR's document "Setting Elecraft Transceivers for soundcard digital," setting in and out audio levels on my MacBook