Well, the K3/100 kit arrived on 18th August. I ordered it on 31 March
and was expecting September delivery, so it was a pleasant surprise to
get it early.
The K3/10 is built and I've connected it up to my soundcard (Aureal
Vortex) on my PC via the LINE IN and LINE OUT jack sockets on the back
of the K3. The connections to the soundcard are line out and line in
respectively. My digital mode software is MixW.
I've come across a problem: the LINE IN and LINE OUT levels appear to be
pretty low. I need to set the K3 LINE OUT level well above 50 before I
can see a trace on MixW's waterfall, even with the soundcard's line in
level set to maximum. I also need to set the K3 MIC gain above 50 before
I get a decent level of drive; even at 70 the ALC level doesn't even
register.
I have previously used this soundcard without problem with fixed level
inputs and outputs from my TenTec Argonaut V, so I doubt whether the
problem is with the soundcard.
OK, I could use the soundcard MIC input and speaker output instead, but
I guess the impedances will be all wrong.
73
Bob
MM0RKT
Hamilton
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