USB to Serial Adapters?

[Mark - W5EZY]

Is there anybody out there using a USB to serial
adapter between their K2 and pc for rig
control/logging?  If so, how well does it work, and
what brand are you using?  I understand that some of
them work well and some don't.  Thanks for the bandwidth.

73,
Mark Baugh
W5EZY
Grenada MS

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[Alexandru Csete]

Hello Mark,

On 3/3/06, Mark Baugh <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Is there anybody out there using a USB to serial
> adapter between their K2 and pc for rig
> control/logging?  If so, how well does it work, and
> what brand are you using?  I understand that some of
> them work well and some don't.  Thanks for the bandwidth.

If you want to be sure to get a good, working USB to serial adapter, I
can recomend the microham USB adapter. It is more expensive than a
simple USB to serial converter, but it has been designed for ham
radios and it has CAT, PTT, keying and audio interface in one small
box, see http://www.microham.com/USB%20interfaces.html
I have been using it with my IC-765 but they have cables for
practically all known ham radios. It's much better than a simple USB
to serial adapter.

73
Alex OZ9AEC
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[Craig Rairdin]

The one I have that works is from Iogear, model GUC232A. You can Google it
for ordering info. Tiger Direct sells them for $29.99.

I bought a similar one at BestBuy and it didn't work at all. I have no idea
what the difference is. They both looked the same.

I can also second the motion for the microHAM devices. While they sell a
$119 USB/Serial converter, I have the microKEYER ($259). It includes a
software driver that lets me create multiple virtual USB ports so I can have
several pieces of software talking to various components of the microKEYER
and the radio at the same time. This is surprisingly useful.

Craig
NZ0R
K1 #1966
K2/100 #4941

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Is there anybody out there using a USB to serial
adapter between their K2 and pc for rig
control/logging?  If so, how well does it work, and
what brand are you using?  I understand that some of
them work well and some don't.  Thanks for the bandwidth.

73,
Mark Baugh
W5EZY
Grenada MS

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[Nick Waterman]

Craig Rairdin wrote:
> The one I have that works is from Iogear, model GUC232A. You can Google it
> for ordering info. Tiger Direct sells them for $29.99.

I've got a completely anonymous unbranded one. Nice metallic cable,
completely unlabelled slightly translucent grey block on the 9-pin-male
end. Linux seems to think it is a "Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303
Serial Port". Cost me about 6 quid. That's about $10.

Seems to work fine with my K2/100, but I'll admit I've barely built it
and only done the basic serial ports tests and a bit more playing with
CAT commands. I've not put any "real software" on it yet.

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"Nosey" Nick Waterman, G7RZQ, K2 #5209.
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[Stephen W. Kercel]

Elecrafters:

Has anyone used a West Mountain PWRGate PG40S between the power
supply and the K2/100.

Does the 0.3V voltage drop cause any problems?

73,

Steve
AA4AK


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