bill wade wrote:
> Thanks, Dave, g4aon for the information. Guess I need to get a
> rs-232-to usb
Using a "real" RS232 interface is almost always better than a USB one
for amateur radio work.
> cable from Elecraft. The 232-to-232 cable wouldn't work. The 9 pin 232
> on the PC refused to be recognized. XP didn't even show a "new hardware
> found" after it was installed between the PC & the K3. It's a pleasure
> to have such support.
Plugging a cable into an existing "real" RS232 port will never trigger a
new hardware alert, although plugging the other end into a "plug and
play" modem might. The serial driver will already have been installed
when the system (or serial interface card) was installed.
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