Re: XG-3 - why RS-232
Posted by
wayne burdick on
May 12, 2012; 3:38pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/XG-3-why-RS-232-tp7553310p7553630.html
The RS232 circuitry we use on the KX3, XG3, K144XV, W1, and W2 has
three main benefits: (1) Current drain is near zero. (2) There's
absolutely no RFI. And (3) you can use any of these devices with
either a USB or RS232 port at the computer end by ordering the
associated Elecraft adapter.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
> Not exactly comparable to the XG-3, perhaps. I would have thought
> that
> a USB port would have advantages so far as space and weight, maybe
> even
> power consumption, in a battery powered miniature device. For those
> using old computers, USB port cards for the PCI bus are absolutely
> dirt
> cheap.
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