[Elecraft] What's wrong with Serial

[Stan Rife]

	My take on this is that they wanted to have serial data AND the
Elecraft control bus in one cable. As long as you know not to use a standard
cable, you are good to go. Just read and follow the directions. 

Stan Rife
W5EWA
Houston, TX
K2 S/N 4216
 

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 11:56 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] What's wrong with Serial


It seems to me the glaring error with Elecraft's serial port 
implementation is the ability to blow the I/O card out of the water 
if you use anything but the "special" K2 serial cable. They should 
have designed it so you could use an "off the shelf" serial cable. 
Way too much damage exposure. Really seems out of character to the 
rest of the rig options.

73,
Paul
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