[Elecraft] What's wrong with Serial

[Bill Coleman]

On Jun 19, 2006, at 12:55 AM, Paul wrote:

> 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.

The basic issue is that the DB-9 connector on the K2 does double- 
duty. It serves both as a serial connection and as an AUXBUS  
extension for external devices, such as the KAT100 or the KRC2.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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