[Elecraft] KUSB Universal Serial Bus Adapter?

[Ed K1EP]

It depends on the adapter and what you want to use it for.  If you 
are just looking for data transfer, I would think just about any 
aftermarket adapter will work.  Some do not implement the full st of 
control lines.  So if you want to use PTT or CW, there *may* be a 
problem.  I am not saying there will be one.  I use a somewhat 
generic adapter when I need the USB port and it works fine for data, 
CW, and PTT.

At 12/1/2007 02:22 PM, Dave G4AON wrote:
>You pay your money and you take your chances! I don't need one for 
>my K3 as I use the shack computer with 8 real serial ports. For 
>portable use (with other gear), I have a couple of USB to serial 
>adapters on a Toshiba laptop that work well, they were about the 
>equivalent of $30 US. I bought two of the same brand as it drives me 
>mad trying to cope with Windoze trying to install drivers all the 
>time when you plug an adapter into a different USB port to the one 
>it was set-up to use initially.
>
>The "other gear" mentioned above is a Nokia 3210i phone used as a 
>GPRS modem and a TS-480, for our UK readers the USB to serial 
>adapters were from Maplin.
>
>73 Dave G4AON
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