[Elecraft] K3 USB-serial adapter recommendation

[Jack Brindle]

Whew. That sounds great. We are truly glad it is working.

Microsoft now allows folks to "downgrade" from Vista to XP if they  
have a copy of XP media to use. I don't know how the downgrade works,  
but it gives you a fully licensed version of XP on the machine. I  
guess lots of folks aren't very happy with Vista, although I am sure  
the fine engineers at Microsoft are working to remedy things there.

Glad things are working out. If we can help more, just shout!



On May 23, 2008, at 6:59 PM, James C. Hall, MD wrote:

>
>
> Hello:
>
> Well it appears I discovered that not all serial cables are built  
> the same.
> I took the Keyspan adapter and my laptop to my trusty K2, and sure  
> enough,
> it polled just fine. That left me wondering 'what's the difference  
> between
> the K2 and the K3?' Except for anything internal which I felt highly
> unlikely, the answer was the cable itself. I called myself  
> substituting a
> cable earlier but later discovered that this cable was formerly used  
> to
> relay status information from a UPS. They are not true serial cables
> apparently.
>
> When I hooked up with what I KNEW to be a true serial cable to the  
> K3, it
> worked perfectly !
>
> As for Vista - who knows ?!! It looks like it will require a  
> purchase of an
> up-to-date device and drivers. Jeez, I wish ham radios had USB ports !
>
> 73, Jamie
> WB4YDL
>
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-Jack Brindle, W6FB
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