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[Uncle Larry's Watch Shop]

As we age the brain (or at least mine) gets confused so easy......the love of my life (my K3) works flawlessly in CAT with HRD using Elecraft's serial/USB cable. CW Skimmer also works flawlessly (using 3KHZ mode) but I cannot get the CAT side of CW Skimmer to cooperate. I am using a laptop (and Vista) which does not have a serial port, thus the USB. Within CW Skimmer's settings I experimented with all of the COM port settings and on COM 3 I can get the frequency bar to "light up" but neither display the frequency nor control the rig.  Am I missing something, is there a workaround.......anybody help! 
Thanks, Larry VE3LR