[Elecraft] K3 vs. Icom IC-7600

[Brett Howard]

What would be slick is to see the I/O board with a PCM2902 on it as
well.  Most operating systems have drivers for this IC and it just shows
up as a sound card.  So if a 2902 and a FTDIChip were plopped down and
tied to a hub you could have the radio when plugged in show up on most
computers (windows, linux and mac at least) as an RS232 port and a sound
card.  Then just point your digital software at the newly installed
sound card and all of the line level audio connections are made for you.

~Brett

On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 11:19 -0700, wayne burdick wrote:
> Dan Copeland wrote:
> 
> > ....can't understand why the K3 didn't
> > come with a USB port instead of the outdated com port.
> 
> The KIO3's digital I/O module could be replaced with one that has USB 
> rather than RS232 -- or better yet, both. We planned for this.
> 
> The reason we went with RS232 initially is that many hams are still 
> using PCs that have only RS232 ports. Those who prefer to use USB can 
> use an inexpensive USB-to-RS232 adapter. There is no difference in I/O 
> performance between the two methods.
> 
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
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