[Elecraft] K3 vs. Icom IC-7600

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> 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. 

PCM2902 is not exactly the best chip for this application.  W7AY 
has documented some issues in some operating systems and certain 
sample rates.  I'd be looking at some of the other USB Audio class 
devices.    

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brett Howard
> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 4:28 PM
> To: wayne burdick
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 vs. Icom IC-7600
> 
> 
> 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 come with a USB port instead of the outdated com port.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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