[Elecraft] K2 and USB to Serial for Radio Control

[WILLIS COOKE]

I never heard of anyone frying any hardware with a USB adapter Joe.  If you are connecting to Vista or Win 7 computers, you may have trouble accessing all the features, but I don't think you will fry anything.  If you are buying an adapter try to get one that uses the FTDI chip set rather than the Prolific chip set.  It is difficult to find out which chip set is used, but some of the on line vendors will tell you if they are using FTDI.  The ones using Prolific will try to hide it.
 Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ 




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From: Joe Vrabel <kd2jc at optimum.net>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Mon, June 28, 2010 2:00:39 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 and USB to Serial for Radio Control


Hello:

I've done some research on this reflector but I'm still a bit confused.  I'm
planning on purchasing a Laptop and I'm a bit concerned about being able to
interface the computer with no serial port with my K2.  I am presently
running HRD which works well with my shack computer with a serial port.  Are
there any plug and play adapters for this which are safe??  I do not want to
fry anything in a perfectly working K2. Thanks to all for any help. 73 Joe
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