[Elecraft] K2 and USB to Serial for Radio Control

[Julian, G4ILO]

WILLIS COOKE-2 wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

I would go further and say it is essential to use an adapter with an FTDI
chip set with the K2. The KIO2 works at a fixed baud rate of 4800bps and
some of the adapters that work OK at higher speeds will garble the data at
that speed.

I would also emphasize the advice that you *must* use a properly wired (as
per the KIO2 manual) cable between the loose end of the adapter and the K2.

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