[Elecraft] [K3] Built in USB interface for K3 [END of Thread]

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Guys - Let's END this thread now.  :-)

73, Eric
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On 5/21/2010 9:44 AM, eric manning wrote:
> PHIL HYSTAD SAID:
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> "This is a very surprising statement.  The only RS232 interfaces I see
> lingering around are from the ham radio community.  So, do you mean
> the ham radio "industry"?
>
> Uh - oh. Here we go again ...
>
> Phil, if you look in the archive of a few weeks back you will find the whole issue hashed out
> at great length.
> I had the same reaction as yours at the outset of the last go-round, but have been educated,enlightened.
>
> Bottom line:
>
> RS -232 GOOD: one mustn't be biased against it
> just because it's 40 years old,
> unix[tm] is also 40 years old and yet is still the standard of excellence.
> Both are Golden Oldies.
>
> USB: BAD [in the context of data communication with complex devices, e.g. radios]. See Guy's post.
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