[Elecraft] K3: USB port

[JAMES ROGERS]

Michael, N6MQL wrote:
I'm sorry, perhaps I'm mistaken, but I've already hooked up my K3  
using a serial to USB converter cable, and then turned on Spectrogram  
and found that the audio IS already there.  Do I have a voodoo K3, or  
is someone else mistaken that this feature already exists?

T Smith
SWL
Michael, you do indeed have a very unique K3. There is no audio  
present on J24 (RS232 CAT port) according to the schematics I  
downloaded from Elecraft. I think you must be thinking of the  
accessory connector.

73s Jim, W4ATK
On Nov 19, 2010, at 6:59 AM, k2qi.nyc at gmail.com wrote:

> Wow. It's a good thing I didn't throw in the subject of knobs too,  
> or otherwise I might have found my apartment surrounded by angry  
> guys carrying pitch forks and torches, hi hi.
>
> Thanks for your gracious input. :)
>
> Vy 73,
> James K2QI
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger at bellsouth.net>
> Sender: guyk2av at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:40:46
> To: James Sarte (K2QI)<k2qi.nyc at gmail.com>
> Cc: Elecraft<Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: USB port
>
> READ the archives on this.  The USB suggestion has been beaten to a
> bloody pulp over and over again. This subject is like Count Dracula.
> It's like the undead coming out of the corn fields.
>
> The devil in the proposal is having your K3 fail every time Microsoft
> decides to make another of its several million arbitrary subtle OS
> changes, this time to how Universal (ha! Ha!) serial bus actually
> operates.  And WE will NOT be tested before they dump that into their
> automatic updates to a gazillion copies of MS OS, because we do NOT
> have 20 million K3 users out there to make the consequences of blowing
> us up scare them into actually checking FIRST if it blows us up or
> not, BEFORE they release it.  Come to think of it, based on the
> record, 20 million isn't really enough, is it?  The *U* in USB is a
> complete joke.
>
> Somebody kill this idea and make it die, and stay dead, please...
>
> 73, Guy
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:31 PM, James Sarte (K2QI) <k2qi.nyc at gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>> Hello group,
>>
>> I know Wayne has mentioned several times in the past that they had
>> considered all possibilities when it comes to PC interfaces for the  
>> K3,
>> including USB.  In fact, he says the following on 16 June, 2009:
>>
>> "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. "
>>
>> Just wanted to revisit this topic and find out if anyone has heard  
>> anything
>> more regarding a possible USB interface for the K3.  I know it's  
>> not for
>> everyone, but for myself and perhaps others out there, the ability  
>> to carry
>> all data, including audio on a single cable would be convenient.   
>> Right now,
>> I'm using a Keyspan USB to RS232 adapter for data, along with two  
>> separate
>> stereo cables for audio.  I don't have any real complaints with  
>> that setup,
>> but could be problematic when transferring the rig around from  
>> computer to
>> computer.
>>
>> --
>> 73 de James K2QI
>> President UNARC/4U1UN
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JIM ROGERS
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