[Elecraft] Edgeport 4-port serial adapter...

[Bill Hammond]

I Have a Dell XPS-8300  (i7-2600 3.4 GHz, 64-bit OS) with Windows 7.  The expansion ports are the PCI-Express variety.  I use the below Best Connectivity six port product.  It has worked flawlessly for me.  I have one port connected to the W2 wattmeter and a second port connected to the KPA500 for system monitoring.   If you do a quick search for serial port adapters there are many choices.

Fred, I love your K3 manual.  Nice job.  It is my K3 reference manual. 

I use a Mac for logging and K3 control (McLoggerDX).  Although using two platforms, it works very well for me.  A picture here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ak5x/6043294098/in/photostream



 1  Best Connectivity 6-Port Port   $40.00               1   $40.00
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Connectivity-6-Port-PCI-Express-SD-PEX15023/dp/B003GAM69Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1317217499&sr=1-1

73,
Bill

Bill Hammond
Bill Hammond-AK5X
ak5x at mac.com
ak5x at sbcglobal.net
K3 #69
K2/100 #4637
K1 #2033
KX1 #1023
T1
KPA500 #149




On Sep 28, 2011, at 7:09 AM, Cady, Fred wrote:

> I agree with John and Don, although I don't have a Win7 machine.
> You can get the 4-port adapter from ebay for $30.
> 73,
> Fred
> "The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration, and Operation"
> www.ke7x.com
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Ragle
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:28 AM
> To: ve8rt at xplornet.com
> Cc: elecraft
> Subject: [Elecraft] Edgeport 4-port serial adapter...
> 
> Confirming what Don Wilhelm says...I tried a number of serial adapters,
> and the only one that worked flawlessly was the Edgeport 4-port adapter.
> 
> I used it with a K2,  XP Pro, and FLDIGI (and/or DigiPan earlier). I
> also used it for a while with a K3, WIN7 (and previously Vista RIP), and
> FLDIGI. More recently, I chose to install a serial port card in my
> "mainframe" (v.i.), primarily to simplify the hardware in the shack.
> 
> John Ragle -- W1ZI
> 
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