[Elecraft] KAT500 USB cable

[Charles Johnson]

The manual states:

"Computer interface cable with a 3.5 mm T-R-S connector at one end and USB connector at the other end supplied with the KAT500 (supplied). Not required for normal operation, but used for controlling the KAT500 from a personal computer, customizing the KAT500’s operation or for updating firmware (see Utility Program on page 14)."

Question: Does this cable have a USB connector on the computer end for direct connection to a USB port, or does it have a DB9 and the user supplies a serial to USB converter? Past Elecraft products have always used a DB9 and the user supplied the USB/serial converter. Is this a departure from that practice?

Thanks, Charles Johnson, K4ZRJ, awaiting my KAT500-K