[Elecraft] K3 USB request

[Fred Townsend]

Gary I can't speak for Elecraft but I really doubt you will ever see a USB
port of the kind you want. Take a look at the third letter in USB. It stands
for 'Bus'. In the PC there is a pretty good sized chip called the 'South
Bridge' chip that de-multiplexes the bus. Sure you can do the job with other
chips but it's not a trivial task.  Then think of the software. Every USB
device needs a driver so you would need to load a driver for your earphones.
There is no hard disk so where are you going to store your drivers? In the
end it becomes a shovel with rope handle.
73
Fred, AE6QL

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Smith
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 4:15 PM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 USB request

I don't know why my text was stripped but here it is again...
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I would love for there to be a USB
connection for the K3 without the serial to USB adapter.

Although I far prefer my Bose Q-15
headphones, I've bought a pair of Logitech wireless headphones for use with
my computer and they come with a boom mike. 
Yes, the Bose are infinitely better but the mic is this Logitech is
excellent and they are stereo. They work great with the computer and being
wireless, they would be ideal with the K3. There's a tiny dongle
transmitter/receiver the headphones pair with which plugs into a usb port
but alas, the only port for the K3 is the antiquated
RS-232 port and mine is dedicated to
connecting the K3 to my computer for my logging program via the serial>USB
adapter.

Any chance for some USB ports on the K3?

Gary
KA1J

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