[Elecraft] K3 USB request

[Gary Smith]

Fred,

Ah. What you say makes sense. I'm familiar 
with the Northbridge & Southbridge chips 
but I don't know the limitations of 
hardware & software with the K3. 

It really is nice to have no wire to the 
headphones and I use this setup whenever I 
use google to make free phone calls 
(Better acoustics on both end than my cell 
phone does) If I get up to do something 
10' away I just leave the headphones on & 
forget about them.

The bose QC-15 are much more comfortable 
and the audio with  the noise cancelling 
is impressive, I can't even hear the 
blower in my amp with them on. Still, they 
are tethered. 

Maybe I need to put some thought into how 
to run the K3 audio/mic functions through 
the computer and use that to hear the K3 
with these wireless mics.

73,

Gary
KA1J

> 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...
> -------------------
> 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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