[Elecraft] Edgeport [was: COM port not working]

[David Christ]

If you have the space I see no particular advantage of the Edgeport over an internal PCI 4 serial port card.  If your computer is bus slot short and USB long that's another story.

David K0LUM

On Jan 19, 2013, at 7:26 PM, hawley, charles j jr wrote:

> That's where I got mine. Two of them...they were around $50 each used. The sellers say they test them and list them.
> 
> Chuck, KE9UW
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> ________________________________________
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] on behalf of Mike Markowski [mike.ab3ap at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 7:09 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Edgeport [was: COM port not working]
> 
> Keep an eye on ebay.  Every now & then an IT place will unload a bunch
> of them.  I picked up a used Edgeport/4 for $20, free shipping including
> cables.  Never a problem with it!
> 
> 73,
> Mike ab3ap
> 
> On 01/19/2013 07:59 PM, Bill K9YEQ wrote:
>> I use the Edgeport as well.  Not so cheap but excellent device.  I have no
>> real issues despite all the COM port connections I use.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Bill
>> K9YEQ
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