[Elecraft] Fake FTDI chips

[WILLIS COOKE]

The point is that though Elecraft sells dongles and no doubt does its best to buy genuine dongles, they do not generate enough revenue for Elecraft to make a lot of guarantees.  I bought one of Elecraft's dongles when I bought my K3 in 2007.  It worked well with the XP computer that I used then. It did not work when I upgraded to Win 7, but I would not expect Elecraft to guarantee that it would work with an operating system that was not available when the dongle was sold.  All I have heard is advise to buy dongles from reputable dealers, but how do you identify the reputable dealer.  I think we can all agree that Elecraft qualifies as a reputable dealer, but I bought the dongle from Elecraft and at the time no one knew what was happening so I bought an RS-232 card and eliminated the dongle for my desk top, but I don't know how to find a reputable dealer to buy a dongle for my new Chinese made Lenovo lap top.  Some information, such as I bought a
 SkyBlue dongle from ABC Company for $129.95 and it worked prefectly in my Win 7 machine from Bangladesh Computer Company would be helpful.  I have not seen any such advise here.
 
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman
K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart


________________________________
 From: Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fake FTDI chips
 

Likely the point is:

  * Many of us did not order the cable from
    Elecraft. I had three already and they all
    work fine with any of my computers (OS X 10.9,
    Win 7, Win 8.1) and all work well with the K3
    and it's line -- excepting the KX3 and KAT500
    which have a non-DB9 connector.
  * Several here have already said they are using
    Win XP, best I recall -- so assuming an
    up-to-date computer just because someone has a
    K3 is "optimistic".

73, Phil w7ox

On 4/14/14, 1:33 PM, Bill W2BLC wrote:
> Whatever is the problem? I bought the adapter 
> from Elecraft - thus assuring me that it will 
> work as it is supposed to. It works with 
> whatever computer I have plugged in at the time 
> - running an old version of HRD and the current 
> stuff from Elecraft.
>
> So far as supporting old OS? What for? As in: 
> You are running a very fine rig (K3), so I would 
> assume a good (read as modern up-to-date) 
> computer is also used in the shack - hence no 
> legacy issues.
>
> Perhaps I am missing the point of this thread?
>
> Bill K-Line
>
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