[Elecraft] DB9 connectors

[ab2tc]

Hi,

Hmm, can you get your money back for that laptop? Seems to me that your
RS232 port is next to useless. Even if you could find a mating connector,
unbolted DB9's fall out very easily. RS232-less computers is something we
have had to live with for a long, long time. It is really not hard to find
an FTDI based converter. Avoid the cheap knock-offs, buy locally and return
it if it doesn't work.

AB2TC - Knut


Raymond METZGER wrote
> Hi everybody,
> 
> Reading the Reflector convinced me that a RS232 connection is better than
> a
> USB connection between the K3 and the computer. 
> 
> I recently changed my laptop and succeeded in finding a laptop with a
> RS232
> com port (HP ProBook 650 G1).
> The problem I'm now facing is that normal DB9 female connectors cannot be
> reliably inserted in the male DB9 connector of the laptop due to the
> physical characteristics of the male DB9 connector : there are no nuts on
> the laptop to attach the connector and the height of normal DB9 female
> connectors is too big.  I looked at many supplier web pages but didn't
> find
> a thinner DB9 connector without bolts. 
> 
> Has anybody made the same experience and resolved the problem ?
> 
> Thank you
> De Ray, F4FNT
> 
> 
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