[Elecraft] K3s using RS232 v USB?

[lstavenhagen]

The only con, really, is being tied to an RF-hash producing, frantic,
freezing, crashing computer if you want to operate your radio. I'm a SW
developer and I have to fight those things all day, every day so that's the
indelible image in my mind when trying to mix my Mac with Ham Radio - so I
tend to try to avoid having to use a computer for my radio ops if I can help
it. Just give me a Vibroplex and a notebook&pen and I'm happy.

Otherwise, there are no negatives to using the USB support over the RS232
that I can see. I believe both Windows and MacOS already have driver support
for the internals inside the K3S, so the basics like using the K3 utility
and using its audio devices within applications with sound support is pretty
much plug-and-play. 

I believe the K3 utility worked out-of-the-box on my Mac with my K3S when I
checked it over a few weeks ago. 

73,
LS
W5QD



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