[Elecraft] kat500 can't be seen by kat500 utility

[john at kk9a.com]

Yes but almost all serial cables have DB9 connectors. Not many of us have
spare round serial adapters laying around to try. I had to buy a special
cable just to program my KAT500. DB9 to 3.5mm adaptors are also an option.

John KK9A


On Sun, March 19, 2017 11:27 pm, Nr4c wrote:
That is the serial port.

Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill


> On Mar 19, 2017, at 9:12 PM, <john at kk9a.com> <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
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> The KAT500 has no serial port, just a 3.5mm round jack.
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> John KK9A
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> From: tomb18@ videotron.ca
> Sun Mar 19 17:04:02 EDT 2017
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> Hi Can you try a different USB to serial?73
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> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> -------- Original message --------From: buddy s <buddys70 at gmail.com>
> Date: 2017-03-19  12:50 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] kat500 can't be seen by kat500 utility
> when i plug in the serial/usb cable, a new com port, com4 appears in the
> list of com ports.  however, the kat500 utility cannot complete the
> handshake when trying to connect to the new com4.  i checked the plug in
> the back, and it appears to be all the way in.
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> advice and suggestions appreciated.
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> 73 de
> W3BS, Buddy Spiegel
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