[Elecraft] [KX3] RS232 xcvr control when serial ports are occupied

[Bill Frantz]

I think the correct acronym expansion of DTE is "Data Carrier 
Equipment". Remember, this whole area was designed by telephone 
companies who thought they would be a part of every connection.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 7/9/18 at 10:20 AM, k6dgw at foothill.net (Fred Jensen) wrote:

>The flaw is naming them "transmit" and "receive."  "DTE2DCE" 
>and vice versa might have been a better choice so many years 
>ago.  "Data Terminal" and "Data Communications" were probably 
>equally poor naming choices, but it seemed so obvious then.

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