[Elecraft] anyone recommend where to buy a SERIAL to USB cable for a k3

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

See also my Contest University presentation, "Everything You Need to Know
About USB and Serial Interfaces" (https://bit.ly/USBserial) for photos of
these adpaters plus tips on managing all those virtual serial ports.
There's a link to this and other presentations on my QRZ.COM page (
https://www.qrz.com/db/n6tv).

A genuine FTDI USB-to-Serial adapter is built into the S-BOX-USB (or two of
them in S-BOX-USB-2).  The S-BOX-USB models can be used to drive a K3, KX2
or KX3 using standard cables, no soldering needed.  You can even get the
equivalent of the K3S menu setting "CONFIG:RTS-DTR PTT-KEY" for a KX2 or
KX3.  That is, you get rig control plus computer-generated PTT and CW
keying over a single USB cable when using an S-BOX-USB to connect the PC to
the transceiver.

Finally, many folks have used the standard S-BOX (no USB) with a K3S + P3 +
CBLP3Y to split the serial data in the Elecraft Y-cable to a SteppIR
antenna controller or similar.

More info. at the links below.

73,
Bob, N6TV
https://bit.ly/S-BOX
https://bit.ly/Y-BOX

On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 2:14 PM Richard Donner <richarddnnr2 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you for the replies.   Looks like one less issue to fuss with😁
> Richard