[Elecraft] USB/3.5mm Extension?

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Tue Nov 28 14:26:41 EST 2023


On 11/28/2023 6:46 AM, Andy Durbin wrote:
> Isn't it true that the KAT500 USB cable uses RS-232 protocol but TTL signal levels?  T

RS-232 is NOT a matched transmission line -- it's a low-Z source and 
high-Z input. The limitation on line length is not signal strength, but 
rounding of the pulses by cable capacitance.

73, Jim K9YC




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