I use the USB/serial cable and for me it would mean I junk one piece of cable.
Being portable, I can set up the tri-band beam on the portable mast with rotator and feedline and secure it ready to operate FASTER than I can hook up the K3, P3, interconnect cables for the P3, amplifier, inline meter, rotator cable, paddle, footswitch, cm-500 headset, external speakers..etc, etc...go figure eh?...:-) And I set myself up to be on air in 30 minutes, which I can IF I just plug in the K3 and a hand mic...:-) The toys we must have eh? But it is a blast let me tell you..:-) 73's gotta go mobile and set up again for another month of DX'ing in a town called Ravenshoe, Queensland. Gary On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:57 AM, James Sarte (K2QI) <k2qi....@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I'm not really asking for anything, other than whether or not the USB > option > was still in the works. I was just curious. The K3 works fine as is with > its current KIO3 configuration. I didn't realize, as someone else had > already pointed out to me off-list, that this topic is akin to beating a > dead horse. I guess I must have missed those emails; sorry for bringing it > up. > > 73, > James K2QI > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Mike <n...@nf4l.com> wrote: > > > I'm not sure how you envision moving the audio to USB. > > > > I think putting the USB port in the K3 would open a Pandora's box re: > > drivers. > > > > If you're asking to just move the serial to USB adapter into the rig, > there > > is NO gain. > > > > If you're asking to do away with serial port comms entirely and go to USB > > only, > > you're creating a huge hassle for the software authors, as well as > opening > > a > > Pandora's box re: drivers for it. > > > > 73, Mike NF4L > > > > On 11/18/2010 7:31 PM, James Sarte (K2QI) wrote: > > > Hello group, > > > > > > I know Wayne has mentioned several times in the past that they had > > > considered all possibilities when it comes to PC interfaces for the K3, > > > including USB. In fact, he says the following on 16 June, 2009: > > > > > > "The KIO3's digital I/O module could be replaced with one that has USB > > > rather than RS232 -- or better yet, both. We planned for this. > > > > > > The reason we went with RS232 initially is that many hams are still > > > using PCs that have only RS232 ports. Those who prefer to use USB can > > > use an inexpensive USB-to-RS232 adapter. There is no difference in I/O > > > performance between the two methods. " > > > > > > Just wanted to revisit this topic and find out if anyone has heard > > anything > > > more regarding a possible USB interface for the K3. I know it's not > for > > > everyone, but for myself and perhaps others out there, the ability to > > carry > > > all data, including audio on a single cable would be convenient. Right > > now, > > > I'm using a Keyspan USB to RS232 adapter for data, along with two > > separate > > > stereo cables for audio. I don't have any real complaints with that > > setup, > > > but could be problematic when transferring the rig around from computer > > to > > > computer. > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > > -- > 73 de James K2QI > President UNARC/4U1UN > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679, P3 #546 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
