Gary I can't speak for Elecraft but I really doubt you will ever see a USB port of the kind you want. Take a look at the third letter in USB. It stands for 'Bus'. In the PC there is a pretty good sized chip called the 'South Bridge' chip that de-multiplexes the bus. Sure you can do the job with other chips but it's not a trivial task. Then think of the software. Every USB device needs a driver so you would need to load a driver for your earphones. There is no hard disk so where are you going to store your drivers? In the end it becomes a shovel with rope handle. 73 Fred, AE6QL
-----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Smith Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 4:15 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 USB request I don't know why my text was stripped but here it is again... ------------------- I would love for there to be a USB connection for the K3 without the serial to USB adapter. Although I far prefer my Bose Q-15 headphones, I've bought a pair of Logitech wireless headphones for use with my computer and they come with a boom mike. Yes, the Bose are infinitely better but the mic is this Logitech is excellent and they are stereo. They work great with the computer and being wireless, they would be ideal with the K3. There's a tiny dongle transmitter/receiver the headphones pair with which plugs into a usb port but alas, the only port for the K3 is the antiquated RS-232 port and mine is dedicated to connecting the K3 to my computer for my logging program via the serial>USB adapter. Any chance for some USB ports on the K3? Gary KA1J ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
