The point is that though Elecraft sells dongles and no doubt does its best to buy genuine dongles, they do not generate enough revenue for Elecraft to make a lot of guarantees. I bought one of Elecraft's dongles when I bought my K3 in 2007. It worked well with the XP computer that I used then. It did not work when I upgraded to Win 7, but I would not expect Elecraft to guarantee that it would work with an operating system that was not available when the dongle was sold. All I have heard is advise to buy dongles from reputable dealers, but how do you identify the reputable dealer. I think we can all agree that Elecraft qualifies as a reputable dealer, but I bought the dongle from Elecraft and at the time no one knew what was happening so I bought an RS-232 card and eliminated the dongle for my desk top, but I don't know how to find a reputable dealer to buy a dongle for my new Chinese made Lenovo lap top. Some information, such as I bought a SkyBlue dongle from ABC Company for $129.95 and it worked prefectly in my Win 7 machine from Bangladesh Computer Company would be helpful. I have not seen any such advise here. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
________________________________ From: Phil Wheeler <w...@socal.rr.com> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fake FTDI chips Likely the point is: * Many of us did not order the cable from Elecraft. I had three already and they all work fine with any of my computers (OS X 10.9, Win 7, Win 8.1) and all work well with the K3 and it's line -- excepting the KX3 and KAT500 which have a non-DB9 connector. * Several here have already said they are using Win XP, best I recall -- so assuming an up-to-date computer just because someone has a K3 is "optimistic". 73, Phil w7ox On 4/14/14, 1:33 PM, Bill W2BLC wrote: > Whatever is the problem? I bought the adapter > from Elecraft - thus assuring me that it will > work as it is supposed to. It works with > whatever computer I have plugged in at the time > - running an old version of HRD and the current > stuff from Elecraft. > > So far as supporting old OS? What for? As in: > You are running a very fine rig (K3), so I would > assume a good (read as modern up-to-date) > computer is also used in the shack - hence no > legacy issues. > > Perhaps I am missing the point of this thread? > > Bill K-Line > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > Message delivered to w...@socal.rr.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to wrco...@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
