Thanks for all the information! To my surprise, Bonito answered with lightning speed. Per Bonito, the specific Kenwood model to use with the K3 is the TS2000. I had tried the TS570 and TS870 without success before posting here. (But I was actually using a KX3, not a K3, as explained below; presumably a K3 would have worked, as stated to me by Bonito.)
As I wrote the KX3 is not listed as officially supported. My hope was that the KX3 might be similar enough to the K3 that if the K3 worked the KX3 would also work. My thinking was that since the Kenwood driver works with the K3 then the driver can't be all that particular. However, specifying TS2000 as the radio did not work in the context of a USB connection between the KX3 and PC and nothing other than the PC attached to the Bonito dongle, which is a recommended configuration. There remains the possibility of making a serial connection between the KX3 and the Bonito dongle, which might do the trick. Doing so would require a custom cable with a DB-9 on one side and connections to the KX3's ACC1, ACC2, and phone out jacks on the other. Details are given in the entry pertaining to the K3 in the table at http://www.bonito.net/service/make_radio_list.php3?language=en&R1=LB#HAM <http://www.bonito.net/service/make_radio_list.php3?language=en&R1=LB#HAM.>. I did specifically request that Bonito support the KX3. Bonito has not responded to my request; I don't anticipate that they will do so. Before closing I should share my opinion that RadioCom is one of the hardest programs to configure and among the least reliable contemporary PC programs I've used. I put up with it because it needs to be configured from scratch only once and because when it does work I find it useful and convenient. I wouldn't want anyone to purchase the program based on my mention without first reading some of the many reviews available, including those on eHam.net <http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4610>, where at the time of this writing the program had received an overall score of 1.4/5 [sic]. Cheers, On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Wes <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, Elecraft uses the Kenwood protocol. When I got my first K3 I > told my logging program it was my 12-year-old TS-870. > > On 5/10/2016 10:11 AM, tomb18 wrote: > >> HiThe Kenwood protocol is the same as the Elecraft protocol for commands >> such as frequency, band etc. I would try using one of the Kenwood radios >> for the K3 and kx3. There's lots of equipment out there that will work if >> you do this and the software doesn't try to identify the >> radio.Tomva2fsq.com >> >> >> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.-------- Original message >> --------From: Robert Nobis <[email protected]> Date: 2016-05-10 9:59 AM >> (GMT-05:00) To: tomb18 <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected], >> [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bonito RadioCom 6 >> According to the Bonito web site the Elecraft K3 is supported, but there >> is no indication that the KX3 is supported. >> >> 73, >> >> >> Bob Nobis - N7RJN >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- Bill McCarty Sent from my Cray CX1 supercomputer--I'm still saving for a CX2 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
