Yes but almost all serial cables have DB9 connectors. Not many of us have spare round serial adapters laying around to try. I had to buy a special cable just to program my KAT500. DB9 to 3.5mm adaptors are also an option.
John KK9A On Sun, March 19, 2017 11:27 pm, Nr4c wrote: That is the serial port. Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Mar 19, 2017, at 9:12 PM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The KAT500 has no serial port, just a 3.5mm round jack. > > > John KK9A > > > From: tomb18@ videotron.ca > Sun Mar 19 17:04:02 EDT 2017 > > > Hi Can you try a different USB to serial?73 > > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. > -------- Original message --------From: buddy s <buddys70 at gmail.com> > Date: 2017-03-19 12:50 PM (GMT-05:00) To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] kat500 can't be seen by kat500 utility > when i plug in the serial/usb cable, a new com port, com4 appears in the > list of com ports. however, the kat500 utility cannot complete the > handshake when trying to connect to the new com4. i checked the plug in > the back, and it appears to be all the way in. > > advice and suggestions appreciated. > > > 73 de > W3BS, Buddy Spiegel > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
