Oh yes. And the only way out is to upgrade the whole system. Or look for used items here.
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Sep 14, 2020, at 4:48 PM, Edward R Cole <kl...@acsalaska.net> wrote: > > My K3 SN 4340 bought in 2010 apparently has a failure in the RS232 I/F. > > My computer says the FDTI cable is working and using com port-6 but there is > no connection using the K3 Utility or WSJT-X which was running fine in July. > The radio no longer keys up on computer boot-up as before. I bought another > FDTI USB/RS232 conversion cable and it does not work wit the K3, either. I > checked the com port and cable via Device Manager and both are shown as > working with no problems. I even used my second computer to test the cables > (also showing working well). Computers are i5 running win10pro64. > > I contacted Elecraft Service Dept on Friday so waiting to hear back from them. > > I gave a passing thought to just upgrade to the KIO3B but it totals $437.80 > before shipping. I don't really need the USB I/F for my use of the K3. I > use two com ports to support control of the K3 (I won't bother you with > details) to run MAP65 and TRAKBOX programs simultaneously. But just have the > single com port recently in use with WSJT-X. > > I guess I wonder if anyone else has had this failure? > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > Dubus-NA Business mail: > dubus...@gmail.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 n...@widomaker.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
