Two suggestions:
1) USInterface.com Navigator - everything in one box and an extra COM port
for your use - look at http://USInterface.com. I have a Navigator and can
vouch for it.
2) MicroHAM's external interfaces - take a good look at
http://www.microham-usa.com - I think Joe W4TV is on this list (I do get
confused at times). I don't have any MicroHAM products simply because I
don't have all the toys available in the market, there will be many
satisfied MicroHAM users on this list :-)
3) Audio only - Tigertronics SignaLinkUSB.
There are some very good *powered* SUB => COM port adapters, for example one
I have provides 4 COM ports. The key word here is *powered*, if you use a
USB hub make sure it's full-spec and *powered* via external mains PSU.
Don't buy cheap junk on eBay!
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Were I starting from scratch I would use external USB => Serial such as
Navigator / MicroHAM as it really solves the cable salad problem. I actually
took my PCI COM port card out of my radio PC and replaced it with a
satellite TV card as the Navigator had made it redundant.
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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From: "Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Be careful of the need for serial ports. Very few new laptops have them.
The Dell Latitudes (or at least several of them) still do. Desktops may
or may not come with them, but be sure to get one with at least one empty
expansion slot so that you can add a serial card with at least a couple of
ports.
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