bill wade wrote:
> Thanks, Dave, g4aon for the information. Guess I need to get a
> rs-232-to usb

Using a "real" RS232 interface is almost always better than a USB one 
for amateur radio work.

> cable from Elecraft. The 232-to-232 cable wouldn't work. The 9 pin 232 
> on the PC refused to be recognized. XP didn't even show a "new hardware 
> found"  after it was installed between the PC & the K3. It's a pleasure 
> to have such support.

Plugging a cable into an existing "real" RS232 port will never trigger a 
new hardware alert, although plugging the other end into a "plug and 
play" modem might.  The serial driver will already have been installed 
when the system (or serial interface card) was installed.



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