FYI. The 7600 also has the serial C1-V for those who need it. Steve Ellington [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brendan Minish" <[email protected]> To: "Dan Copeland" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 vs. Icom IC-7600
> On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 13:11 -0500, Dan Copeland wrote: >> I still for the life of me can't understand why the K3 didn't >> Come with a USB port instead of the outdated com port. > > I am so glad it doesn't have USB. I have a drawer full of USB devices > that are now unusable because their vendors stopped supporting them with > drivers and/or did not freely publish the information required for 3rd > parties to write drivers > > For the K3 you can get a USB-Serial cable for a few Dollars on ebay, job > done. If in a few years you find your version of windows/mac/linux no > longer supports this cable then buy a new one for a couple of bucks. no > need to buy a new radio in this case! > > Many devices that are 'USB' are really serial (perhaps at TLL levels) > and the USB bit is simply a USB to Serial adapter chip > > Icom's USB (if it's similar to that on my IC-R1500 in any case) is > simply serial CI-V (*)done over USB with a proprietary USB sound-card on > top, If Icom's drivers work for you great, if you run Linux / mac etc > you may be out of luck.. > > (*) complete with no proper support for Detecting Split operation for > logging purposes > > In a few years time when Icom decide I should have a new radio then USB > driver support for the R1500 will probably cease.. > > RS232 is not 'outdated' it's a reliable standard that has been around a > while. > USB may be a standard but the software layer (drivers) needed to make > USB stuff actually do anything is anything but 'standard' and this is > where the manufacturers have the customer by the 'proverbials' > > USB, the Un-compatible Serial Bus .. > > >> That is >> One reason I have not bought one yet. Maybe in a future mod >> They will address this. > > this is a mod I will not be buying .. > > >> Dan N0DT >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Ellington >> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:56 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 vs. Icom IC-7600 >> >> No doubt the K3 performs better but there is one feature on the 7600 that >> is >> nice, the USB port. You can run digital modes from the pc with only one >> USB >> cable which handles serial commands plus audio in/out. The sound card >> connection is no longer needed. Several users are running MixW in this >> fashion. >> > > -- > 73 > Brendan EI6IZ > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
