I never heard of anyone frying any hardware with a USB adapter Joe. If you are connecting to Vista or Win 7 computers, you may have trouble accessing all the features, but I don't think you will fry anything. If you are buying an adapter try to get one that uses the FTDI chip set rather than the Prolific chip set. It is difficult to find out which chip set is used, but some of the on line vendors will tell you if they are using FTDI. The ones using Prolific will try to hide it. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ
________________________________ From: Joe Vrabel <kd...@optimum.net> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Mon, June 28, 2010 2:00:39 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K2 and USB to Serial for Radio Control Hello: I've done some research on this reflector but I'm still a bit confused. I'm planning on purchasing a Laptop and I'm a bit concerned about being able to interface the computer with no serial port with my K2. I am presently running HRD which works well with my shack computer with a serial port. Are there any plug and play adapters for this which are safe?? I do not want to fry anything in a perfectly working K2. Thanks to all for any help. 73 Joe -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-and-USB-to-Serial-for-Radio-Control-tp5232156p5232156.html Sent from the [K2] mailing list archive at Nabble.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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
