Yes. I'm using a Keyspan USA-19W with a MacBook Pro, and running OS
X. Works great, never a glitch. Sorry, that's probably not what you
wanted to hear if you're stuck with Windoze 100% of the time, but I do
occasionally cross over to the dark side when I want to run HRD. I
also have a
Yes. I'm using an 8 port Edgeport device with my 847. I use three of these
in my shack two 8 port, and one 4 port. All work flawlessly. You can find
them on Ebay, see item 320523234316 . I paid $25 to $40.
73 Jeff kb2m
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org
Is anyone using a USB to Serial converter successfully to
control a FT847??
Frank VK5KV..
Yes, I am. No problems here (knock on wood) with an eBay cheapie (just $2
shipped) and a Dell Optiplex running Windows XP.
73, Bill NZ5N
Frank, I am using the USB to Serial cable/software from Gigaware I got at Radio
Shack for my FT-847 and works fine with my old Dell XP Laptop for running
SatPC32.
John W6ZKH
From: Frank Woolfe frankwoo...@optusnet.com.au
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Wed,
I used USB to Serial converters on a XP laptop successfully. But the XP
laptop died and I now have Windows 7 64-bit. I have had no luck with
USB to serial on this one. See the multitude of my posts to this list.
Larry W7IN
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The issue is not the USB to serial converter, the radio, or the brand of the
converter. The real issue is the software driver support for the operating
system being used.
73 de W4AS
On May 5, 2010, at 4:09 AM, Frank Woolfe wrote:
Is anyone using a USB to Serial converter successfully to
