The RS232 circuitry we use on the KX3, XG3, K144XV, W1, and W2 has three main benefits: (1) Current drain is near zero. (2) There's absolutely no RFI. And (3) you can use any of these devices with either a USB or RS232 port at the computer end by ordering the associated Elecraft adapter.
73, Wayne N6KR > Not exactly comparable to the XG-3, perhaps. I would have thought > that > a USB port would have advantages so far as space and weight, maybe > even > power consumption, in a battery powered miniature device. For those > using old computers, USB port cards for the PCI bus are absolutely > dirt > cheap. ______________________________________________________________ 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
