[amsat-bb] Re: USB to serial converters

[Jim Leder]

I just bought a new laptop with no serial ports and Vista installed. I 
bought 2 Sewell SW-1301 USB/SERIAL adapters to use with it for digital modes 
and Satpc32 control. They sent drivers at level 3.0 that worked fine with XP 
but would not work with Vista, however I did locate newer drivers for the 
chipset, level 3.2, that work perfect with Vista. The adapter is 
inexpensive, $12.45 US. I am connecting to a Kenwood TS2K. Performance seems 
to be very good, better than the native serial port on my old, now dead, 
Gateway.

 Sewell Direct can be found at http://sewelldirect.com/

 I'm sure there are others just as good, and maybe better, but these are 
plenty cheap and they do work.

Good luck and 73 ...

     Jim Bob Buckeye
            AKA
  **** Jim Leder****
    K8CXM since 1961
 IBM retiree since 1999

There are 10 types of people in this world -- those who understand binary
and those who don't.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Spencer" <mspencer12345 at yahoo.ca>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:10 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] USB to serial converters


I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a USB to serial convereter that works 
well with SAT32PC and an ICOM 706 or a FT 736.

Conversely if anyone has had bad experiences that would be usefull to hear 
about as well. I've heard that some USB to serial converters work better 
than others.

Many thanks
Mark
VE7AFZ


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