[TenTec] 610 Has started shipping today

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Aug 31, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Speer, Doug wrote:

> OK, I'm the slow guy in the class.  I get that the 610 is a USB keyer
> allowing paddles to connect to a PC.  What is the utility or advantage
> of this vs using the built in keyer in the Orion?  In other words, why
> do I want one (or more accurately why should I want one)?  What will  
> it
> do for station operations?


Is it? I haven't seen anything describing it except for those two  
words. To me  a USB keyer would go the other way, it would plug into  
the USB port of a computer and the key jack of a radio, allowing the  
computer to key the radio. This used to be done by a serial port hack,  
but serial ports no longer are available on many computers, and the  
USB to serial converters can't do it.

Geoff.

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