[WriteLog] Re: W5XD Keyer & USB connection (GW4BLE)

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I'm using a socket dual I/O card on my Sony Laptop with XP, also using two
USB/SERIAL Port converters which also work
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604" <faunt at panix.com>
To: <dsthill at cbcbarbados.bb>
Cc: <writelog-bounces at contesting.com>; <writelog at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Re: W5XD Keyer & USB connection (GW4BLE)


> I'm using Socket serial ports for FSK and rig control in Sony, IBM,
> Toshiba and Twinhead laptops, and in a Gateway All-in-one computer.
>
> They seem to work fine, under W98, at least.  I have one single and
> several duals.  I got some duals fairly cheap from EBay, and there's a
> quad there now, at a price that's not outrageous.
>
> What OS are you running?
>
> 73, doug
>
>    From: "Dean M. St. Hill" <dsthill at cbcbarbados.bb>
>    Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 01:35:34 -0400
>
>    Dear colleagues
>
>
>    I wonder if anybody has actually tried PC Card Serial cards for laptop
tpye
>    computers with FSK or W5XD keyer.
>
>    If so, what units were used and sources and pricing information would
be
>    appreciated.
>
>    I am stuck with a laptop for most contests, and it does not have a
serial
>    port. I use two generic USB-Serial interfaces, which work for rig
control
>    and CW. I am looking for a source of PCMCIA serial cards, provided some
on
>    the list have had some success with them.
>
>    73 and see you in the CQWW CW test this week-end.
>
>
>    Dean - 8P6SH
>
>    "Where Writelog is a Way of Life"
>
>
>    ----- Original Message ----- 
>    From: "David Douglass" <david.douglass at optusnet.com.au>
>    To: <writelog at contesting.com>
>    Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 6:50 PM
>    Subject: [WriteLog] Re: W5XD Keyer & USB connection (GW4BLE)
>
>
>    > Steve,
>    >
>    > No good here either...  USB-Serial adaptors seem OK for Rig Control
>    though,
>    > but not much good for anything else...
>    >
>    > I wonder if anyone out there knows a supplier of Com Ports that are
XP
>    > compatible, as I've been trying to source one in VK, with no luck.. I
>    > suppose with the good exchange rate at the moment it might be better
>    buying
>    > from the US anyway.
>    >
>    > Thanks
>    >
>    > David, VK2DPD
>    >
>    >
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