[aprssig] Best USB<-->Serial Dongle Ever ???

[Ivy Renga]

Great Job Stephen!

You also shed light on a curiosity I had about my new Kenwood TH-D72.  
Now I know why they insist you load their Virtual Com Port utility 
before connecting to the mini-USB port.

F/or example, the "USB" interface on the Kenwood TH-D72 APRS handheld is 
actually the serial interface of it's predecessor TH-D7 with a 
serial<-->USB chip added internally.  The "driver" provided for the PC 
reconstitutes the serial COM port of it's predecessor for the benefit of 
APRS and packet programs that only think in terms of classic RS-232 COM 
ports.   The ultimate irony is that the radio-specific memory 
programming utility for this "USB" radio requires you to choose and 
access a virtual COM port, instead of natively accessing the USB port./

Ivy, W8IUQ


n 5/21/2013 6:59 PM, Stephen H. Smith wrote:
> I have just put up a new page on my website dealing with USB<-->serial 
> adapters a.k.a. "dongles". This includes a review of what may be the 
> best dongle ever for ham/APRS applications.
>
>    <http://wa8lmf.net/ham/USB-Serial-Dongles.htm>
>
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