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
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Spencer" mspencer12345@yahoo.ca To: amsat-bb@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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