Fred, Ah. What you say makes sense. I'm familiar with the Northbridge & Southbridge chips but I don't know the limitations of hardware & software with the K3.
It really is nice to have no wire to the headphones and I use this setup whenever I use google to make free phone calls (Better acoustics on both end than my cell phone does) If I get up to do something 10' away I just leave the headphones on & forget about them. The bose QC-15 are much more comfortable and the audio with the noise cancelling is impressive, I can't even hear the blower in my amp with them on. Still, they are tethered. Maybe I need to put some thought into how to run the K3 audio/mic functions through the computer and use that to hear the K3 with these wireless mics. 73, Gary KA1J > Gary I can't speak for Elecraft but I really doubt you will ever see a > USB port of the kind you want. Take a look at the third letter in USB. > It stands for 'Bus'. In the PC there is a pretty good sized chip > called the 'South Bridge' chip that de-multiplexes the bus. Sure you > can do the job with other chips but it's not a trivial task. Then > think of the software. Every USB device needs a driver so you would > need to load a driver for your earphones. There is no hard disk so > where are you going to store your drivers? In the end it becomes a > shovel with rope handle. 73 Fred, AE6QL > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Smith > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 4:15 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 USB request > > I don't know why my text was stripped but here it is again... > ------------------- > I would love for there to be a USB > connection for the K3 without the serial to USB adapter. > > Although I far prefer my Bose Q-15 > headphones, I've bought a pair of Logitech wireless headphones for use > with my computer and they come with a boom mike. Yes, the Bose are > infinitely better but the mic is this Logitech is excellent and they > are stereo. They work great with the computer and being wireless, they > would be ideal with the K3. There's a tiny dongle transmitter/receiver > the headphones pair with which plugs into a usb port but alas, the > only port for the K3 is the antiquated RS-232 port and mine is > dedicated to connecting the K3 to my computer for my logging program > via the serial>USB adapter. > > Any chance for some USB ports on the K3? > > Gary > KA1J > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
