I have had good luck with Ebay and Amazon. If you happen to get a fake Prolific chip in a cable, so what? It is not hard to get the right driver for it.
Jardy Dawson WA7JRD Ham Radio
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On Aug 17, 2016, at 16:04, Richard B. Emerson pavilion@pinefields.com wrote:
As with anything, know who you're buying from. I met Valley Enterprises via eBay, where they have a virtual store. I'm pleased with the FTDI cable they sold me via eBay.
73 de KC3DOO Rick
On 8/17/2016 5:37 PM, David Ranch wrote: I would avoid Ebay as you get zero quality control from most vendors there (lots of counterfeit Prolific and even FTDI chips). I would also avoid RT Systems as their cables will work, they are extremely expensive for what they are. I compromise between these two worlds can include:
https://www.valley-ent.com/store/two-way-radio/programming-cables--David KI6ZHD
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