Hello Louis,
I would suggest a foot switch for the push to talk.
That would free up having to control the mike with your hands.
Bob
K9BOB
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: Sending Traffic on NTS


> I've been there. I run races nets once a month around here now and use my
> laptop for that, some times I run in to that with the laptop. A desk mic
> with the locking PTT button is the best fix, but we don't have that either
> so I just manage to make due, here at home it's the same on UHF/VHF though
> I
> some times will hook a desk mic to that radio for stuff like that.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 10:48 PM
> Subject: Sending Traffic on NTS
>
>
> Hi to all.
>
> I had an interesting experience the other night.  A friend called me and
> asked me to put a message into the NTS for him.  I took down the message
> on
> my trusty Type 'n Speak (yep, I'm still using the old dinosaur).  When I
> went to send the message, though, there were a couple of places where the
> spelling was not easy and I needed to read through it character by
> character.  Suddenly, I found the need to have one hand for the RIGHT
> ARROW
> key, one hand for the LEFT SHIFT key, and one hand to key the
> microphone.  Awkward, to say the least!
>
> Since I don't have a Perkins braille writer, I have had to resort to
> putting things on one computer device or another.  I'm curious about
> whether anyone else has faced this problem when sending traffic, and if
> so,
> what you did about it.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> P.S.  My braille is probably even less legible than my handwriting!
>
>
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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