Hi Phil. Do you think you would have any problem with wireless and the r f
coming from your rig? will be interesting.
73 Ed K7UC
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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 10:54 PM
Subject: Ham Radio Deluxe and Jaws Latest Report
> For those interested,
>
> I just got my HP Netbook loaded with Jaws and a friend found a cable =
> somewhere on the net for about 30 dollars so we could forego building =
> one and thus were able to plug the Netbook right into the Icom 7000. =
> Anyhow, Saturday, after several hours just playing around with the =
> Netbook, we finally loaded Jaws and then we discovered I was out of =
> authorizations. Tonight, Monday, on the other hand, I got that taken =
> care of and Jaws now runs normally on the Netbook. Being unfamiliar =
> with Windows 7 and the Netbook keyboard, I plug a little external =
> keyboard into it to make things easier but I think I'm going to go =
> wireless for the keyboard I'll be using on the Netbook. The first =
> problem we addressed, my friend, who is not a ham but a computer geek =
> and has done computer repairs for me and my wife for nearly 20 years, =
> discovered the computer, or Netbook computer, plugs into the back of the =
> Icom 7000 using the same jack the QSY ER touch pad uses. Bummer; =
> especially when you are first learning the software. I did play around =
> for 40 minutes, before the demo version of Jaws was up, and although =
> Jaws is speaking everything, I took a spin around the various features =
> and there sure were a bunch there. So many, in fact, I got lost just =
> trying to understand the nature of the program. But, it is working and =
> now, at my advanced age, I'm back into another cotton picking Learning =
> curve. I still miss the DOS days. The Netbook keyboard feels great but =
> with cross keys, such as getting function keys to work, and the like, =
> learning the Netbook keyboard is going to take a lot more time so as I =
> said, a wireless keyboard would probably work out much better. This =
> Netbook has three USB ports, fortunately, but I wonder if there is going =
> to be a work around for both the Netbook cable and the QSY ER cable =
> problem in plugging the two into the radio. If anybody has heard, or =
> has solved this problem, let me know.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
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