I've never had a problem with wireless keyboards and ham radio equipment,
and I've had a few wireless keyboards. I'm not saying it can't happen,but
it's rare. I stick with logitec keyboards if that helps anyone who has a
problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: Ham Radio Deluxe and Jaws Latest Report
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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