I suspect that you won't be able to hook up the computer and the QSYer at
the same time.  Once the main screen of HRD is open and you are
communicating with your radio properly, you can press Enter almost anywhere
and  a dialog box opens where you can enter your frequency.  Entry is
difficult, however, because your new entry doesn't erase all of the
frequency that was displayed there.  I'm glad my 950 has its own bguilt-in
keypad because of this.  You can also just open that dialog box and read
your current frequency, which will often suffice.  I have not worked with
the logbook portion of HRD yet, and can't say that it is very useable
because of the large number of fields.  In much of HRD, you have to route
your JAWS cursor to the item of interest, then click it.  Functions are
listed on the screen in alphabetical order, rather than in a simulation of
the radio's front panel layout.  You can determine how much data is
displayed, to some extent, but the screen will always be rather cluttered in
HRD.  I find myself using N1MM more than HRD nowadays, unless I want to
check signal strength or adjust some of the menu settings.  

Have fun.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:55 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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