[Elecraft] Re: Wireless Mouse Wish List

[wayne burdick]

What's the maximum distance from paddle to receiver with this unit? I'd 
want something that would work from across the room (my computers are 
*not* right next to the ham gear) and with no limitation on the way the 
paddle could be oriented. I might even want to use it while walking 
from one place to another in the shack, with a wrist-mounted paddle.

A 900-MHz ASK (amplitude-shift-keyed) transceiver chip might be a 
better way to do this, or of course blue-tooth. There are also very 
inexpensive garage-door opener receiver/transmitter boards available. 
Any such solution would require testing in an HF environment, although 
QRP HF levels would probably not be an issue.

I don't quite see the need for a unit that simply replaces the 
"cumbersome" wire from paddle to rig.

73,
Wayne
N6KR



On Feb 19, 2005, at 6:44 PM, EricJ wrote:

> Here's a commercial version of a wireless keyer.
>
> http://mysite.verizon.net/k7mqvjim/
>
> No idea how it works. In their photo gallery, they show it with a K2.
>
> I like the idea, but I don't like being stuck with their idea of a
> paddle/keyer. Maybe there is some IR TX/RX out there that could be 
> used.
>
> Eric
> KE6US

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