[Elecraft] RE: Wireless Mouse Wish List

[EricJ]

No idea what the range is. It is IR so probably <100'.

I don't see a big need just to replace the cable either, but it could be
handy to be able to communicate with multiple rigs using the same paddle or
paddle/keyer. And the freedom from being tethered to a rig would be handy as
you said to walk around the shack. Lot's of times I am in the workshop
monitoring 20m and have to run down the hall to call. An rf TX/RX might let
me work that station from the workshop!

I would opt for keeping it simple, though. In fact, tonight I ordered a
cheap IR TX/RX combo to give it a try.

Eric
KE6US

-----Original Message-----
From: wayne burdick [mailto:n6kr at elecraft.com] 
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 8:33 PM
To: EricJ
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: Wireless Mouse Wish List

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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