[Ham-Mac] RFI in mouse

[Scott Galbraith]

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One thing to be cautious of, at least here in the US, many of the wireless
keyboards and mice use 27 MHz - and it should be fairly obvious about the
potential IX problems there.  Hams may want to make sure that whichever
models they are getting are using "bluetooth" or other "technologies" in
the GHz or higher ranges.

At 9:30 AM +0100 7/16/06, David Ferrington wrote:

>Good morning to all
>You may remember I posted a message about RFI in Apple's Mighty Mouse
>(thinks I'm pressing the two side buttons when I transmit on 40M) - well I'm
>returning both of them to Apple and have purchased a Logitech S530 - which
>has not arrived yet.
>
>This may be a dumb question and forgive the 'PC' word, but I work from home
>and use my companies ThinkPad. I prefer to use the same model mouse on both
>the Mac and PC when possible.
>So am thinking of purchasing a Logitech MX610 which is just a remote mouse,
>much like the MX600 that comes with the S530 keyboard & mouse package.
>
>How do both Mice co-exist within a distance of a few feet - what method is
>used to code the mouse so one doesn't interact with the others receiver?
>

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