[Ham-Mac] FW: [linuxham] Update on RFI and Right-Click Mouse Issue

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Yep, I had that when they first came out, only in my case it thought I  
was pressing both side buttons at once, I had two of them and it  
happened to both, so I don't think this is a 'fault' I think it is a  
design flaw. It was on 14MHz too.
I complained to apple - not only did they not understand, but they  
weren't very sympathetic either.
They agreed to take them back in return for me buying a Logitech S530  
Mac keyboard/mouse combo - which I have been very pleased with. But  
Logitech don't make it any more - I did find a second on on eBay a few  
months ago.
73 de M0XDF
-- 
There are three truths: my truth, your truth, and the truth.
-Chinese proverb

On 1 Nov 2009, at 11:55, Dick Kriss wrote:

> The following is a copy of a posting to the fldigi reflector
> that may be of interest to other Mac users regarding a
> RFI issue with the corded Apple Mighty Mouse
>
> 73 Dick AA5VU
>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: Dick Kriss <aa5vu at arrl.net>
> Reply-To: fldigi list <linuxham at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:28:10 -0600
> To: fldigi list <linuxham at yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [linuxham] Update on RFI and Right-Click Mouse Issue
>
> Reference the problem I was having getting the mouse
> right-click to bring up the fldigi popup while transmitting.
>
> Until this morning I was convinced it was RFI related
> and added a choke on the corded Apple Mighty Mouse.
> I thought the choke fixed the RFI issue but noticed the
> problem again when I was transmitting on 20 meters.
>
> The problem is with my Apple Mighty Mouse because
> the right-click works perfect using the XYL's Microsoft
> wireless mouse on this Intel iMac.
>
> I ran some tests this AM and confirmed the problem is
> unique to 14 MHz and it did not mater what antenna
> was being used. No RFI issues on other bands.
>
> This seemed a little weird so as a test I redefined the
> Apple Mighty-Mouse so when you depress the scroll
> button it does a right-click.
>
> I can now bring up the fldigi popup by pushing the scroll
> button while transmitting on 14 MHz – even when running
> full power with the amp ON.  The Mighty Mouse right-click
> still does not work when I am transmitting on 14 MHz.
>
> This tells me I may have defective mouse and will be
> contacting AppleCare to replace the Mighty Mouse.
>
> This is really a weird problem.  Stay tuned to see if the
> replacement mouse works.
>
> Thanks for reading this shaggy dog RFI story.
>
> 73 Dick AA5VU