It won't help with the keyboard, but cordless mice
that use infra-red are available. I never used mine
in a high-RF environment, but it seems likely that it
would be RF proof.
Tim - N9LF
--- Steve <steveac@charter.net> wrote:
> I have a Logitech Cordless Freedom Navigator
> keyboard and mouse. I have
> tried several times over the past few years to use
> these devices on the
> PC at my radio desk. But they do not like it when I
> operate with high
> power on 160 or 10 meter CW. Operation on other
> bands doesn't seem to
> bother them.
>
> The mouse and keyboard are normally good for at
> least a few feet between
> them and the Logitech receiver. But when I operate
> on 160 or 10 meter CW
> I have to keep the keyboard and mouse within a
> couple of inches of the
> Logitech receiver, otherwise they won't work until
> the transmitter stops
> transmitting, at which point they are back to
> business as usual. This
> constraint prods me back to wired keyboard and
> mouse. After a while I
> tire of the cords and go back and try the cordless
> devices again, with
> the same results.
>
> Perhaps part of my problem lies in the use of open
> wire transmission
> line. The open wire terminates at my tuners within 4
> or 5 feet of where
> the keyboard/mouse are located on my operating desk
> . . . a source of RF
> that might be of greater level than if I were using
> coax?
>
> Anyone know of cordless keyboards and mice that
> aren't susceptible to
> being desensitized by nearby strong RF fields? (I'm
> assuming
> desensitization is what's going on . . . educate me
> if there's a better
> description.)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve K8JQ
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