[CQ-Contest] Let's talk SO2R dual keyboards

[wc1m73 at gmail.com]

I use a pair of Apple keyboards, one wired and one wireless (the ones
without a numeric keypad). They're a little under 11 inches wide and about
4.5 inches deep. They work fine with Windows 10. Some keys are remapped in
the logger and others using a Windows app.

73, Dick WC1M

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken K6MR <k6mr at outlook.com> 
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2021 3:13 PM
To: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>; cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Let's talk SO2R dual keyboards

Yep, mini keyboards.  Smallest wireless (2.4GHz) ones I could find that
still had the keys I needed.  Look for TechNet wireless keyboards on Amazon.

My logger has a keyboard re-mapping function, but in N1MM you can use
AutoHotKey and move things around.  I don't really use the mouse so I set it
on top of the right hand radio or off to the side out of the way.  AHK lets
you map keyboard presses into mouse movements so I have a few that got rid
of the few functions in my logger that required the mouse.  Keep hands on
keyboard(s).

Ken K6MR

From: Mike Smith VE9AA<mailto:ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2021 10:03
To: cq-contest at contesting.com<mailto:cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Let's talk SO2R dual keyboards

I recently went to 2 Keyboard SO2R (in part tnx to N2IC programming skills
in N1MMLogger) and have modified my desk to be a little lower hacking nearly
3" off the height and so now it's at about 29.5" tall, but am still having
some discomfort to the twisting motion flipping back and forth between
keyboards, especially when doing 2BSIQ (poorly,hi)



I am using 2 full size Logitech keyboards about 17-18" wide at slight angles
to one another (Flying Vee formation) with a very small mouse right at my
stomach in the small triangle of real estate the 2 keyboards don't occupy.
I can't seem to learn to type left keyboard with left hand; right keyboard;
right hand.  At least not fast enough to keep up anyways.



Those of you doing 2 Keyboard SO2R..are you using Mini keyboards or at least
smaller than stock sizes?



My new ones, if I go that route, will have to be 2.4GHz as the computer does
not have Bluetooth and I have some RF into my USB bus, but eliminated it all
by going to wireless KB's.



I'd hate to give up the # pad for SN contests (WPX, WAE, etc) and I need
page/up page/down keys for speed changes in N1MMLogger+



What say you?



CU in WAE



Tnx



Mike VE9AA







Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB



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