[CQ-Contest] Wireless keyboards and RFI

Stanley Zawrotny k4sbz.stan at gmail.com
Tue Sep 14 17:44:14 EDT 2021


I have used a number of Logitech and Dell wireless keyboards QRO on all bands with no problems.

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 5:21 PM, rjairam at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> I have tried conventional wireless and Bluetooth.
> 
> No issues whatsoever even with full legal limit on HF and 6m.
> 
> I like Bluetooth better as I don’t have to use a dongle.
> 
> 73
> Ria
> N2RJ
>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 2:47 PM John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I had to buy a new keyboard for the office computer recently, which shares
>> a room with the shack, and that keyboard quits working when I transmit on
>> certain bands.  I have to restart the computer to get the keyboard working
>> again.  I guess that is what I get for buying the cheapest keyboard
>> available at the discount store.  I put a torrid on its cable before
>> hooking it to the computer for the first time, but that doesn't seem to
>> help.
>> 
>> Since most list members have a computer with their radio, what is your
>> experience with wireless keyboards?  Are they less affected by RFI since
>> they don't have a long wire to serve as an antenna?  Any bad experiences
>> using them in the shack?
>> 
>> 73 John AF5CC
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