[TRLog] Keyboard Stops working

Mike Gilmer, N2MG n2mg@eham.net
Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:44:57 -0500


The simple guess is RFI.  Try some ferrite on the keyboard cable.  If that
works, you should then track down why you have RF in the shack.  Maybe it's
a 10m-only problem...

Mike N2MG


VO1HP wrote:

> During the ARRL 10M test and others before this my keyboard locks up and I
have to reboot the computer.
> I have Toshiba Satellite4080XCDT notebook with an external keyboard
attached.   The lockup usually happens
>  after a couple of hours of operation.   Yesterday during a nice run in
the ARRL test  it locked up and I had to keep
> going using the onboard keyboard that continued to function  fine.  The
external keyboard is plugged into the jack
> on the docking station for that purpose and I have no idea why this is
happening.    Does anyone out there have any
> ideas as to what may be going on??
>
> Frank VO1HP