And Cort, this was my reply to Steve: "I must have bought it over 2 years ago now Steve; and am in the main very happy with it.
I chose it as a Bluetooth device; I realised that 27MHz was not going to work; a lot of products (then) never stated the frequency, and just said Wireless. I checked the FCC number on these devices; and found the certification to be for 27MHz, so that ruled out most devices. The MX5000 I had was rather expensive at the time (?80 I think); but I think was a good investment. It is a plastic case ; the Keyboard has many fancy features that I rarely use in the shack ! The mouse uses a rechargeable battery and stand, and has good life; the keyboard uses 4 AA batteries; I never turn it off, but a set last 9 months or more - At home and IOM, I never heard any noises from it whatsoever. - At home, I have never caused it any grief, even with my 91B ! - At IOM, in a M/M environment, sometimes the keyboard had a "latency" build up - it would have delayed characters as seen by the screen. This was not too significant, everything got sent eventually. Put some people off, but didn't worry me too much. It has never sent garbled characters, or locked up ! The only other issue is that sometimes the keyboard "unpairs" itself - the mouse never does. I don't know though if this is to do with me - often I still use the main keyboard , unless I am doing some serious work ! So I am not sure if it unpairs if it is not being used. It is very simple to pair it again to the blue tooth dongle." 73 Dave G3NKC -----Original Message----- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net]on Behalf Of Steve GW4BLE Sent: 01 January 2009 15:11 To: 'Courtney Judd K4WI'; 'ACG' Cc: 'Writelog Reflector'; 'DX4WIN' Subject: [Dx4win] keyboard Great timing on the post Cort, because I am also thinking along the same lines. Although more expensive, I think that Bluetooth - as opposed to the 27 MHz 'wireless' - is the way to go and I have been recommended the Logitech MX5000 wireless keyboard and mouse. Haven't made any purchase yet though, so would be very interested to hear from others with their recommendations. Happy New Year Steve GW4BLE -----Original Message----- From: dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Courtney Judd K4WI Sent: 01 January 2009 13:53 To: ACG Cc: Writelog Reflector; DX4WIN Subject: [Dx4win] keyboard Hi all,and HNY! I am looking for some advice on keyboards. I am thinking about purchasing a wireless keyboard with built in trackball. I have found several on the internet...most made by Adesso...some with trackball; others with touchpad. I currently use a trackball; prefer it over a standard mouse. How does a touchpad work? Am I going to like going to a built in all-in-one for contesting and general logging with Writelog and/or DX4WIN? Any comments or suggestions welcomed! 73's Cort K4WI _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Dx4win@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
