I have had my KPod for several months and have enjoyed using it to save
having to use knobs and pushbuttons on my K3 and keeping my hands nearer the
keyboard and paddles. But I have had a problem remembering which KPod
buttons perform which functions. Cheat sheets just seemed to get in the way
or get lost so I wondered what I could do to make my KPod more user
friendly. I made the following modification to my KPod to put the name of
each used function directly beside the buttons so I could quickly find what
I wanted to do, and made it very easy to change the function names as I
reconfigured the device. The links below show a couple of views of what I
did. Basically, using some double sided pc board I fashioned a couple of
"wings" that I eventually attached to the existing device using the screws
that help hold it together at its top face. After shaping and drilling the
pieces, I soldered the pieces together to form each "wing", spray-painted
them, glued into each top face on each "wing" two small rare-earth magnets.
Then I made two plastic cover plates the same size as the top faces, drilled
and mounted two more of the magnets taking care to get the poles correct
with the lower ones in the wings. Then I typed up a couple of label sheets,
placed them on the top faces of the wings, and placed the plastic covers
over them to finish the project. It makes a very neat way to easily locate
and reconfigure the KPod functions. If anyone has more interest in this I
have several more pictures of the way I did mine but I'm sure this idea
could be fashioned in many ways from other material you may have at hand.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/at0urhx9vehxzxr/IMG_5813.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5o8w7rqagtcipn2/IMG_5811.JPG?dl=0
73,
Ken, NU4I
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