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Function keys continue to be a big big deal for contesting and I too am an OT stuck on the side
cluster muscle memory. Does anyone know where we could get a USB stand alone cluster
of function keys that could be placed along side the regular or laptop keyboard? Or, maybe ASCII programmable 12 F key cluster?

John, W1QS

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Alan Jump

Re: Keyboards revisited

Look at the Logitech G13 game board and see if it might suit your needs. It
has 25 programmable keys, which should be plenty of CW macros.

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73 de N5ILN
Alan

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:51 AM, John Lawrence via Elecraft <
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> Function keys continue to be a big big deal for contesting and I too am an
> OT stuck on the side
> cluster muscle memory. Does anyone know where we could get a USB stand
> alone cluster
> of function keys that could be placed along side the regular or laptop
> keyboard? Or, maybe ASCII programmable 12 F key cluster?
>
> John, W1QS
>
> Sent from my iPad
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Raymond Sills

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Hi John:

You might want to take a look at he products from Genovation <http://www.genovation.com/
>
They have a number of terminals in various sizes which can be had in
USB and RS-232 formats, which might do the job. IIRC, they come with
software which will permit you to create your own macros for any
application. The RS-232 can be connected directly to a K3/KX3, so it
can be used -without- an attached computer.

73 de Ray
K2ULR
KX3 #211

On Apr 30, 2014, at 2:51 PM, John Lawrence via Elecraft wrote:

> Function keys continue to be a big big deal for contesting and I too
> am an OT stuck on the side
> cluster muscle memory. Does anyone know where we could get a USB
> stand alone cluster
> of function keys that could be placed along side the regular or
> laptop keyboard? Or, maybe ASCII programmable 12 F key cluster?
>
> John, W1QS
>
> Sent from my iPad
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Re: Keyboards revisited

Some of the models from Genovation are RS-232

That means you should be able to hook them directly to the Ks (may require an adapter to get the pins correct)

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Hi John:

You might want to take a look at he products from Genovation <http://www.genovation.com/
>
They have a number of terminals in various sizes which can be had in
USB and RS-232 formats, which might do the job. IIRC, they come with
software which will permit you to create your own macros for any
application. The RS-232 can be connected directly to a K3/KX3, so it
can be used -without- an attached computer.

73 de Ray
K2ULR
KX3 #211

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John Lawrence via Elecraft <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Function keys continue to be a big big deal for contesting and I too am an OT
> stuck on the side cluster muscle memory. Does anyone know where we could get
> a USB stand alone cluster of function keys that could be placed along side
> the regular or laptop keyboard? Or, maybe ASCII programmable 12 F key
> cluster?
>
> John, W1QS
>
> Sent from my iPad
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X-Keys (www.xkeys.com) makes several styles of USB/serial keyboards and key
sticks. They work both in windows & Linux/Unix environments.

73 Tom KG7CFC

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John,
I'm in the computer business and have been for 30 years. I have never
seen such a device. However, using something like Arduino Leonardo
<http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardLeonardo> one could easily create
such a thing using a common 3x4 keypad and a fairly small amount of
code. There are probably other ways to remap a keyboard. There are
numeric-only keyboards, but I don't know of any simple way to remap the
keys to something else.

73, Doug -- K0DXV

On 4/30/2014 12:51 PM, John Lawrence via Elecraft wrote:

> Function keys continue to be a big big deal for contesting and I too am an OT stuck on the side
> cluster muscle memory. Does anyone know where we could get a USB stand alone cluster
> of function keys that could be placed along side the regular or laptop keyboard? Or, maybe ASCII programmable 12 F key cluster?
>
> John, W1QS
>
> Sent from my iPad
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