yeah, there's various joystick/hatswitch type switches that would work. Good thought Gadget. I'm still looking into various ways of approaching the problem...
Another possibility would be something that lets you mount your iOS/Android device near your TX and uses gestures visible to the camera on the device to do forward/back/repeat. That would likely be less expensive, but would require that the phone be out where your hand can easily gesture to it...
Thoughts?
Peter+