It's written on the keypad manual and webpage that it "was never meant to be a remote display or a detachable front panel, and will never be."
Then I played with an LCD, to make a remote display.
Now I am working on a keypad+LCD to make an "Advanced Frequency Readout". :-)
If it works out, the uP will be an ATmega88 or ATmega168 chip and the keypad will have to be reduced to 3x4. A prototype is already assembled and it waits for a first firmware relase.