Hi Bob.

These radios use boards that are made by the radio manufacturers as
accessories to the radios.  In the case of the Kenwood radios mentioned
here, the TR751A uses a Kenwood VS1 voice synthesizer.  The VS1 is getting
pretty hard to find, but it can still be found for one who is
persistent.  The Kenwood TS790 uses the VS2 synthesizer.  It also is no
longer made by Kenwood, but I haven't looked for one for a while, so I
don't know how difficult these are to locate.  Of course, if you can find
one of these radios that already has the board installed, then that makes
it a lot nicer because you don't have the hassle of having to install it.

Some Icom radios make speech boards to read out the frequency and mode to
you also.

73, de Lou K2LKK





At 07:22 AM 8/31/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Can you tell me a little more about the speech boards?  Are you telling me
>that there are some speech synthesizers built especially for ham radios?  If
>so, where does one get such an animal?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 6:39 PM
>Subject: Re: pl issues
>
>
> > Hi Rich.
> >
> > That is why I said what I did about the Kenwood TR-751A and the
> > TS790.  When equipped with speech boards, both of these radios will let
>you
> > read the PL Tone off with the voice synthesizer, and it makes these radios
> > a snap to program.  I thought I would mention it in passing so that if
> > someone were ever to decide to get an all mode radio, they would know that
> > these two radios are very accessible.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> > At 08:17 PM 8/30/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> > >I just can't resist.
> > >  I don't think pl is as much the problem as the accessibility of current
> > >radios.  Yes if you memorize a bit and count clicks you can easily set a
>pl
> > >but you wouldn't catch your friendly nondisabled ham bothering with all
>that
> > >fuss.  It would be nice if you had real menu access as well as direct
> > >readout of both incode and decode info.  I sometimes get idealistic,
>guilty
> > >as charged.
> > >Rich
> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
> > Home e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> > Work e-mail:  [log in to unmask]
> > Work Telephone:  (585) 697-5753
> >

Louis Kim Kline
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