Luke,
I am with you. I have the Stone Mountain Engineering "qsy'er" which worked
for Kenwood's. They also made a versions for Yaesu and some older Icoms.
Fortunately if you were able to find one of them you could plug and play
with the Ts-690. Some Kenwood's had to have either a IF-10b or IF-10c
installed but the Ts-450 and Ts-690's didn't have to have it. Now the
Ts-570's and Ts-2000's have to have a IC chip installed that simply inverts
the data stream and you set the radio computer speed at 4800 and it will
work fine. I am trying to remember on the Ts-870's but I think the keypad
needed the inverted data and you had a couple of menus that had to be set
up. The Stone Mountain would then change mode and frequency and looked like
a touch tone pad with the pound key being enter and the star key being
"point". I am very lucky to have a couple of these and yes, I use them
regularly! Probably more than you wanted to know but there it is...
73 de Brian, k5in
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: auditory read-outs
Hi John.
Different strokes for different folks. I find the external keypads much
easier and convenient to use. I have a keypad on the front of my Kenwood
TS-690S, but it isn't half as convenient as the Millenium QSYer on my Icom
IC-706 MKII G. If someone made a version of the QSYer for the TS-690S, I'd
buy it in an instant.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 11:50 PM 7/17/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Most radios have the keypad on the front for direct frequency, all but the
>little mobile types, IC-706 radios, personally I'd much rather have the
>keypad on the radio, and most have that.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 11:17 PM
>Subject: Re: auditory read-outs
>
>
> > Hi Jerry.
> >
> > Well, I'm the wrong person to ask about variable pitch metering, but I
can
> > tell you that there are a variety of rigs out there with synthetic
speech
> > readouts, and judging from the comments on the list, the Kenwood TS2000
>and
> > the Kenwood TS480 are among the best out there. One thing I would
> > heartily recommend in addition to the voice synthesizer is to purchase
an
> > automatic antenna tuner with whatever radio you end up getting. I have
> > auto tuners with both of the rigs that I use here, and think it is one
of
> > the best innovations for blind operators ever made. It, in combination
> > with my voice frequency display, makes my HF rigs quite accessible.
> >
> > If you look at the Icom radios like the IC-756 Pro, or similar Icom
>radios,
> > there is an aftermarket controller called the Millenium QSYer which
> > provides the ability to do keypad entry of frequencies--another God
> > send. I have one for my Icom IC-706 MkII G, and I love it.
> >
> > So there are things for you to consider. Unfortunately, the Millenium
> > QSYer doesn't support keypad entry on Kenwood radios, but there are
other
> > ways to keypad the TS-2000. I'm not sure what the story is with the
'480.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> > At 09:40 PM 7/17/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Hello folks.
> > >
> > >My name is Jerry Neufeld, v e 3 q s o, a long time ago, k 6 u u x.
> > >
> > >Although a ham since 1956, I have been inactive these last 12 years,
now
> > >woefully ignorant about what I might expect in terms of speech
read-outs
>in
> > >high end transcievers, e.g. TS2000, Icom 756 pro, etc. Knowing that I
am
> > >looking for the best equipment I can find that gives me at least some
>access
> > >to frequency, s meter and menus, what recommendations would anyone who
>has
> > >the time to do so make to me as what to buy.
> > >
> > >Also, I am looking for a variable pitch auditory device for relative
>meter
> > >voltage readings, i.e. 0 to 200 milovolts.
> > >
> > >Thanks to anyone who is able to help.
> > >
> > >Regards to everyone.
> > >
> > >Jerry
> >
> > 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
A.R.S. K2LKK
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