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Re: New Radio
From:
Steve Sweeney <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:09:01 -0500
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I haven't looked at those, but the t90a's work very well.
Steve, N4OFL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: New Radio


> Has anyone totally blind done any mods to the THF6A?  I would like to
> modify mine to transmit out of band.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, John Miller wrote:
>
> > that does 2 and 440, out of the box it receives the usual, 118 to 174
and
> > 420 to 512 I believe it is but there's a very easy modification to do,
> > cutting a green wire which I did and it pretty much covers on receive
from
> > 118, with some skips, all the way up to and through most of the 800MHz
band.
> > Cell blocked, it's a perfectly acceptable mod, Kenwood will give it to
you
> > even I think. If not it's all over the net, mods.dk and places like
that.
> > might be on Kenwood's web site even now that I think of it.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 3:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: New Radio
> >
> >
> > > What bands does this rig do, and does it cover outside the ham bands,
and
> > > if so what bands?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm quite happy with the Kenwood tmg707a.  It does talk fairly well.
The
> > >> only
> > >> annoying thing is that menu functions do not talk so you have to
count
> > >> where you
> > >> are but it does everything else that you want if you can live without
220
> > >> on the
> > >> rig.  If you're technically inclined you should also know that the
> > >> internal tech
> > >> menus do not talk and don't even have beeps that function to keep
track
> > >> of where
> > >> you are but those menu options are only available by jumping some
pins so
> > >> are
> > >> not normally a concern.  The menus do beep and there are a couple
> > >> different
> > >> pitched beeps so they are doable and the rig seems to work really
well.
> > >>
> > >> Tom
> > >>
> >
>

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