Thanks to all who responded to my questions on weather, radio, and skywarn.
Hope you don't mind if I quote you.  I think it will mean something to our
readers to have comments from people on this list.

Again, Thanks.
73
Don KD1XU

At 10:55 PM 9/3/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Don:
>
>I may be quite late on responding to this post, but here are my two cents
>worth.
>
>So far, the most intuitively easy weather radio I have come across are the
>Radio Shack models.  They do require sighted assistance, though, since you
>have to work through a number of menus to get things set the way you want,
>in terms of counties to be warned, and types of conditions you want to be
>alerted to.
>
>One radio that has really been troublesome accessibility-wise both for
>non-technical folks and blind hams seem to be the older Oregon Scientific
>models.  They seem to be very hard to program, and very menu driven with
>everything done through pressing various combinations of buttons.
>
>I know this because in my county here in Michigan, the Office of Emergency
>Management purchased a bunch of these Oregon Scientific radios for various
>public facilities, and we as hams have had a heck of a time helping the
>people at these facilities get the radios programmed and working properly.
>Also, if you loose power to the Oregon Scientific Radio, and the batteries
>are weak, you'll loose all your programmed material--at least that's what we
>have found several times.
>
>As EC/RO for my county, I'm very involved in local skywarn activities.  I
>run most of our skywarn nets, and enjoy it very much.  I have had no
>difficulty at all doing this as a blind ham, especially when I can work with
>good weather spotters and observers.
>
>Hope this helps at least a little.
>
>Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Don Tarbet" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:57 AM
>Subject: weather
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I need to do some brain picking if anyone has a minute.  I am writing a
> > short piece for a newsletter that goes out to non-technical blind and
> > visually impaired people, generally adults.  The theme of this issue is
> > weather, and I am putting together information on accessible weather
> > radios.  I generally use my TH6FA, or other ham gear, but also have a cb
> > with weather radio and know of family radio service units with the
> > capability.  Of the vast list out there, does anyone know of one or more
> > that are fairly accessible for the non-technical person?
> >
> > Also, is anyone on this list active in SKYWARN?  I'd like to mention that
> > too, if possible.
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > 73
> > Don KD1XU