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Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:07:26 -0500
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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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