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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: programming information chanels on THF6A


> HiBob, yes there is.  What screen reader are you using?
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> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Bob Humbert wrote:
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>> YEAH THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.  IT TOOK ME OVER A YEAR TO LEARN THE
>> BRAILLE'N SPEAK AND I WAS ABOUT 14 YEARS YOUNGER THEN.  RIGHT NOW, AS YOU
>> CAN SEE, I CAN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS SHIFT LOCK KEY TURNED
>> OFF
>> ON MY IBM T41 THINKPAD.  NOW I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOFTWARE TO PROGRAM
>> LARGER
>> TRANSCEIVERS BUT IS THERE SPEECH FRIENDLY SOFTWARE AND A CABLE FOR THE
>> THF6A?  YES, ALL OF YOU SURE HAVE BIN HELPFUL.  I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH
>> I
>> HAVE LEARNED IN JUST THE PAST 2 MONTHS WITH ALL OF YOUR HELP.  THANKS
>> AGAIN
>> TO ALL OF YOU.
>> THE NEAREST STORE TO ME IS 70 MILES AWAY AND i WANTED TO SEE THE RADIO
>> BEFORE I PURCHASED IT BUT IF I PASS THE GENERAL EXAM JAN. 15 I'M GOING TO
>> REWARD MYSELF BY PURCHASING IT OVER THE PHONE. NO, I'M NOT GOING TO THINK
>> ABOUT HF  FOR QUITE A WHILE.  I JUST WANT TO HAVE THE TICKET FOR WHEN
>> EVER I
>> DECIDE TO SPEND THE NICKELS. I JUST GOT MY LICENSE IN THE MAIL DEC.31.
>> IT
>> IS (KG6YAA)
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 11:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: programming information chanels on THF6A
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>> > Yup, you're right, I was going to look at that before I said it but
>> > it's a
>> > beginner mode, looks like the perfect thing for a new ham, then if you
>> > want
>> > down the road, set it back so you can do anything you want. Kenwood's
>> > good
>> > like that, my duel bander in the house here is that way too. I've never
>> > done
>> > it but it can do it.
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 2:34 PM
>> > Subject: Re: programming information chanels on THF6A
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>> >
>> >> It just dawned on me:  it's possible to run the TH-F6A in a mode where
>> >> the
>> >> only thing you can do is cycle between the memories you've set up.
>> >> You
>> >> could always run it that way once it was set up, and you'd never have
>> >> to
>> >> think about any of the radio's complexities.
>> >>
>> >> Steve
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>> >> On Monday 1/3/05 14:07 Don Bishop wrote:
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>> >>>As many have pointed out, all the radios can be somewhat complex.  The
>> >>>real question is which ones can be easily operated and used while
>> >>>you're
>> >>>getting
>> >>>used to the complexities or maybe even ignoring them altogether.
>> >>>
>> >>>I think the thf-6a is one of those radios which you can use very
>> >>>successfully and also take your time about learning the more complex
>> >>>features.  And, if you
>> >>>like, you really don't have to even bother with most of the more
>> >>>complicated aspects of the radio.
>> >>>
>> >>>Radios with menus and other such things including all sorts of
>> >>>sophisticated paging and calling features are with us and will
>> >>>probably
>> >>>stay with us for a long
>> >>>time.  But, I'm finding it quite easy just to ignore all that stuff I
>> >>>really don't want.  This is good since it's going to be a part of
>> >>>probably
>> >>>any radio I buy whether I
>> >>>like it or not.
>> >>>
>> >>>There's an absolute obsession with getting all kinds of functionality,
>> >>>inclluding that which 90 percent of people will never use, all packed
>> >>>into
>> >>>the smallest
>> >>>possible package.
>> >>>
>> >>>The one good thing in all this is the pc programming software.
>> >>>Amateur
>> >>>radio these days could really be a pain without it.
>> >>>
>> >>>73
>> >>>
>> >>>Don W6SMB
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