Personally, I say, if you only want to have 1 radio,  get the portable, that
way, if you want to hook it to an antenna, you still can, if you want more
power, amplifiers aren't that bad down the road to buy, and the Kenwood
TH-F6A or Icom IC-T90A are the best 2 choices you could make for that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Patterson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: accessible VHF equipment


> Can you recommend an accessible transceiver that picks up VHF/UHF
> frequencies.  It would have to be one that can be programmed without
> vision.
> Would you recommend a mobile or a portable unit?  I live in a 1-bedroom
> apartment so the antenna is also a consideration.  Thanks.
>
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Patrick Byrne
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 8:52 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: accessible VHF equipment
>
>
> Hello Eric,
> Connecting a power supply should not cause any real problems.  If you can
> once get sighted assistance to show you the positive wire, and help you
> determine the positive connection to the power supply, mark the positive
> lead with a piece of electrical tape or a small wire tie and you can
> always
> find it again.  The transceiver end of the power cable is terminated in
> some kind of polarized plug, so that end won't cause a problem.  I have
> seldom, if ever, had to disconect and reconnect the power supply end of my
> power cables.
> Help this helps.
> Pat, K9JAU  At 08:33 PM 1/6/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hi all, I am a new member on this list and have a question about VHF
>>equipment.  My name is Eric Patterson and my call is kb7vfr.  I have been
> an
>>amateur radio operator since 1993.
>>         Currently, I have an old FT-470 portable radio, whose battery
>> does not
>>maintain a charge anymore.  I am looking at getting a new VHF/UHF radio.
>>Here are the options I am considering:
>>1.  getting a portable such as the Icom IC-t90 or Kenwood TH-f6a.
>>2.  getting a mobile unit like the Kenwood Tm-g707.  The advantage to
>>going
>>this route is that it might allow me to install a voice synthesizer for
>>checking the frequency.  However, because I have no useable vision, I
>>would
>>have trouble hooking up the power supply.  Please send recommendations on
>>accessible mobile or portable VHF radios and instructions for hooking up
>>power supplies.  Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Eric Patterson
>