Hi Mike, the 817 by Yaesu is the radio to which I was referring as not being
blind friendly, the 718 by Icom on the other hand, is a Very Blind Friendly
unit IMHO, and that seems to be the feeling of quite a few others. Maybe
some handiham or icanworkthisthing.com help with it would be good to check
out. If I can help in any way, I'd be glad to, thanks for the note, Danny.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mike" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: Re Re Budget Minded
> I have the 718 and agree that it is not very blind friendly though having
> said that. It is very good on air and for the price a good radio. I have
set
> it against a pro3 and found receive wise ( or tx for that matter ) is as
> good. and it can be worked with Ham radio deluxe.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 5:28 AM
> Subject: Re Re Budget Minded
>
>
> > Subject, Re Budget Minded,
> > Hi Ron And Matt, Ron, I'm Very Interested in your thoughts on the 817.
> > Couple of
> > questions, Do you have and use one? Do You Have Any Sight at all? If
> > Not,
> > how do you find the radio in actual practice? 817's A Great feature and
> > value packed radio, but Not Very Blind
> > Friendly, even with the John Hansen W2FS Millenium QSYER, which is a
must
> > for either a sight challenged or a "blind as a bat person like me." I've
> > had, operated, and loved/hated, 2 817s and 2 817NDs, and prefer the Icom
> > IC703+ for portable HF work. The little bottom row buttons on the 817
are
> > too easy to inadvertently punch and then not know how to get back to a
> > known
> > state with out sighted assistance, without doing a hard reset....been
> > there
> > done that, and got overly
> > tired of doing it. Please get back to me as I'm interested to hear your
> > observations! And Matt, Anything I can do to help you come up with the
> > best
> > rig for your situation, I'm more than willing to do. Thanks, Danny.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 2:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: budget minded
> >
> >
> >> Hi Matt,
> >>
> >> Well, if you do not mind QRP rigs, the Yaesu 817 is a little more than
> >> 500
> >> dollars. I think I saw it for 549 dollars on one of the Internet
> >> sites--this is brand new. It only has 5 watts, but you can get
external
> >> amplifiers for the future--when you save up enough.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 1:52 PM
> >> Subject: budget minded
> >>
> >>
> >> this is probably a long shot but, is there such a thing as an hf radio
=
> >> for under say, $500? the ones i have seen on hamradio.com are mostly =
> >> over 5k. ok maybe i should add "that are actually good radios" for =
> >> under 500 say, maybe the price of a 2m mobile or something or should i
=
> >> just keep dreaming, i want to get on hf again but i don't see that =
> >> happening with the prices i've seen
> >
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