I would never touch a yaesu either. I'd think this is just another 1 off for 
them with the 450, like the 847 but the menus for them are still something 
even sighted people have problems with. I see them forsale all the time for 
that reason.
I like having computer control for the occasional remote control use, but 
I'd hate to have to depend on that. If I'm on backup power, no computer but 
my radio desk has backup power to run the better part of a day, full tilt. 
Never know when I might get a new radio and want to use the old one at a 
field day site, computer control doesn't work out there either. I guess it 
depends on what you want to do, I just know me personally I'd rather a 
Kenwood or icom radio that I can run all of from the front panel.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: ReModern Radios and Accessibility


> On Nov 22, 2007, at 2:02 PM, Anthony Vece wrote:
>
>> Hi Eric;
>>
>> I wouldn't even consider Yaesu.
>>
>> There radios are not accessible and they have no intentions of
>> making them
>> accessible.
>
> I'm not so sure about that. At least the new FT-450 claims to have
> speech that reads freq/mode/S-meter, or something. Whether this is a
> trend or a token remains to be seen.
>
> BTW, Eric, if you wanna talk about companies who don't make accessible
> radios, Ten-Tec is right up there these days, unfortunately, Way back
> when the Argonaut V first came out, I enquired about its accessibility
> and was given what we call in the biz "the royal brush-off". Sorry, a
> computer isn't a good answer unless you don't mind being leashed to
> one. whether you're using it or not.
>