Hi Bob and the group.  I would also encourage people to challenge the
equipment that is hard to use.  I managed to use a spectrum analyzer that
used a  cursor, and with very little audible feedback.  The key you ask?
consintrate,  Consintrate,  Consintrate!





On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Bob Tinney wrote:

> Hi Lou,
> I share your frustration with the lack of accessibility to set top boxes and
> the like, but I am not letting this inaccessible world shut me out!  I have
> used receivers and transmitters that didn't talk, cell phones that didn't
> have voice synthesizers in them and I used to tune up my old DX 100 by
> listening to the transformer hum and I used to set the drive by listening to
> the time it took for the meter needle to return to the 0 stop.  But I'm not
> going to give up on any communication mode because of ignorance.  That also
> includes digital ssb which I think sounds terrible, but I'm hoping that it
> will get better with time.
> I'm going to keep accessing the difficult because it is a challenge!
> Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> Skype name:  bobtinn
> Live Long and Prosper!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Digital to analog TV converter boxes
>
>
> Hi.
>
> With the fiasco that I've had with DVDs and accessibility, I've pretty well
> decided to cease to receive television signals when analog goes dark.  I'm
> sick of wasting money on things that the industry decides will be obsolete
> long before it wears out, and I detest of filling landfills just so someone
> can make a heap of money.
>
> They can stick their DTV.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
>
>
> At 11:37 PM 3/9/2008 -0500, you wrote:
> >You have to use it within 90 days but the catch is they're only going to
> >issue
> >something like 30 million of them so if you wait too long you won't get
> >one but
> >if you buy now it may be nearly a year before you can use the box and it
> >surely
> >may have developed problems by then.  Its never for electronics to sit.
> >
> >Last I heard they'd already issued about a third of the coupons they intend
> >to
> >give out.
> >
> >Tom
> >
> >
> >Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> >web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
> >
> >On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Butch Bussen wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:19:46 -0700
> > > From: Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: Digital to analog TV converter boxes
> > >
> > > I think you have to use the coupon within 30 days, I do know there is a
> > > time limit, so don't apply until you're ready to buy.
> > > 73s
> > > Butch Bussen
> > > wa0vjr
> > >
> > > On Fri, 7 Mar 2008,
> > > Bob Tinney wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I've been putting off getting a converter box, but the discussion on
> > > > this
> > > > list reminded me to apply for 2 coupons as my audio tv receivers are
> > analog
> > > > and are not hooked to cable.  Just google "digital converter box
> > coupon" and
> > > > fill out the form.
> > > > 73
> > > > Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> > > > Skype name:  bobtinn
> > > > Live Long and Prosper!
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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