you can get third party chargers for the THF6 or 7.
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From: "Christian" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: Kenwood TH-F7 or Yeasu VX-7R


> Hi there,
> Many thanks for that info.
> This looks really promising.
> I have also looked at the programming software that lets you change=
> settings from your PC and it seem to work quite well at least with=
> Window-Eyes.
> One thing with the TH-F7 is that there is no other charger available. I=
> wish that there was some other charger so that you could charge a battery=
> pack while using another one.
> Another radio I have been thinking about is the Icom IC-E91. But i think 
> it=
> just features one keypad beep so that you can not find out if you are=
> using high or low power for example.
> This is a thing I like with Kenwood that they have different keypad beeps=
> so that you can find out if you are activating or deactivating a function=
> or changing a value.
> 73,
> Christian SM0UWV
>
>
> On 2008-04-25 at 20:39 Buddy Brannan wrote:
>
>>Just in case anyone doesn't know, the TH-F7 is the same radio as the
>>TH-F6, except it doesn't have 220, since Europe doesn't have that band.
>>
>>I have the TH-F6 and it's a super radio. Sort of deaf on the UHF TV
>>channels, but that's a small thing, really. It's very accessible and
>>there's lots of blind friendly documentation on it. Check
>>www.icanworkthisthing.com
>>  for all the goodies on this radio.
>>
>>Sorry, I know nothing about the Yaesu rig, except that some have said
>>it isn't awfully accessible. No personal experience, and you can fully
>>expect lots of Yaesu bashing on this list.
>>
>>Vy 73, de KB5ELV
>