I had a friend years ago whose name was or still is Rick Joy.  He was blind 
and deaf, and he took the cone off of a speaker so that he could feel just 
the center or voice coil.  That is how he did CW.  He could not do AM or 
Siideband, but I suppose that he could also use a Braille display for PSK31.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: handy hams


> Linda, welcome to the hobby!  Besides FM, with your implants, a number of
> deaf hams operate CW, you could do that with an indoor antenna, I knew a 
> guy
> who had a set of ancient headphones, and he felt the metal diaframs on his
> ears.  Other people feel speaker cones, and with the narrow filters in
> receivers, geting one station to vibrate a speaker aught to be easy.  With
> your implants, none of this might be necessary.
> Many people use things called IRLP and Echo-link, which are mariages 
> between
> computer internet and radio.
> In door wire or mobile verticals have been used for HF communication, but
> it's a challenge.  Well, radio in general is a challenge, that's the fun!