Butch, I use a qsyer on my 706 mark II g.
It does as you say work well.


Junior Lolley KG4itd
Liberty County Emergency Coordinator

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 9:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Hf rigs

There is also the qsyer keyboard which works well with the icom.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Sat, 
27 Aug 2011, Dan B Dyer Jr,/Danny wrote:

> I've never used the FT450, but have and do successfully use the ft-817ND,
> and have used the ft70G, and the FT817/earlier model, also have
successfully
> used the VX150, vx1, vx2, and ft470/I think that last number's right,
anyway
> it was an older 2M and 70CM HT
> .
> I'm not sure how accessible the ft450 is, but the IC-718 with the UT102
> Voice chip is pretty accessible, although the speech chip will only give
you
> frequency, mode, and S-meter reading.  If you plan to control the rig from
> your computer, probably the 450 and the 718 would be pretty comparable
using
> the ham radio deluxe software, although as I say, I've never used the
ft450,
> but have heard good things about it, and believe there are folks on the
> different blind ham lists who have and use it.  There are also a number of
> folks on those lists who are against Yaesu completely, and that company
has
> some _Non accessibility for blind folks issues, but they also make some
> radios, IE, EG, the ft817, that noone else has equaled.  HTH, Danny Dyer,
> Wb4idu.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alonzo" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 3:31 PM
> Subject: Hf rigs
>
>
>> Comments on the yaesu ft450d
>> It's between that and the Icom ic718
>> The kemwoods are expemsibe for me right now.
>>
>> 73
>> KD5FAM
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>
>