Hello,
I understand the concern of others and why they'd not buy from Yaesu. But there is many work arounds on using rigs. I use to use a heath kit radio back some years ago. It didn't have a speech board or anything. Telling frequency was very hard and i had to ask the current contact in progress to tell me the frequency I was on. Same goes for the radio shack ten meter radio I owned. I still have it, but its not set up.
As long as frequency announcements and perhaps voice of a few other things can be done I'd be satisfied with that. Its sad to see how the world is, but lets face it folks things are still being worked on to be mainstream for people with disabilities.
Apple has done things right and lets hope they continue. I enjoy windows, but find myself using linux more. I've eliminated windows from my computers. If I have to use a rig with windows, then so be it.
But for now the only rigs I can afford in the coming months is the icon IC718 and the Yawsu FT450D. they do not have very many voicing options, but as long as I can enter the frequencies, hear the frequency I'm on, things like that… I'll be good to go until I can opt to purchase a ken wood TS590.
That would be some months or maybe even a year or two later since the rig I buy in the next few months wil have to do for a while.
73,
Alonzo
On Aug 28, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> Hi, All. The ft530 was accessible once you knew the different tones
> for the key inputs, sort of like the thf6a. But that was a handheld,
> not an hf rig. Absolutely will not buy a rig from companies that
> can't or won't give us a hand. That not only includes Yaesu, but
> Tentec as well. Too bad, because they used to make accessible rigs
> with speech boards and/or crystal calibrators.--Matt.
>
> At 11:50 AM 8/28/2011, you wrote:
>> Meaning I won't buy from a company that doesn't give a damn about
>> accessibility, and has pretty much said as much to some of us who have asked
>> for it. Most of their rigs you can't even get a synthesizer to read
>> frequency, let alone all the other aspects of the menus.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Alonzo" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 8:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: Hf rigs
>>
>>
>>> Out of principle, meaning?
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Aug 27, 2011, at 6:55 PM, Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I wouldn't buy a Yaesu out of principle. I don't recall, though, it
>>>> seems
>>>> there was one rig from them that might be accessible.
>>>>
>>>> The Ic-718 is a nice little entry-level rig. I think you can put a voice
>>>> synthesizer module in it that will read frequency, possibly S-meter also.
>>>>
>>>> Steve, K8SP
>>>> ----- 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
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