Hi Bill,
I think you will enjoy being back on Ham Radio.
It would be nice if we could use Braille and Speaks, etc. with the new stuff but of course they probably wouldn't work.
I have a TS 440 and I do enjoy it.
It is now my backup because I have an Icom 706.
Enjoy Ham Radio again.
Colleen Roth, N8TNV;



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From: bill Deatherage <[log in to unmask]>
To:  [log in to unmask]
Date: Wednesday, Aug 3, 2011 21:27:17
Subject: Re: back on the list again

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>
> Hi Howard,
> Thanks for the welcome, I almost said thanks for the QSo. When I first got 
> on I was a tech.  my first radio was a Drake TR22 C I think.  that was back 
> in the 70's. it was a crystal rig, I think they called them rock bound.  I 
> might be wrong about that.  I later moved to a moble home where I had a 10 
> meter antenna and the sun spot cycle was in my favor.  I later upgraded to a 
> general class liscense and I got a Kenwood. TS 440 I think it was.  that was 
> a wonderful radio.  I really enjoyed working 40 meters.  I have tried 
> recently to work some on 2 meters and some on 440 but haven't found to much 
> going on.  I now live in an apartment.  so I am quite restricted.  also, 
> back in the days of doss, I was using a speech program called ASAP. it had a 
> built in feature called ham calls I think it was.  I had a t&c hooked from 
> my computer to my radio where I worked some RTTY.  That was a lot of fun to 
> be able to do that.  I am looking forward to trying some of the new opsions. 
> I will have to admit I have a lot to learn.
> well, again, thanks for the welcome.
> Bill Deatherage