Hi Butch,

Yes please to the menu list!I'm putting together a front panel layout that
I'll make available in due course.  I've been through all the controls
today, and there are quite a few pleasant surprises.  Totally different from
the 590.  You need to infer quite a few controls or use beeps, and I
actually like this approach, but the talking tables for setting parameters
such as setting the power for each band and adjusting the fine detail for
each equaliser setting are brilliant.

I don't have the radio for long, and I get the feeling I'm going to miss
lots <smile>!

Best wishes, Kelvin Marsh - M0AID

Working to improve accessibility for radio amateurs with disabilities

www.active-elements.org

For accessibility evaluations of amateur equipment and MP3 manuals


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
Sent: 04 July 2013 15:36
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: TS-990

Yep, it is quite a radio.  I'm still learning mine.  Talks very well 
though.  BTW, if you want a numbered listing of the assignable 
functions, I can send you one.  When you go into the menu to assign 
them, all it speaks are numbers, although the screen tells you what it 
is.  The manual lists these, but didn't number them.  I added numbers, 
so I can tell what number does what.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Thu, 4 Jul 2013, Kelvin Marsh 
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Kenwood UK brought me a TS-990 to evaluate yesterday, for the Active
> Elements site.  Looks to be full of front panel controls, and as you would
> expect, a complicated radio.
>
> My first impressions are that it is not just a larger version of the
TS-590,
> in terms of accessibility.  In fact, the voice prompts are quite
different.
>
>
> I think I will be busy for a few days!!
>
> Best wishes, Kelvin Marsh - M0AID
>
> Working to improve accessibility for radio amateurs with disabilities
>
> www.active-elements.org
>
> For accessibility evaluations of amateur equipment and MP3 manuals
>
>



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