I agree with Danny. The millennium Qsy'r is great and has made my Ic-703+ ′a good rig by itself′ inffa very good, very accessi radio.
73 Ron Miller
N6MSA
Ron Miller
> On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:37 PM, "Dan B Dyer Jr,/Danny" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> It's a sixteen key keypad mounted in a small project box, which is powered
> either by a 9volt battery, or by the power inside the rig, which allows for
> direct frequency entry, cw read out of frequency, and mode, and on some rigs
> other things, which attatches to many rigs via their computer port. The
> current and most commonly used one is the millenium qsyer, made and
> distributed by John Hansen, W2fs, at his website, <coastalchips.com> /where
> manuals, instructions, etc, plus contact info and instructions for ordering
> are plainly shown. You'll also find some info, if memory serves, on the
> <icanmakethisthingwork.com> site.
>
> The units sell for $95Built and shipped, and for less in kit form. If
> you're actually blind, and this is your first purchase of one from him, he
> sells them for $50. You can use one key pad with several different Icom,
> Kenwood, and Yaesu rigs, using different baud rates and rig identifyers as
> you switch the unit between rigs. John Hansen, is quite a fine fellow, with
> a real concern for blind, and other operaters. The units are not only handy
> for blind folks, but as direct entry and frequency read out devices for
> folks operating mobile or portable who don't want to have to look at their
> displays. I've had and used several, and currently have one which is
> invaluable for use with my Yaesu FT-817, which, although not a truly blind
> accessible rig, nonetheless, with this device can be made to be a very
> desirable somewhat blind accessible portable qrp rig. (I know, some folks
> hate Yaesu, and they should and could make their devices more blind useable,
> but they make pretty good gear despite its' rightly perceived lack of blind
> accessibility; *************************I M H O!!! And I've been wrong
> plenty of times before!!! HTH, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.
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