and let's not forget the copious amounts of alcohol consumed, and the 
fanatic cane waving and general mayhem associated with any venue where 3000 
blind people descend with partying in mind hi hi.
I went to one NFB convention, and unfortunately, haven't returned, but have 
always wanted to go back for the experience haha.
I simply need to make friends with a blind guy with more money than morals 
to sponsor my trip lol.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
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From: "Ron Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 1:10 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: For those attending the NFB National Convention

> Hi everyone,
>
> For those who may be attending the NFB National Convention in Orlando
> Florida:
>
>
>
> First, If you're bringing a Scanner, Radio Reference 
> www.radioreference.com
> has the frequency and talkgroup info you'll need to scan while there. In 
> the
> Database page, search for "Orlando, FL" and choose the link for Orlando in
> Orange County. Orlando PD, and Fire Department are carried on the Orange
> County Public Services P25 trunked radio system, along with Orange County
> Sheriff, Orange County Fire Department and other services. The Rosen Hotel
> chain uses an LTR trunked radio system, and their info is also available 
> on
> the Orange County page you'll use to find Orlando info. If you own a 
> PSR500
> or PSR600 scanner, I'll be glad to share my Orlando .bin file with you, so
> you can quickly get your scanner up and running.
>
>
>
> Second, If there's enough interest, I'll have my laptop running the PSR500
> app from PSREdit along with my PSR500 scanner and 40-cell Braille display 
> at
> the Freedom Scientific Training booth. If you want to drop by and see the
> kind of information you can glean from the Braille display as the scanner
> scans the Orange County Public Services P25 trunked radio system, I'll set
> it up. If there's not enough expressed interest the first day (or sent to 
> my
> email address), I'll keep the scanner handy and will be glad to set things
> up if we're not too slammed.
>
>
>
> Third, Amateur Electronics Supply (AES) is located in Orlando. If you 
> don't
> live near a ham radio store, this might be your chance to make an 
> expedition
> (trek?) to their store and get some "hands-on" time with rigs you're
> interested in touching. I don't know how far they are from the hotel, I
> believe a bit of a distance, so sharing a taxi with some like-minded folks
> would lower the fare per person. I'd like to join the expedition, but 
> don't
> think my schedule will permit it.
>
>
>
> Finally, though this is most likely something everyone already knows, 
> check
> out the agenda for this year's convention to get info regarding the
> activities of the NFB's Amateur Radio Division. I don't know what is
> actually planned, but they have had at least one pre-convention meeting 
> and
> another meeting during the convention, in years past.
>
>
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
>
> Ron Miller
>
> N6MSA
>
> Tarpon Springs, FL USA
>
> EL88PD
>
> SKYPE Arjay1
>
>