yeah it's a good radio...though mine is no where near as good a receiver as 
my baofeng GT3.
The sensativity checks with a very very very high end piece of test 
equipment shows that the th F6A, both mine and another one specked out at 
around 0.18UV sensativity on VHF 2 meter band, and the baofeng GT3 specked 
out consistently at 0.12UV 12DB sinad on V and 0.11UV on UHF.
So it's technically and audibly a better receiver, though perhaps not as 
good a radio for functionality.
I still use mine on a daily basses though and the lithium battery is 
fantastic...still going strong and giving the same performance after 6 years 
of daily and heavy use.
Now, if only I could locate a decent battery, for a decent price, that ships 
to canada for the IC T90A...my preference far and above the th F6A for 
performance.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
-----Original Message----- 
From: Pat Byrne
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 12:19 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Accessibility of Kenwood TH-F6A HT

Richard,
Absolutely acccessible.  As a totally blind guy I am very comfortable
with the transceiver.  There is free Kenwood software which is nice
also but I've always preferred to program mine from the front
panel.  And yesm, DTMF.
There is the new generation of Chinese, inexpensive handhelds which
have some speech and are reputed to be pretty accessible but I've had
almost no experience with them.  When all is said and done, the old,
rugged, reliable Kenwood is a great way to go.
Pat, K9JAU
p s and there is a load of documentation at the usual sites.At 12:52
PM 1/10/2015, you wrote:
>Hi!
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>Generally, I am wondering about how accessible this HT is?  Does anyone 
>have
>some experience they can share?  What about PC software which may be used 
>to
>program it; and which is accessible, of course?  Does this HT have DTMF
>functionality for use with EchoLink (and other types) nodes?
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>
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>73,
>
>Richard KK6MRH