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"Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:24:49 -0500
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Harvey,

You make a good point; that is, any site or source that would allow
publication of such a document should be used.  Oh, the site to which you
referred is not a .org site; the correct URL is

www.icanworkthisthing.com

Ron, K8HSY

At 11:22 AM 10/14/2012 -0500, you wrote:
>What about putting such a file on:
>
>www.icanworkthisthing.org?
>Harvey
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:47 AM
>Subject: Re: uva-5r question
>
>
>>I didn't mean to imply that Handihams currently had any information about
>> the uva-5r transceiver available on its website.  My point was that it
>> seems like many of you are developing some really excellent operating
>> instructions, set-up suggestions, lots of helpful information that could 
>> be
>> of tremendous benefit to others that might be interested in purchasing one
>> of these radios.
>>
>> I'm thinking about other blind hams, including any one of us, who might
>> decide to purchase the uva-5r sometime down the road, and could greatly
>> benefit from all of the fantastic information you all are developing about
>> how to set-up and operate one of these radios if you are blind.
>>
>> If this information were all gathered up and organized and made available
>> in a single document that was accessible from some easily accessible
>> source, like Handihams, it would be a great contribution to all blind 
>> hams.
>> I would volunteer, but it would be much better if it were one of you who
>> have purchased the radio and worked through the various challenges of
>> setting it up and making it functional for a blind ham.  It might be a
>> matter of taking the set-up and operating instructions that come with the
>> radio and editing them where appropriate to make them more useable for a
>> blind ham and then, publishing the revised instructions with the title:
>>
>> Setting Up and Operating the UVA-5r Transceiver if You are A blind Ham
>>
>> If someone offers to do this, I will be glad to be a reviewer to assist in
>> a final edit for readability.  It is always good to have another person,
>> especially someone who is less familiar with the subject, to review the
>> writing for clarity.
>>
>> Ron, K8HSY 
>
Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University

Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
Monthly Monetary Support Program (MMS) Committee

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