Lee andrews has a TW1 for $199 australian dollars.
http://www.andrewscom.com.au


On 19/02/2008 11:13 PM, the old scribe known as Senk, Mark J. 
(CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL) was able to impart this pearl of wisdom:
> I see that there are currently two talking wattmeters selling on ebay.  =
> I think these might be popular with mobile operators.  There is an aging =
> ham population whose eyesight is getting worse.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators =
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Kline
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 1:45 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: tw-1
> 
> Hi.
> 
> Yes, I think that making a meter that was audio only was a bad move =
> unless they only intended to sell to the blindness market, and that is a =
> small market when you consider that many already have older meters that =
> are serving them well.
> 
> But, another thing that can cause a model to be discontinued is in the =
> instance where there is a component that has been discontinued by a =
> third party supplier.
> We wouldn't necessarily know something like that, unfortunately.
> 
> Also, in good economic times, a company may feel that they can produce =
> products that only make a small amount of money, but when times get hard =
> and they have inventory sitting around, the inventory costs will kill =
> them.  I'd like to think something else will come along to replace it, =
> but I've been around around long enough to know that these products come =
> and go, often with long gaps between them.
> 
> I think that we need a change in philosophy amongst design engineers and =
> it is an idea that I've been talking up with manufacturers whenever I =
> get someone's ear.  The though process goes like this:  Most human =
> beings are born with five senses, and nearly everyone has more than one =
> sense.  To really fully interface with a human being, devices should be =
> multi-modal--i.e., they should communicate with their users using more =
> than one sense.  This is not just an accessibility issue, but when well =
> designed, it makes the product appealing for everyone.  For example, =
> consider speech output in a radio.  If you are driving down an =
> expressway at 75 mph, would you rather look at the radio's display while =
> switching frequencies or click the buttons on the mic and listen to the =
> radio's response?  Most people would really rather not take their eyes =
> off the road if they don't have to.  There just needs to be a change in =
> thinking along those lines, and many accessibility issues could be =
> resolved.  In the case of the meter, there are also times when an =
> operator might be ttrying to look at something else that they are =
> adjusting, where it would be handy to hear a change rather than be =
> forced to look at a meter.  If things are routinely designed that way, =
> the costs of accessibility would go way way down.
> 
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
> 
> 
> At 03:48 PM 2/17/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>> no one seems to know, other then that LDG has said they're not =
> producing
>> them anymore.
>> Although, I thought someone had said they will stop production sometime =
> in
>> the late summer early fall of this year...so there may be another batch
>> before it's all over.
>> But, perhaps that is when they expect store stocks will run out or
>> something.
>> Also, they probably didn't get the market response they were hoping =
> for, and
>> can't afford to continue production on these particular devices.  That =
> said,
>> they may come out with another device late this year or early next year =
> that
>> has more features to appeal to a bigger market.
>> Probably something with at least a digital readout on it...most hams, =
> unless
>> they're totally blind, aren't going to buy a meter that doesn't even =
> have a
>> readout on it, no matter how good the verbal accessibility is.
>> They should also implement a USB or serial  port connection to put
>> measurement data out to a computer or even a S-vidio out or VGA output =
> would
>> be great.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Vincent Wojtusik" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 2:45 PM
>> Subject: tw-1
>>
>>
>>> does anyone know why the tw-1 is not going to be made any more
>>> vinnie ka1gjb?
>>>
>>>
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