Lloyd,

I remember working you  earlier this year on 75 meter ssb, most likely in 
one of the contests.   I remember your tx audio was very fine.  Glad  the 
rig is still working out  for you and you seem happy with it  .

73, hope you are feeling well.  I may get a few hours in the MD/DC QSO party 
this weekend.   Hope to work you if you are able to  play radio  this 
weekend.

Steve, KW3A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: No Happiness with the VX-7R Manual


> I'll give my predictable reply again.
>
> I am still quite happy with my FT-950 HF/6 meter transceiver.  There were 
> a
> few symbols in the PDF manual that didn't come through Window-Eyes, And 
> you
> have to get a bit sneaky to save the whole text out in .txt form (all 128
> pages).  The manual wasn't much help for the layout of controls.  I went
> into an HRO store with my brother and we recorded a tour of the front 
> panel
> in about an hour.  I have worked lots of contests, EA8 on six meters, and
> the 950 has held up well.  I answer some of the receiver-related questions
> on the Fox Tango 950 Yahoo Group reflector.
>
> The 950 can be used with Ham Radio Deluxe and N1MM Logger, among other
> programs.  I can imagine that the keys for an HT might be more iconic and
> PDF would not work.
>
> BTW, I just finished spending five days in the hospital for congestive 
> heart
> failure, and am now the proud owner of a coronary resynchronization
> therapy-defibrilator combination.
> 73,
> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
> Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of John Miller
>> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 8:12 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: No Happiness with the VX-7R Manual
>>
>> Let's think about this logically, it's yaesu, the ones that have admitted
>> they don't think blind hams belong in the hobby. Of course they're not
>> going
>> to help you. They make nothing but junk anyway, all the the hand helds
>> they
>> don't make anyway, someone else makes the hand helds for them. Every 
>> yaesu
>> I've ever owned, and trust me I've had my last, was the biggest mistake I
>> ever made in many ways, only ones as bad were alinco.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Matzura" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 6:50 AM
>> Subject: No Happiness with the VX-7R Manual
>>
>>
>> >I can't believe that a company like Vertex would not give up a text
>> > copy of the manual for one of its newest and best handhelds in three
>> > years!  By the way, I tried printing a couple pages and scanning them,
>> > but the button colors and shadings somehow elude my scanner's
>> > otherwise excellent capabilities, so there went that idea.  I am now
>> > looking for a competent technical reader who'll just read the thing
>> > onto a piece of tape (or computer file), then I'll go through it and
>> > transcribe it correctly.
>