Hi Lou; If you already know what pl tone you already had sent for a specific repeater then, what's the difference. You could put a list of pl tones in Braille and just count the clicks. Or, maybe I'm missing something. 73 De Anthony W2AJV [log in to unmask] ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] thinking of changing rigs > If Icom would just address the PL tone problem, I'd go over to Icom in a > heartbeat. Asking someone else to help me set them up isn't good enough. > I live by myself, so asking a sighted family member to help just isn't an > option. > > 73, de Lou K2LKK > > > > At 10:06 AM 3/7/2006 -0500, you wrote: >>I would like to think most icoms aren't as hard to manage as the 706 and >>with some practice, and the speech it does have, that's a very manageable >>radio, at least for me. Maybe when I actually have the money to replace my >>HF radio I might look at the 746 or 756pro III or what ever's out at that >>time since I did like those radios when I played with them but the TS-2000 >>is, for now, my number 1 choice by far. It's getting high time for me to >>replace the 570 though, if for no other reason, just to get something >>different to sit in front of every day. >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]> >>To: <[log in to unmask]> >>Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:29 AM >>Subject: Re: thinking of changing rigs >> >> >> > Lou, >> > >> > I've always thought Icoms were way ahead of Kenwoods in the >> > sensitivity and noise department, but their lack of speech feedback >> > makes them difficult for us to use. That was less of an issue when >> > there were more controls on the front panel, but today everything is >> > buried in menus and it makes operation tough for us. It's just so >> > nice to be able to access everything, and that's why I bought my 480. >> > >> > Steve >> > > > Louis Kim Kline > A.R.S. K2LKK > Home e-mail: [log in to unmask] > Work e-mail: [log in to unmask] > Work Telephone: (585) 697-5753 > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.0/275 - Release Date: 3/6/2006 > >