Close, Jim. Its automatic level control. Lou WA3MIXLou Kolb Voice-over Artist: Radio/TV Ads, Video narrations Messages On-hold: www.loukolb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Stanga" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 6:04 PM Subject: Re: need to find a replacement radio > Just curious, what is ALC? > Is it automatic limiting control for transmit? > > Jim > WA5VYL > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lou Kolb > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 5:48 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: need to find a replacement radio > > Alan, > > That's 99 per cent true. Unfortunately, what you can not do with the K3 > and > Hampod is set the ALC. Not Rob's fault but Elecraft's as they haven't made > that reading available through the serial port. Last I heard, they were > swamped with requests for other updates and stuff for the KX3 so it might > be > a while before they get to it. > Lou Kolb > Voice-over Artist: > Radio/TV Ads, Video narrations > Messages On-hold: > www.loukolb.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 1:03 AM > Subject: Re: need to find a replacement radio > > >> Butch, You have one of the best rigs ever made. Many sighted hams >> consider >> the 990 to be the best rig ever produced, and from the perspective of a >> blind operator, no other radio has ever been more accessible. Of course >> the >> K3, thanks to Rob Santello, is as accessible as the Kenwood 990. >> >> >> Alan/KD7GC >> >> >> >> Alan R. Downing >> Phoenix, AZ >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: For blind ham radio operators >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> On Behalf Of Butch Bussen >> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 8:46 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: need to find a replacement radio >> >> I don't find the 2000 all that hard, there are good front pannel >> descriptions around as well. Talk about a complicated radio, lmy 990 has >> I think 106 knobs and buttons on the ront. Quite a rdio though. >> 73 >> Butch >> WA0VJR >> Node 3148 >> Wallace, ks.