Can you tell me a little more about the speech boards?  Are you telling me
that there are some speech synthesizers built especially for ham radios?  If
so, where does one get such an animal?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 6:39 PM
Subject: Re: pl issues


> Hi Rich.
>
> That is why I said what I did about the Kenwood TR-751A and the
> TS790.  When equipped with speech boards, both of these radios will let
you
> read the PL Tone off with the voice synthesizer, and it makes these radios
> a snap to program.  I thought I would mention it in passing so that if
> someone were ever to decide to get an all mode radio, they would know that
> these two radios are very accessible.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> At 08:17 PM 8/30/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >I just can't resist.
> >  I don't think pl is as much the problem as the accessibility of current
> >radios.  Yes if you memorize a bit and count clicks you can easily set a
pl
> >but you wouldn't catch your friendly nondisabled ham bothering with all
that
> >fuss.  It would be nice if you had real menu access as well as direct
> >readout of both incode and decode info.  I sometimes get idealistic,
guilty
> >as charged.
> >Rich
>
> 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
>