Did you know that the Piexx company makes a VS-1PX Voice Synthesizer for
TS-940 ect.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: pl issues
> Hi Bob.
>
> These radios use boards that are made by the radio manufacturers as
> accessories to the radios. In the case of the Kenwood radios mentioned
> here, the TR751A uses a Kenwood VS1 voice synthesizer. The VS1 is getting
> pretty hard to find, but it can still be found for one who is
> persistent. The Kenwood TS790 uses the VS2 synthesizer. It also is no
> longer made by Kenwood, but I haven't looked for one for a while, so I
> don't know how difficult these are to locate. Of course, if you can find
> one of these radios that already has the board installed, then that makes
> it a lot nicer because you don't have the hassle of having to install it.
>
> Some Icom radios make speech boards to read out the frequency and mode to
> you also.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
>
>
> At 07:22 AM 8/31/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >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
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> > >
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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