Hi Dan,

There are likely no times when you would need sighted assistance with the
THF6A.  The rig is pretty vocal; there are high beeps and low beeps which
usually indicate the default setting of a menu.  There are a lot of menus
and that can be a bit threatening at first, but many of them get set once
and almost never again.
Do your homework a bit; get the operating manual from
www.icanworkthisthing.com and study it before you get the handheld.  Then
get the radio and when you get stuck come back to us for help.  There are a
lot of 6A users on this group and most of them will be happy to help.
Good luck and don't be a stranger.
Pat, K9JAUAt 09:26 PM 12/9/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all, I should be getting a Kenwood THF6A sometime next week, and I have
>a few questions about them.  Is there a lot that I could do with the rig as
>far as opperating it is concerned as a totally blind person? Would I need
>sighted assistance for doing things like programming in memories, setting
>PL tones for frequences that require them, and when I go to a certain
>frequency, will the offset be switched automatically by default? Or is that
>something I'd have to switch manually somehow? Thanks
>
>
>Dan In Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
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