Hello Jerry,

There are no handhelds with speech boards in existence.  There are two
handhelds that are extremely accessible despite the lack of speech boards.
The first is the Kenwood TH-F6A.  This is a tri-band radio featuring
144/222/440MHZ with general coverage receive from 150KHZ through 1.3GHZ in
fm, wfm, am, ssb, and cw.  The second is the IC-T90 from Icom.  This
portable works on 50/144/440MHZ with general coverage receive.  Icom makes a
CW frequency readout for the T90.  This rig is quite accessible as well.  I
have been a happy TH-F6A owner since October of 2001.  I know that there are
other F6A owners on this list as well as people who own the T90 so you can
get lots of opinions on these two rigs.  You can get lots of information
about the radios mentioned above at the I can work this thing webpage at the
following url:
http://www.icanworkthisthing.com
I hope this helps.



Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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From: "Jerry Neufeld" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 9:02 AM
Subject: Accessible handhelds