Hi John,
Well, when I wrote that I was having a good pity party. Nothing was going
right for about 48 hours. The radio was the last straw. My wife's care
provider did something and it is ok. I just got off of the phone with Nancy
at Handiham and I bought a tape on the thing from them. hopefully that will
help a lot. Some how I thought I would just explore the band b even though
I only knew to hit the 3 key to do that but then I couldn't get it back
again to the stuff programmed on A for me by the salesman. It is ok now and
so I'm not going to mess with it until I get that tape. Yes, you guys are
right; I'll eventually get the hang of it. However, I never did get the
hang of my cell phone. Many times I accidentally hit a key with my old
arthritic fat fingers and the ....thing just quits until someone can go
through the menus and reset stuff for me. Dam!! getting old is a bitch!!
excuse me but the party isn't completely over. You guys are the greatest
and I sure appreciate the help that you have given me and the offer to help
more. Perhaps one of you who have really mastered the THF6 will allow me to
phone you on a weekend when my cell phone is free and you can talk me
through a few things. Right now though, I'll just wait for the tape and see
how it helps. You know, guys, blindness really isn't a problem at all. I
have done everything that I have ever wanted to do totally blind but this
damn arthritis loss of balance and hearing loss is getting me down. Sorry
for burdening you guys with that pity party the other day.
73
Bob Humbert KG6yaa
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: average time it takes for learning all you want to know about a
new radio?
> What's it doing that makes it screwed up? Maybe some one on here can help
> you out. I must have had to reset my first HT a million times form things
> I
> did to it. It's all part of the learning curve but I got it, and that
> radio
> wasn't half as accessible as the TH-F6A and had a ton more bells and
> whistles that were absolutely pointless in some cases. I found them all
> though while pushing buttons to see what this does or that does. The
> program works with jaws for most of us, I use it and don't hook it up to
> the
> radio unless I'm doing a transfer from 1 to the other, other then that
> they're not connected to each other. If you play with that a little, it
> should become easier to work with though you might want to just work with
> the radio first. Which program did you download?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Humbert" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: average time it takes for learning all you want to know about
> a
> new radio?
>
>
>> Well, just as I thought; I used my THF6A for just a few days and then I
>> screwed it up. How? That's the worst part. I don't know. I downloaded
>> 3
>> files from I can work this thing for it but so far they aren't very
>> helpful.
>> Instead of using word, they use abbreviations that I don't understand.
>> There are just too many whistles, bells, and lights. Right now, I'm
>> sorry
>> I
>> got my ham tickets and long to go back to CB. Especially when I heard a
>> few
>> jerks on the radio this morning blocking a repeater intentionally. I'll
>> get
>> over it, but right now, I'm not a happy camper I bought the cable to
>> attach
>> the HT to my computer but so far, the program, if I downloaded the right
>> one
>> from Kenwood, doesn't talk using Jaws. perhaps it won't until I hook it
>> up
>> or perhaps I didn't download the right program. Unfortunately, I know
>> noone
>> who is a ham yet. There will be a club meeting on the first Friday and
>> perhaps I'll meet someone who can help me but last night at their weekly
>> bull session, no one was familiar with the rig and no one was willing to
>> spend the time with the manual to explain it too me or to themselves.
>> Not
>> a
>> good start.
>>
>>
>
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