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Re: New Radio
From:
John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:39:49 -0500
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It's a pain to take apart, that's where I stopped, was afraid of breaking
something though I would knowing me.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: New Radio


> Has anyone totally blind done any mods to the THF6A?  I would like to
> modify mine to transmit out of band.
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> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, John Miller wrote:
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>> that does 2 and 440, out of the box it receives the usual, 118 to 174 and
>> 420 to 512 I believe it is but there's a very easy modification to do,
>> cutting a green wire which I did and it pretty much covers on receive
>> from
>> 118, with some skips, all the way up to and through most of the 800MHz
>> band.
>> Cell blocked, it's a perfectly acceptable mod, Kenwood will give it to
>> you
>> even I think. If not it's all over the net, mods.dk and places like that.
>> might be on Kenwood's web site even now that I think of it.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 3:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: New Radio
>>
>>
>> > What bands does this rig do, and does it cover outside the ham bands,
>> > and
>> > if so what bands?
>> >
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>> > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'm quite happy with the Kenwood tmg707a.  It does talk fairly well.
>> >> The
>> >> only
>> >> annoying thing is that menu functions do not talk so you have to count
>> >> where you
>> >> are but it does everything else that you want if you can live without
>> >> 220
>> >> on the
>> >> rig.  If you're technically inclined you should also know that the
>> >> internal tech
>> >> menus do not talk and don't even have beeps that function to keep
>> >> track
>> >> of where
>> >> you are but those menu options are only available by jumping some pins
>> >> so
>> >> are
>> >> not normally a concern.  The menus do beep and there are a couple
>> >> different
>> >> pitched beeps so they are doable and the rig seems to work really
>> >> well.
>> >>
>> >> Tom
>> >>
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