Lou:

Well, we're going to stick with the memories for now, but the
QSYer sounds like a good option for later on, if the County is
willing to spend the extra money.

Talking about it as an advantage for both sighted and non-sighted
folks should help.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: some quick questions on the Icom 706 Mark II. G.


Hi Tom.

If you live in an area where PL tones are widely used on
repeaters, then
you might want to load them into memories and address them that
way as PL
tones are not at all easy to set up on the '706, but if you can
have
someone store all of the repeaters in memories that you can
address with
the rotary detented control, then the problem goes away quite
nicely.  Of
course, you could still address these mories very quickly and
easily with
the keypad.

I find that it makes quite abit of difference in the usability
and
convenience of the radio, and I have found in my own radio club
that when
I've taken the radio to various operating events that the sighted
users
appreciate the keypad just as much as I do.

73, de Lou K2LKK