I have just copied in Braille or recorded the incoming traffic on a recorder
and then transcribed it into Braille for retransmission.  Very 73.


Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX



-----Original Message-----
From: Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brent Harding
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 06:40
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Sending Traffic on NTS

I suppose one way is with the computer output hooked to the rig, external
synth for speech or a separate sound card for doing this would be required.
Then, one could record everything, edit it up so it sounds good, and
transmit it. I think that's what people do with newsline when clubs don't
have the money for the long distance autopatch, as I heard their system
event sounds on the repeater a couple times.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 1:39 AM
Subject: Re: Sending Traffic on NTS


> Dear Lou,
>
> When I used to send a lot of traffic, I had a headset with a boom mike
> and a foot switch.  I bought two headsets, one for hf and another for
> vhf.  Some friends helped me get them put together.  That kept my
> hands free for reading and writing.  In those days, I banged
> everything down on a Perkins brailler.
>
> I have a different station nowadays and I don't have the headsets or
> foot switches because my rigs are very different.  I haven't sent much
> traffic, but I take it down using my BrailleNote or my PC which has an
> old PB40 braille display attached to it.
>
> I personally prefer using braille.  I knew a man who used a tape
> recorder to take down the messages and he later transcribed them into
> braille using a slate and stylus.  He read messages from the braille
> he'd written on paper.
>
> I know some people who have used tape both to send and receive
> traffic, but I think it's more difficult.  I don't know how they are
> able to listen to the tape and speak what they've heard into the mike
> without getting tongue-twisted.
>
> I still have my brailler and a slate or two kicking around in case the
> electricity goes out so I could still handle traffic.
>
> Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.  Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
> California
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 7:48 PM
> Subject: Sending Traffic on NTS
>
>
>> Hi to all.
>>
>> I had an interesting experience the other night.  A friend called me
>> and asked me to put a message into the NTS for him.  I took down the
>> message on my trusty Type 'n Speak (yep, I'm still using the old
>> dinosaur).  When I went to send the message, though, there were a
>> couple of places where the spelling was not easy and I needed to read
>> through it character by character.  Suddenly, I found the need to
>> have one hand for the RIGHT ARROW key, one hand for the LEFT SHIFT
>> key, and one hand to key the microphone.  Awkward, to say the least!
>>
>> Since I don't have a Perkins braille writer, I have had to resort to
>> putting things on one computer device or another.  I'm curious about
>> whether anyone else has faced this problem when sending traffic, and
>> if so, what you did about it.
>>
>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>
>> P.S.  My braille is probably even less legible than my handwriting!
>>
>>
>>
>> Louis Kim Kline
>> A.R.S. K2LKK
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>> 697-5753
>>
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