On Sep 8, 2006, at 11:22 AM, Reeva Parry wrote:

>
> Right now, Kenwood and Icom are the only ones making things accessible
> for us.
>
Ahem. Scuse me while I beat the Elecraft drum.

Elecraft is also making efforts towards accessibility. (I,  
personally, own two very accessible Elecraft rigs! A cw op's dream!)

Too bad Ten-Tec's attitude seems very similar to Yaesu's, as  
evidenced by their total lack of any useful response (apart from  
positive noises by one engineer guy) when I brought up accessibility  
with them as regards their QRP rig, which was all software-defined  
and everything...a couple years ago. I don't have high hopes for  
their latest offering, but I'll be glad to be surprised.


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