John, if you do decide to go the transceiver route
then I think psk31 would be a great mode for you as
this mode is great for qrp
operation and should work good from the apartment.
73, Ken -N5SWR

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
John J. Boyer
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:27 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Recommendation for reciever


Howard,

Nice to hear from you. I have a cochlear implant which
I can use to hear 
the code. Since I'm also into computers I am
interested in processing 
the output of the receiver digitally. I'm
contemplating building some 
devices to do so. It may be possible to feed the
output of the receiver 
directly into my implant without using a speaker. I'd
like to get the 
receiver soon. If I get a tranceiver I won't be able
to use the 
transmitter until I get my license. I live in an
apartment, so I'm also 
concerned about TVI.

Actually, I had a general class license many years
ago, but I never was 
much interested in dx or gabbing.

John

On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 06:29:35AM -0600, Howard
Kaufman wrote:
> John, this is Howard.  Great to find you again.
> Most radios today are tranceivers.  I wonder what
method you will be using 
> to the radio, and using what modes?  Feeling the
vibrations of the code? 
> Translating didgital modes through a computer in to
braille?  Those issues 
> might make a difference.  It's a very interesting
question.

-- 
John J. boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
JJB Software, Inc.
http://www.jjb-software.com
Madison, WI USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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