Hi Phil And All,
Check Out John's Answer to my question,/I've just emailed him back to get an 
expanded list of radios which'll now work with his unit.  as well as the new 
"blind pricing on his qsyer.  HTH, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.----- Original 
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From: "John Hansen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: "Avery Finn" <[log in to unmask]>; "Patrick Tice" <[log in to unmask]>; 
"Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: Long Shot? But Why Not?


> The first thing you will have to do to accomplish this is to get the two 
> IC's that actually go in the radio to enable computer control  These are 
> the 8251 USART and the 4040 12 stage counter.  Fortunately, they are still 
> available from Jameco (www.jameco) for less than $5.  Once you have done 
> that, the current version of the Universal QSYer will now work with this 
> vintage of Kenwood radios, so it should solve your problem.  Before 
> ordering, however, I think I would check to make sure that the computer 
> interface was working properly in the radio, since installing IC's can be 
> a somewhat dicey operation and this radio is very old.  However, assuming 
> the "operation" goes well, I recently changed the pricing on the Universal 
> QSYer so that the wired and tested version is available to blind hams for 
> half price... that is $45 + $5 shipping.  It can't be ordered from my 
> website at this price, but it can be ordered by blind hams by contacting 
> me directly at [log in to unmask]
>
> John Hansen W2FS
> Coastal ChipWorks
>
> Danny Dyer wrote:
>> Hi Guys, Anybody know if there's a Kenwood Or Aftermarket, external 
>> keypad that will work with the Kenwood TS140/680 series of radios?
>> I've been given to understand that one of the older QSYers/maybe from 
>> Stone Mountain Engineering/Mike Huddleston/no longer in production, might 
>> be useful here.  Any information re interface board, and or, keypad 
>> availability would be greatly appreciated, as we're in process of setting 
>> up a Kenwood TS140S for a sight challenged/blind as a bat, ham.  Thanks, 
>> Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.
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