I still use mine and yes its good for traffic handling.  I even did EAN on
cw which was a fast net.  


 
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Terri Pannett
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 1:16 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: the good old brailler

I was an NCS and a traffic handler on nets for years before computers came
along and I used the brailler.  I have used a BrailleNote a few times and it
works well.  But when there's no power, the brailler is the thing to use. 
It's similar to a sighted person using pencil and paper, but the brailler's
faster.  The slate and stylus is supposed to be the blind person's "pencil",
but I just can't write fast enough to use it for ncs or traffic.  So far, I
don't know of one slate user who can be an ncs or handle traffic using only
the slate and stylus without an auxiliary recording device.

Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.