The following is a description of a digital TV radio that Richard Oehm, of 
Optacon repair fame, is able to produce and sell.  It costs $165 and $17 
shipping.  If you're interested in purchasing this device, please contact 
Richard directly; his contact info is at the bottom of this e-mail. Please 
DO NOT contact me, as I will not be able to help you. Thank you. Harvey

The DTV radio I can offer to you is a modified version of what we sell to 
reader services that utilize one of the "alternate audio" channels on a 
terrestrial
(off air) digital TV channel to carry their broadcasts.  This radio is 
fairly easy for a blind person to use, and the users instructions will come 
in Braille or as an audio presentation on a compact disk.  The radio doesn't 
have speech output, but its operation is fairly intuitive.  The radio is 
housed in a small wooden cabinet with its own speaker.  There are rear panel 
stereo RCA type audio output jacks on this radio, that allow you to connect 
this radio to your hi fi audio system.  The radio tunes all off air digital 
television channels from channel #2 to channel #69. This is a digital TV 
receiver capable of decoding all ATSC formatted broadcasts.  This radio will 
not receive any analog TV broadcasts if there are still any of these 
available in your area.  Additionally, this radio will not receive most of 
the TV channels carried by your cable company.  The radio has its own 
telescoping whip antenna for receiving DTV channels within approximately 
twenty to thirty miles from you.  You can also disconnect this built in 
antenna and use a superior indoor or outdoor tv antenna for better reception 
of distant broadcast TV signals. A front panel keypad allows you to set up 
this radio for reception of digital TV channels in your area.  This front 
panel keypad also allows you to select and listen too, any of the available 
tv channels and alternate audio programs available at your location.  The 
radio operates from standard 120 volt AC power outlets.  The radio cabinet 
measures eight inches high, twelve inches wide, and four inches deep. These 
dimmensions asume that the telescoping whip antenna is in its fully 
collapsed position.  The radio comes with a two year parts and labor 
warranty.  The price for this radio is $165.00 each.  This price doesn't 
include shipping charges.  If you're interested in purchasing one or more of 
these radios, let me know.  It can sometimes take us approximately fifteen 
to thirty days to deliver one of these radios.

Very Best Regards,

Richard Oehm

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