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Mike Barnard <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 8 Aug 2012 12:53:46 -0400
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I went to the drop box links, and it said no link was found.  Would 
like to hear them.At 10:18 PM 8/7/2012, you wrote:
>Hi colin,
>I'm glad yu liked it. It was great to be able to record it. I hope to add a
>recording of a Delta IV launch sometime pretty soon. I've got one, but it
>isn't as good as i want it to be.
>
>73
>
>Ron Miller
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of colin McDonald
>Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 11:23 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Blind scanner enthusiast list
>
>very neat stuff.
>it's cool to hear it on something other than tv.
>
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ron Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 8:39 PM
>Subject: Re: Blind scanner enthusiast list
>
>
> > Hi Jim,
> > Nope, not your barber but I did attend the Orientation Center For the
> > Blind
> > in Albany, so I do know the area. I Grew up in Vacaville, Alameda and
> > Castro
> > Valley, returning to Vacaville in 9th grade and staying there until I was
> > 33
> > (going to college in El Cajon during that period). My immediate family is
> > still in California, in Roseville and the greater San Francisco bay area.
> >
> > I had the privilege of hearing the final launch of discovery, from the
> > causeway. I recorded it in stereo and, if you wish, you can hear it at:
> >
>https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16056628/Space%20Shuttle%20discovery%20STS133%20lau
> > nch.mp3
> > .
> >
> > I've also got a much less well edited but still very good quality
> > recording
> > of the sonic boom the Discovery made as it passed over the Tampa bay area
> > on
> > a previous mission. You can hear this at:
> >
>https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16056628/Shuttle%20Discovery%20STS119%20Sonic%20Boo
> > m.mp3 .
> > I apologize ahead of time for the abrupt ending of this recording. I
> > stopped
> > the recorder soon after the sonic boom. The jingling and tinny bangs you
> > here right after the boom are the sounds of our cats and dogs all running
> > through the "doggie door" back into the house to escape the big boomy
> > thing
> > that sounds like its coming from everywhere and might get them (smile).
> > They
> > had been happily hanging out with us in the backyard, not knowing we were
> > waiting for the big booms.
> >
> > You'll notice that you actually hear two sonic booms as the shuttle passed
> > overhead, it's because the wings and the tail assembly (if I remember
> > correctly) each generate their own booms (the delta-winged lifting body of
> > the shuttle generates one and the vertical tail assembly generates the
> > other).
> >
> > I hope you, and anyone else on the list who checks them out, enjoys the
> > recordings, though they may not be as nicely edited as I'd like, the sound
> > recorded is pretty good.
> >
> > 73
> >
> >
> >
> > Ron Miller
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
> > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 11:22 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Blind scanner enthusiast list
> >
> > Hi Ron, I am in El Cerrito near San Francisco.  I used to have a barber
> > named Ron Miller, but it's probably not you! I guess, from your email,
> > that
> > you are in or around Tampa Fl.  I visited my wifes cousin there over a
> > year
> > ago waiting for the last space shuttle to launch in November.  About 20
> > minutes before we were going to leave to drive to the Cape, they announced
>
> > a
> > technical glitch in the hydrogen umbilical and that pause lasted I don't
> > know,  about 5 months or more.  Best 73, Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ron Miller <[log in to unmask]
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date sent: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 21:42:39 -0400
> > Subject: Re: Blind scanner enthusiast list
> >
> > Hi Jim,
> > It would be good to see you on the monitoring list.
> >
> > Where are you located?
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Ron Miller
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For blind ham radio operators
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
> > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 1:27 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Blind scanner enthusiast list
> >
> > Hi and thanks Ron.  Sounds like an interesting list.  I have been
> > listening
> > to Public Service radio stuff much longer than I've been a ham.
> > Still do it
> > even though it has become much more challenging what with agencies going
> > trunked and then digital trunked on top of that.  I'll try to subscribe,
> > but
> > I am reading your email on my Apex which does strange things when reading
> > braille.  I'll check out your email on the PC and see if I can subscribe
> > using it.  Best 73, Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ron Miller <[log in to unmask]
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date sent: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 20:52:16 -0400
> > Subject: Re: FreeScann software and handheld scanners?
> >
> > Hi Jim and everyone,
> > I don't have immediate info about the software but will ask some VI
> > friends
> > who do use it.
> >
> > Regarding interest in scanner receivers, you may be surprised at how many
> > hams are also comms monitors (or perhaps you won't be so surprised).  if
> > you
> > are interested, there is a list which has been recently started
> > specifically
> > as a place for scanner hobbyists who are blind to gather and swap ideas,
> > info, etc.  It is the "Monitoring Blind" list and you can send a blank
> > email
> > to:
> > [log in to unmask]
> > to subscribe.
> >
> > I hope to see you there.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Ron Miller
> > N6MSA
> > Dunedin, Fl.
> > USA
> > SKYPE: arjay1
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For blind ham radio operators
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 7:37 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: FreeScann software and handheld scanners?
> >
> > Hi list, I am wondering if anyone uses the software called FreeScan to
> > work
> > with the newer trunking scanners like the PSR or Uniden scanners.
> > If so,
> > how accessible is the software with screen readers? Also, does anyone have
> > experience with the Uniden
> > 396 handheld scanner? I have the PSR 500 handheld which works fine but am
> > interested in the capabilities of the Uniden scanner as well.  If you
> > want,
> > write me off list because it probably doesn't interest everyone here, even
> > though it is dealing with radios.  Jim WA6EKS
> >
> >
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> > 07/30/12
> >
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