I had a Standard C558a and, it was totally accessible.
What's the receiver was just the verry best.
Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5!
On Jun 10, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> you can't get a more accessible handheld than some of the older yaesu =
> ht's back in the day. just memorize some stuff and they are easy I had =
> a 411 a 416, and a 51r and had no problem running them or doing anything =
> with them. I also had no problems with my vx7r, although that wa snot =
> as intuitive. the 470 is just as easy to use as the others as is the =
> 530. I would to this day love to get a new 51r or 530 if they were still =
> being made. the 51r was my favorite cause you could turn the voume down =
> very low and actually hold it to your head like a phone and do full =
> duplex with no feedback. I even worked satellites with that radio and a =
> little arrow beam back in the day and could dear my own voice become =
> back from the birds. all of this while being totally blind.
> I think that the biggest problem in the blind community is that many of =
> us are not willing to just memorize some buttons and functions. the news =
> radios are not as easy to memorize of course, but many still are quite =
> easy. now if we could get yaws to bring the 51r back to production I =
> would dbuy two of them just to put one in the closet for when the first =
> wore out. I found it to be much more intuitive than even the thf6a that =
> I played with for a few minutes., although i am sure that radio is great =
> and I would learn it if I had my hands on one.
> speech would deb nice on a ht, but so far the only speech i found is =
> really not worth a lot I can run those radio with the speech turned off =
> about as well as with it on, and usually enter commands faster than the =
> radio can speak anyway.
>
> On Jun 9, 2013, at 6:06 PM, COLLEEN ROTH <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have the Thumb Wheels notched.
>> I also have a PL Board for the most common PL Tone in my area.
>> I didn't know about the 02AT when I got my radio.
>> My husband and I got these radios right when we were licensed.
>> He has a Yaesu 470 Dual Bander because he can see the display.
>> I got to have his radio notched too.
>> Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Harvey Heagy <[log in to unmask]>
>> ,to3 [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Saturday, June 8, 2013 12:23 pm
>> Subject: Re: Touch screens
>> =20
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>>> =20
>>> My first ever ham radio was the Icom 0-bAT which I liked very much. =
> It was=20
>>> keypad operated. I had friends who had the 2AT, but they had to file =
> the=20
>>> thumb wheels so that they could keep track of the input and output=20
>>> frequencies. How do you handle that?
>>> Harvey
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: "COLLEEN ROTH" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2013 9:39 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Touch screens
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>> Hello,
>>> I understand that a lot of people love Iphones and other touchscreen=20=
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>>> Devices.
>>> I would not feel comfortable with a Smartphone or Iphone because I do =
> not=20
>>> want to have to listen to all of that stuff and figure out what to =
> do.
>>> I like buttons to operate things. Personally, I do not care about all =
> of=20
>>> those Apps.
>>> The only way I would consider a Smartphone is if all or most of the =
> things I=20
>>> would do could be done via a Braille Display.
>>> That would include reading things with a Braille Display.
>>> I definitely do not want a Touch Screen on my Radio because I would =
> hit the=20
>>> Panic Button too much if I thought I hit the wrong button.
>>> We each have to choose the path we walk.
>>> I have an Icom 2at with Thumb Wheels notched and a PL Board so I can =
> use it=20
>>> independently.
>>> Colleen Roth, N8TNV=20
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