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Subject:
a Braille radio
From:
Jim Shaffer <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 2 Jan 2014 13:03:36 -0600
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I really prefer using braille to monitor/control my radio over speech.  When I’m trying to pick signals out of the noise, or am in a CW rag chew, I don’t want a synth chattering at me.  I don’t want to hear it either when I’m cruising the bands looking for signals.

I use a 40 cell Packmate display, and wouldn’t be without it.  I had to send it in for some major cleaning last summer, and managed to do it while we were on vacation for a couple of weeks.  The last thing I did before leaving town was ship it off, and it was at the house when I got home.

I’m curious if anyone else on this list uses braille with their radio.
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Jim Shaffer, KE5AL
Pflugerville, TX
www.jjshaffer.net
www.pgramblers.com

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