I agree with Danny. The millennium Qsy'r is  great and has made my Ic-703+ ′a good rig by itself′ inffa very good, very accessi radio.

73 Ron  Miller
N6MSA


Ron Miller

> On Mar 26, 2014, at 7:37 PM, "Dan B Dyer Jr,/Danny" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> It's a sixteen key keypad mounted in a small project box, which is powered 
> either by a 9volt battery, or by the power inside the rig, which allows for 
> direct frequency entry, cw read out of frequency, and mode, and on some rigs 
> other things, which attatches to many rigs via their computer port.  The 
> current and most commonly used one is the millenium qsyer, made and 
> distributed by John Hansen, W2fs, at his website, <coastalchips.com>  /where 
> manuals, instructions, etc, plus contact info and instructions for ordering 
> are plainly shown.  You'll also find some info, if memory serves, on the 
> <icanmakethisthingwork.com> site.
> 
> The units sell for $95Built and shipped, and for less in kit form.  If 
> you're actually blind, and this is your first purchase of one from him, he 
> sells them for $50.  You can use one key pad with several different Icom, 
> Kenwood, and Yaesu rigs, using different baud rates and rig identifyers as 
> you switch the unit between rigs.  John Hansen, is quite a fine fellow, with 
> a real concern for blind, and other operaters.  The units are not only handy 
> for blind folks, but as direct entry and frequency read out devices for 
> folks operating mobile or portable who don't want to have to look at their 
> displays.  I've had and used several, and currently have one which is 
> invaluable for use with my Yaesu FT-817, which, although not a truly blind 
> accessible rig, nonetheless, with this device can be made to be a very 
> desirable somewhat blind accessible portable qrp rig.  (I know, some folks 
> hate Yaesu, and they should and could make their devices more blind useable, 
> but they make pretty good gear despite its' rightly perceived lack of blind 
> accessibility;  *************************I M H O!!! And I've been wrong 
> plenty of times before!!!  HTH, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.