Hi Steve,

No, I'm not related to Mr. Downing.  Sometimes the lowest price is not
always the best solution in all cases and a higher price may sometimes be
cheaper in the long run.

My only mention of my HamPod and GH controller was to offer information to
the person on the listserv who was looking for suggestions.  I didn't mean
at all to infer that my solution was the best.  This solution may not be the
best one for someone else but I believe it will work well for me.

Rob Santillo (the developer of the HamPod) has a good reputation and several
on this list have his product.  Because of that and the fact that the GH
controller has software integrated to work especially with the HamPod I just
decided to go that route.  The HamPod may be useful to me for other projects
that he is developing.  It is also useful for my TS-590 as well as a couple
of other radio related products which are on the market today that I do not
own but may be able to obtain in the future.

I think it is like the TS-590 transceiver by Kenwood:  There are other less
costly ways to get into radio but it sure makes working HF a lot more fun.  

Kent, Clyde NC, KK4FFF






-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 9:54 AM
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Subject: Re: I need some advice!

That's pretty cool.   While I  don't know what other  gear in the  shack 
you may have  that interfaces with the hampod, the extra $800 or so for the
Green Heron and Hampod combo  seems a bit much just to get speech on a
rotor.

Are you Alan's son by any chance?  Just kidding.  Enjoy, hope to see you on
the air sometime.

73, Steve KW3A

On 5/8/2015 11:32 PM, Kent Plemmons wrote:
> Hi Lowell,
>
> As you will learn from the list, there are a variety of choices.
> I use a Yaesu G800 rotor with a Green Heron rotor controller.  I 
> connected a HamPod to it which provides complete speech output.
>
> Kent, Clyde, NC KK4FFF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Lowell Miller
> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 2:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: I need some advice!
>
> I am planning on going to Hamvention next week and I am going to be = 
> putting up a hexbeam and I wonder which is the best in performance and 
> = in construction.
> Also, I need to find a rotor that is blind friendly.  What would you = 
> suggest to me from your experience or have heard?
> Thanks for any help!
> Best 73.
> Lowell  W8QIY
>
>
>