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Hi Dave,

Ok, Thanks

37,

John KB5Hct  Muse, Oklahoma


On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Dave Allen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi John!
>
> Here is the link again.
>
> What you need to do is put the full URL onto the clipboard and paste it
> into
> the run box.
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1836930/Frequency_Chart_2012.zip
>
> What should happen is you should get the save as dialogue. It is a zipped
> archive, as is required by Daisy rules.
>
> Extract the daisy content and copy the extracted book to the appropriate
> place for your Daisy player.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> 73,
> Dave
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of John Fitzgerald
> Sent: Friday, 22 May 2015 5:29 p.m.
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: hf band questions
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> I clicked on the link and JAWS tells me that "the page has no links,
> whistlewig and a string of characters", I have no clue what tthis means?
>
> 73,
>
> John KB5HCT Muse, Oklahoma
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:54 PM, John Fitzgerald <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > Thank You very much.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > John KB5HCT  Muse, Oklahoma
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:02 PM, Dave Allen
> > <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi John!
> >>
> >> Please download the book from this link.
> >>
> >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1836930/Frequency_Chart_2012.zip
> >>
> >> Note. This does not play in the NLS player as it is a Daisy text book
> >> and does not have an audio component, but will give you all the
> >> allocations for all classes.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: For blind ham radio operators
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> >> ]
> >> On Behalf Of John Fitzgerald
> >> Sent: Friday, 22 May 2015 3:02 p.m.
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: hf band questions
> >>
> >> Hi Joe
> >>
> >> I too am in the same boat as you, as for as having obtained my ticket
> >> nearly
> >> 18 years ago and having never worked HF,  I was most interested in
> >> hearing about the frequency allocations in a text format, since all
> >> I've been able to find are colored charts, which are of no use to me.
> >> I am hoping that someone can direct me to those allocations in a text
> >> format or even a daisy file, since I am not a member of handi-hams.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> John Kb5HCT Muse, Oklahoma
> >>
> >> PS.  I hope that I can send this without sending multiple copies to
> >> the list.  Still struggling with Gmail and JAWS.
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 8:38 PM, Dave Allen
> >> <[log in to unmask]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi Joe!
> >> >
> >> > Sorry if you mistook my response a tad.
> >> >
> >> > I can see where you're coming from. Things have changed a bit since
> >> > you were tested. I just made it a priority to look into this kind
> >> > of thing when gaining access to the remote base, just as you were
> >> > trying to do.
> >> >
> >> > While there are resources available, such as a full list of
> >> > keyboard commands, several of them either don't work quite as
> >> > described, or require you to be better informed than may be
> >> > possible given the complexity of what you're dealing with.
> >> >
> >> > Jaws often fails to report the results of the commands you may issue.
> >> >
> >> > If a discussion will help, feel free to contact me off list, and I
> >> > will do what I can to make it a more satisfactory experience for you.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > You'll find I'm a pretty nice guy too.
> >> >
> >> > 73,
> >> > Dave
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: For blind ham radio operators
> >> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> > On Behalf Of Joe Quinn
> >> > Sent: Friday, 22 May 2015 1:13 p.m.
> >> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >> > Subject: Re: hf band questions
> >> >
> >> > Sorry if I come across harsh in this post.
> >> > first of all a sincere thanks for the info. Just in case anyone's
> >> > interested=  in why I'm asking something I should, apparently know,
> >> > which, I'll give you=  that, I should know where to operate on hf,
> >> > but I took the test in 2008, ha= ve never operated hf before, so
> >> > never thought I'd need to really know the fr= equencies, which were
> >> > on the test by the way, and, frankly over the last 7 y= ears, have
> >> > had much more pressing matters on my mind than where to operate o=
> >> > n hf. Not to mention that I just got access to the remote base today,
> litera= lly.
> >> > Now that I'd been reminded of where to go, I do recakl those
> >> > numbers, 2= 8.3-28.5, I'd just forgotten them. I never said I had
> >> > an any excuse to not k= now the frequencies, just wasn't sure where
> >> > to go to get to know what they =E2= =80=B2. I like to learn, just
> >> > don't stone me for not knowing what they are. d= are I ask then,
> >> > how to use the w4mq software, as it seems not to be accessib= le
> >> > with JAWS? Or will that result in another lashing from the masses?
> >> > and hu= ge apoligies to those who've not done this to me, I just
> >> > felt insulted by th= e replys and the insinuations to my question.
> >> > don't let this post detur from= ever replying to my questions, I'm
> >> > really a nice guy, honeest, i just forge= t things sometimes. I
> >> > ain't as young as I used to be. also, I am
> >> in
> >> the us.
> >> > s=
> >> > ow been said here has helped tremendously. Now to go see if there's
> >> > any acti= on on 28.3-5 mhz!
> >> > Thanks guys, and, sorry if I seemed rude, just had to get it off my
> >> chest!
> >> > := )calls is kd0ess, should anyone wanna talk to me on the bands,
> >> > lest I've tar= nished my rep forever. :)=
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>

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