The Kenwood THF6A is a tri-band and fairly accessible.  While it doesn't 
have speech, the beeps both high and low from the keypad make the radio more 
accessible than most others.

Howard #3

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From: "Tom Fowle" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 8:23 PM
Subject: interesting new product in Nov qst:


> Folks,
> did you all note the v/uhf transciever board mention in "New Products" qst
> november 2015?
>
> Made by "hobby PCB" it appears to be the guts of a triband, 144, 225, 450 
> MHZ
> 200 MW talkie. Arranged to be controlable from an Arduino or other
> microcontroller.
>
> Would it not be intriguing to build up an H"T for the 3 bands with proper
> speech feedback?
>
> Since it only runs 200MW, one would need to find or design a power amp and
> appropriate band pass filters, along with all the software to do the voice
> feedback, switching etc. Not to mention battery and packaging.
>
> I don't think I have the ambition or knowledge to do this, but it's sure 
> an
> interesting idea.
>
> Comments?
> tom Fowle WA6IVG
> P.S. I am assuming there is not available a triband accessible HT at this
> time?
> T.F. 


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