Sounds like a cool idea.

There is an accessible tri-band ht that has been out since 2001. It's 
the Kenwood TH-F6A.  It doesn't have voice feedback but it beeps at 
strategic points as you move through the menus.  The tones change pich 
when setting radio parameters.

In second place come a bunch of different portables from China like 
Wouxun, Baofeng, TYT, Puxing and others.  They have limited voice 
feedback and using other work-arounds allows a totally blind amateur to 
program the radios.


Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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On 11/8/2015 9:23 PM, Tom Fowle wrote:
> 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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