Hi Mark,

Thanks for this.
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Joe

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From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Rev. Mark
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 2:31 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Handhelds useable by blind persons

Hi
I love my kenwood th f 6 a.

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Rev. mark Torgerson=20

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> On Mar 28, 2016, at 10:03 PM, Pete 
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> Hi Joseph, just letting you know that Icom id51a does not have full 
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> ory goes past memory 0. Hope this helps.73Pete ve4ph
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>      From: Joseph Stephen <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 8:48 PM
> Subject: Handhelds useable by blind persons
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> Hello All,
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> Sorry if this has been asked before, I am new to this list. Besides 
>the  partially accessible Baofeng, Tyt and other related handhelds, I 
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> the Kenwood TH-f7e has beeps which distinguish settings making it 
> possible=

> for a blind person to use the radio totally independently. My question 
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> besides the Icom id51A which apparently has full voice synthesis, 
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> the other handhelds by icom or kenwood are usable by blind people. I 
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> I am certainly happy with option 1, so long as menu predictability is  
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> 1.=3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 2m/70cm,
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> 2.=3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 Wide band receive eg 01 to 1300 
>mhz,
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> 3.=3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 Rugged.
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> 4.=3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 =3DC2=3DA0 5w output.
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> I did not ask about Yaesu but if you know a yaesu handheld is 
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> Thanks
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> Joseph
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