If you're looking for an ht, haven't kept up on this much, the f6a
(kenwood), or ahd baofung. Buddy does a very nice tutorial on this one
and at $40 you can't beat the price. I use the rt systems software for
this one and with n v d a it is workable. The free software doesn't
work at all for me. The Kenwood is a good rig and also gives you 220,
I've had one for ten years and still use it.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.
On Sun, 4 Aug 2013, RJ
Sandefur wrote:
> So what the baofeng be my best bet? RJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 11:02 PM
> Subject: Re: question concerning the Yaesu FT-60R , dual band hand held , 2m
> and 440 MHz
>
>
>> If you want to program it with a computer and just tune up and down memory
>> channels and not make any changes, it's accessible. If you want to do more
>> than that, and actually make changes, it's not. personally I'd prefer
>> commercial equipment if I can just tune through memory channels but I know
>> several people who have the ft-60R, all sighted and they say it's nothing
>> special and a pain to program when you're sighted. I have played with one
>> helping a new ham and I could tune through memory channels once PC
>> programmed, go to VFO and enter frequencies but that was it. No setting PL
>> tones, no changing settings, no clue where in the world I was in memory
>> unless there was a national weather channel in a memory channel to use as
>> a
>> reference. That's nice until you go out of range of that service, then
>> you're lost again. As a blind ham, you can do a lot better in
>> accessibility.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Curtis Delzer" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2013 6:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: question concerning the Yaesu FT-60R , dual band hand held ,
>> 2m
>> and 440 MHz
>>
>>
>>> I want to know about this also since our local club seems to just love
>>> thatHT.
>>>
>>>
>>> Is the Yaesu FT-60R , dual ban
>>> d hand held , 2m and 440 MHz radio =
>>> accessible to a blind person? RJ
>>>
>>> Curtis Delzer.
>>> HS.
>>>
>>> K 6 V F O
>>> San Bernardino, CA.
>>>
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> skype: curtis1014
>
>
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