Welcome aboard from Phoenix Eric.

Best 73

Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of eric oyen
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 4:48 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: hello everyone. new member here

Greetings fellow blind hams,

I am eric and also a blind ham. I decided (once I got other things =
squared away here) to join the list.

My station:
	HF radio: Yeasu FT-757GX1 with MFJ-949e Antenna tuner, Palomar =
Tuner-Tuner noise bridge, and Carolina Windom 80-10 meter antenna
VHF/UHF: Kenwood TMD-710 Dual Band Mobile with comet CX-902 Base Antenna
Several Handheld radios.

My HF radio would normally be inaccessible to the blind except that I =
use an FIF-232C computer interface and rigctl (rig control) for Ubuntu =
Linux. This allows me to set my radio to any frequency with little fuss. =
 This control program also works with many other radios supported under =
the HamLib package for linux.Since this is a command line program, it =
will work well with ORCA (on the unity desktop) or with BRLtty for =
strictly command line linux. I am using this program via a terminal =
shell on the desktop and it works well. I can even invoke it via an SSH =
(secure shell) session and remotely control the radio from my desk. now =
about the only thing I need to figure out is how to port the audio via a =
network connection and listen to it on my mac in another part of the =
house. Thats a project for another day.

eric
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