Lots at http://www.miklor.com/uv5r
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Aug 5, 2013, at 11:57 AM, RJ Sandefur <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Where is the totaral? RJ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 11:51 AM
> Subject: Re: question concerning the Yaesu FT-60R , dual band hand held , 2m 
> and 440 MHz
> 
> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>>