Yep, Tom, ssame here.  You have to go some to beat Kenwood for 
accessibility.  Last Yaesu rig I had was a 890 which spent half of the 
first year I owned it in the shop.  Was a nice rig when it worked.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Thu, 
4 Dec 2014, Tom Behler wrote:

> 		Congrats on the new rig, Bob!
>
> Keep us posted on how you do with it!
>
> I've always liked Yaesu rigs, but never took the plunge because of their
> known accessibility issues.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Bob Tinney
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 2:27 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: New Rig
>
> I just bought a new Yaesu FTM400DR C4FM mobile dual band rig.  Yaesu offers
> a voice synth and recorder board and I have installed it. There are only 5
> buttons on the rig and yu can push the two tuning knobs.  I downloaded the
> manuals from Yaesu, but they are locked and I haven't heard from Yaesu yet.
>
> I will figure it out, and enjoy the challenge, but this is not an easy rig
> to use, but C4FM interested me!
>
> -- 
>
> Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>
>