The 817 is a good little radio as you say for its size and it will work with
HRD. I will mention both my partner and I are licensed However Gena is blind
I have sight in one eye. The Icom 718 is a base rig but costs at least half
the price of others
----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Re Re Budget Minded
> Hi Anthony, thanks for the note. Sounds like your 7000 is really
> something.
> Have you sold your 746 yet? Re the 817, you can indeed control it with
> HRD,
> but if you're gonna use it in the field, for which that radio's really
> designed, unless you've got a talking computer in your back pocket, you're
> in La La land with no vesa or pasportk, too quickly to suit me. THanks
> for
> the note, and your observations about the 7000 are very interesting to me,
> dd.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:25 AM
> Subject: Re: Re Re Budget Minded
>
>
>> Hi Danny;
>>
>> I understand you can control the 817 with HAM RADIO DELUXE.
>>
>> It might be worth a try.
>>
>> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: Danny Dyer=20
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:28 AM
>> Subject: [BLIND-HAMS] Re Re Budget Minded
>>
>>
>> Subject, Re Budget Minded,
>> Hi Ron And Matt, Ron, I'm Very Interested in your thoughts on the 817.
>> Couple of
>> questions, Do you have and use one? Do You Have Any Sight at all? If
>> =
>> Not,
>> how do you find the radio in actual practice? 817's A Great feature =
>> and
>> value packed radio, but Not Very Blind
>> Friendly, even with the John Hansen W2FS Millenium QSYER, which is a =
>> must
>> for either a sight challenged or a "blind as a bat person like me." =
>> I've
>> had, operated, and loved/hated, 2 817s and 2 817NDs, and prefer the =
>> Icom
>> IC703+ for portable HF work. The little bottom row buttons on the 817
>> =
>> are
>> too easy to inadvertently punch and then not know how to get back to a
>> =
>> known
>> state with out sighted assistance, without doing a hard reset....been =
>> there
>> done that, and got overly
>> tired of doing it. Please get back to me as I'm interested to hear =
>> your
>> observations! And Matt, Anything I can do to help you come up with =
>> the best
>> rig for your situation, I'm more than willing to do. Thanks, Danny.
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 2:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: budget minded
>>
>>
>> > Hi Matt,
>> >
>> > Well, if you do not mind QRP rigs, the Yaesu 817 is a little more =
>> than 500
>> > dollars. I think I saw it for 549 dollars on one of the Internet
>> > sites--this is brand new. It only has 5 watts, but you can get =
>> external
>> > amplifiers for the future--when you save up enough.
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----=20
>> > From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 1:52 PM
>> > Subject: budget minded
>> >
>> >
>> > this is probably a long shot but, is there such a thing as an hf =
>> radio =3D
>> > for under say, $500? the ones i have seen on hamradio.com are mostly
>> =
>> =3D
>> > over 5k. ok maybe i should add "that are actually good radios" for =
>> =3D
>> > under 500 say, maybe the price of a 2m mobile or something or should
>> =
>> i =3D
>> > just keep dreaming, i want to get on hf again but i don't see that =
>> =3D
>> > happening with the prices i've seen
>
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