David,
I join as a Blind Ham for $8.00 a year. You can sign up with the National
Library Service and download QST from the BARD site. As a member of ARRL you
can get product reviews from the past as well as other things. I find it is
worth the $8.00.

John  KC2QJB


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Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:36 AM
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Subject: Is ARRL Worth It?

I was considering joining ARRL, but I was wondering if it is worth it for us
blind hams.  The reason I say this is that QST, as far as I know, is not
accessible to us, and even the few articles on projects and techniques for
blind hams are in an Adobe format that does not contain the accessibility
information one usually finds in them these days.

So, what do you all think?  Seems we blind folks are left out of a lot of
the good stuff.  What are the benefits that I might be missing?

And, having said that, I can't complain unless I am willing to do something
to change things for the better, so if anyone on the list knows of any
opportunities for me to contribute and make things more accessible, I would
do it in a minute!

73,

David Thurmond, KK4ADV