Hi.  I personally like the wire ties on the negative line instead of
electrical tape--tape dries out and falls off.

73, de Lou K2LKK

At 08:05 AM 1/7/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Well, both are good radios.  As for the power supply, I either get sighted
>help to figure out which wire is which and go from there, or I look at
>another radio with the same cord and figure out which side of the plug is
>which and then I follow the cord out, then I put a piece of electrical tape
>on the negative wire so I don't have to trace all the time.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Eric Patterson" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:33 PM
>Subject: accessible VHF equipment
>
>
> > Hi all, I am a new member on this list and have a question about VHF
> > equipment.  My name is Eric Patterson and my call is kb7vfr.  I have been
> > an
> > amateur radio operator since 1993.
> >        Currently, I have an old FT-470 portable radio, whose battery does
> > not
> > maintain a charge anymore.  I am looking at getting a new VHF/UHF radio.
> > Here are the options I am considering:
> > 1.  getting a portable such as the Icom IC-t90 or Kenwood TH-f6a.
> > 2.  getting a mobile unit like the Kenwood Tm-g707.  The advantage to
> > going
> > this route is that it might allow me to install a voice synthesizer for
> > checking the frequency.  However, because I have no useable vision, I
> > would
> > have trouble hooking up the power supply.  Please send recommendations on
> > accessible mobile or portable VHF radios and instructions for hooking up
> > power supplies.  Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Eric Patterson
> >

Louis Kim Kline
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