Ah sure, that splains everything!  seventy trees, Jim 


-----Original Message----- 
From: Pat Byrne 
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 9:14 AM 
To: [log in to unmask] 
Subject: Re: Tmv-71a is still a great radio 

Jim,
It's the recent full moon.
Pat, K9JAUAt 11:05 AM 12/4/2012, you wrote:
>Hey not to worry, it's a terrific radio.  I've had mine for a
>couple of years and this is the first time it decided to not talk
>to me.  I'm not giving up on it.  Jim WA6EKS
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: KK4AHX Darren Duff <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 05:15:39 -0500
>Subject: Re: Programming memories on the Kenwood 71a
>
>Not good news as I just ordered my kenwood! Bad voice chip
>maybe??
>
>
>
>73.
>Darren Duff.
>amateur radio station KK4AHX.
>
>Vice President,
>Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.
>http://www.cherokeehams.com
>
>Cherokee County ARES.
>http://www.cherokee-ares.org
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
>Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 3:33 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Programming memories on the Kenwood 71a
>
>Hi, this is for any users of the Kenwood TMV-71A.  On Monday, I
>turned on my
>Kenwood 71a and it wouldn't speak to me.  Must have been
>something I said.
>I tried to console it but nothing doing.
>So, I got mad and wouldn't talk to it either.  Seriously, I did a
>full reset
>and behold, the voice came back.  I programmed in a frequency and
>tried to
>put it in a memory and that's when I started having issues.  I
>couldn't save
>memories.  I even followed some directions I had written
>previously.  I
>finally got one to stick but the voice said something like
>channel 1 of 9.
>I have never heard it say that before and there are way more than
>9 memories
>available.  I thought I knew how to save memories but I guess
>not.  My menu
>file is somewhat confusing even reading it on the braille display
>of the
>Apex.  I wonder if any of you guys, and girls, has ever sorted
>out that
>stuff into a more usable file either for speech or braille users,
>whatever
>more usable might mean to people.  Anyway, I am still baffled
>about the unit
>not talking.  Just turned it off a couple of days ago, then on
>today and no
>speech.  Guess I ignored it too long.  Thanks for any advice.
>Jim WA6EKS