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Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:51:28 -0400
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John,

Same here, although their search engine isn't always reliable.  I've seen it 
fail to find things that I knew were on the site.  Like you, though, I don't 
see much point in downloading the catalog.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 15:11
Subject: Re: HRO Catalog


> Usually I can make the catalog search work on the site. I don't download 
> the
> catalog because I really don't need to.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 2:24 PM
> Subject: Re: HRO Catalog
>
>
>> Terri,
>>
>> I thought about downloading it, but decided not to because I thought I'd
>> find the same thing you did.  I usually just go to their Web site and
>> search
>> for the product I want by category.  Sometimes that works, and sometimes
>> it
>> doesn't.  When it doesn't, I just call the store in New Hampshire (the
>> closest one to where I live) and ask questions.  A possible solution for
>> the
>> out-of-order rendering of the .PDF file is to send it to the virtual
>> printer
>> in your favorite scanning software.  You'll probably get a few more
>> errors,
>> but everything will be in the right order because it's being sent to a
>> "printer."
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Terri Pannett" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 13:23
>> Subject: HRO Catalog
>>
>>
>>> Dear List,
>>>
>>> Has anyone downloaded the pdf version of the HRO catalog?  I did, and I
>>> was
>>> disappointed but not surprised, to discover that Adobe presents the text
>>> out
>>> of order.  The document was untagged and I used Adobe's auto-interpret
>>> feature.
>>>
>>> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
>>>
> 

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