Amazing how many things the full moon can tweek!! And I'm stickin' to it!! PatAt 01:01 PM 12/4/2012, you wrote: >Pat, > >This is not the first time you blamed something on the full moon. > >Hmmm, must be a constant full moon over D C. > >73 > >Howard #3 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 11:14 AM >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