I have been contacted off the list by David, KB1HFF, about obtaining an early Ten-Tec radio suitably adaptable for a blind person. This would mean a radio with a frequency annunciator or otherwise ad
Kevin, The Paragon had an optional voice board. It worked nicely. Not sure the Paragon is early enuf for David tho. 73, -LeeWA3FIY _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list
Kevin, I have a Triton 4 with a freq counter which anounces the frequency. Also the Paragon or the omni five and the Omni sixes have a slot for a voice board. Ed K7UC -- Original Message -- From: <wa
Kevin, The Omni V also had an optional voice readout board, which gave the operating frequency only. The board description mentions the possibility of future additional features, but I don't know if
I believe it was an option on the Omni VI. 73, Wayne K4ELO k4elo@fastmail.fm _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mail
Yes, there is a board available for just that. It is the model 257 Voice Readout Board. It will plug in to the Paragon, Paragon II, Omni V, Omni VI and Omni VI+. Any of those is an excellent high per
The only problem is that Ten Tec has not made those boards for years so you have to get them used if you are lucky enough to find someone selling. Ed K7UC -- Original Message -- From: <d.e.warnick@co
They show up on the famous auction site on about a monthly basis. It's always possible to put a request on this reflector or QRZ or eHam. You never know who will part with one. I let mine go that way
As an alternative, would a digital speech synthesizer be appropriate..? Assuming that the operator's hearing is ok.. The digital add-on gizmos that boatanchor operators use to read-out their receive
W1GOR writes... Might be easiest in the long run to operate a newer rig using control software in an attached computer, and use the sight-impaired tools within the Windows OS to provide the annunciat