[TenTec] Early Ten-Tec's appropriate for a blind person?

[Ed Malmgren]

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 at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Early Ten-Tec's appropriate for a blind person?


> 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 performance rig.
>
> Pressing the voice button announces the readout frequency. All you have to 
> do is plug the board in to the chassis.
>
> Info is on the TenTec wiki at this url
>
> http://tentecwiki.org/doku.php?id=257
>
> Dave
> WA3MKB
>
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "Wayne Whitman" <wwhitman at fastmail.fm>
>
>> I believe it was an option on the Omni VI.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 29 May 2008 05:48:33 -0700 (PDT), "Kevin Anderson"
>> said:
>> > 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 adaptable for Braille. Any suggestions?
>> >
>> > Did/do any Ten-Tecs come with a frequency annunciator for the
>> > blind?
>> >
>> > I recall on the auction site someone selling a Century 22 where
>> > they had removed the plastic plate over the string dial so one
>> > could feel where one is with respect to each 100 kilohertz, plus
>> > then added some braille markings to the dial knob. I presume
>> > something similar could be done to the analog Triton's, Omni's,
>> > early Delta, and the analog Argosy.
>> >
>> > Other ideas? If anyone has such a modified radio, please try
>> > contacting David directly - I can give you his e-mail address in
>> > a direct e-mail.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Kevin Anderson
>> >
>> >
>> > -- 
>> > ------------------------------------- 
>> > Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA
>> > k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com
>> > http://postoilgeography.blogspot.com/
>> > ------------------------------------- 
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> K4ELO
>> k4elo at fastmail.fm
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