In <40bpne$4r@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>, ferraro@ix.netcom.com (Michael Ferraro ) writes:
>A good friend of mine is confined to a wheelchair and is sightless.
>Could anyone recommend a good swl receiver for him. I have checked out
>an Icom receiver that has voice synthesis but is way above his budget.
Amongst portables, the Sony family of fine radios seems to have the easiest logic to use without looking.
For a tabletop, we have a Kenwood TS-440 that we like a lot. It is a ham rig similar in operation to the R-5000, and sometimes found for less. (While yo
Also, if he has a "talking" computer, any rig with a computer control option is a great solution.
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