The Kenwood TH-D74 does have audible readout which may be helpful for those with visual impairments if they are looking for a hand held radio, but its not full duplex but will allow reception of the transponder satellites given its SSB RX capabilities. The Kenwood TS-2000 may however be the best overall option available today.  Thanks,  Steve K2GOG   FN31 Steve Bossert K2GOG@yahoo.com 914-573-1799

On Sunday, February 11, 2018, 9:41:36 PM EST, Don KB2YSI kb2ysi@gmail.com wrote:

Phil & anyone else,

I would be interesting on information on this as well. There is a fellow club member that is interested in trying satellites. Of course I said that I would help him to be best of my (limited) ability, so anything to help make that more successful would be appreciated.

On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 8:37 PM, Philip Jenkins n4hf.philip@gmail.com wrote:

One of the club members where I'm scheduled to do a satellite presentation has very little vision, but he is VERY interested in getting on the birds.

I don't know yet if he's going to be interested in just the FM birds, or the linear ones as well. I haven't seen his shack yet, so not sure of what equipment (HF/VHF/UHF) he might already have. He did mention he has some Kenwood equipment; he implied that that company's radios are more user-friendly for the visually impaired.

Is anyone on the BB aware of a current active satellite user who is vision impaired whom I might call on for advice - for radio/PC software & hardware -  when the time arises? I may drop a line to Handi-Hams too for their advice.

Thanks

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