[Elecraft] Voice Announcement

[Bill W4ZV]

I must add a few words about my blind Topband buddy K3UL.  Bob is an
excellent operator and one of the top low band DXers on worldwide with over
300 confirmed on 160.  He even goes on occasional DXpeditions to ZF2UL.  Bob
also does some of his own tower work even though he's totally blind.  Here's
an interesting comment from Earl K6SE (now SK) from a few years ago:

http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Topband/2004-03/msg00213.html

"If you follow these rules, you can very accurately design a shunt feed
system.  Of the many requests I've had, one I remember best is Bob's,
K3UL.  He asked me what the parameters might be for his tower (shunt wire
spacing, tie point and value of gamma capacitor), so I modeled his
structure and e-mailed the details to him.  Bob installed the shunt feed
on his tower and e-mailed back to me that it was right on the money. 
What was so gratifying about this is that Bob is a blind amateur and did
the work himself.  He now has one of the biggest signals on Topband from
the east coast here on the west coast."

The next time you think you can't do something...just remember Bob!

73,  Bill  W4ZV




Bob Garrett wrote:
> 
> Toby et al,
> 
> Like Gary Lee, I'm a blind ham and have been using the K3 quite
> successfully 
> for the past two years.  As stated by others, Elecraft has promised
> improved 
> access to the K3 for such things an the config menus.  After some initial 
> sighted help to set a few of the menu settings, I've managed to utilize
> most 
> of the features including the NB NR CW and voice memories, all split 
> functions and diversity RX.  I operate 99% CW on the low bands chasing DX. 
> Also, the FW upgrades are a breeze with the K3 utility.
> 
> Previously, I've owned many other rigs with menus that were much more 
> difficult to use with out sighted assistance.  Some of those include: 
> FT-1K-MP, MP Field, IC-756 Pro and by far the most difficult and
> questional 
> performance was the FT-2000.
> 
> In summary, I'm delighted with the K3, its performance is outstanding, the 
> support from Elecraft is great and I'm sure they will continue to improve 
> the access for us blind hams.
> 
> 73,  Bob K3UL
> 
> K3: 1572 and 3004 
> 
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