Category Archives: Sightless Hams

Where we wound up: ID-5100 Programming for the Blind

Posted on January 15, 2020 by robert

Over the past few days I’ve put in about 18 hours trying various methods of programming the ID-5100 so it would be useful for a blind ham.  I’ve discussed the problems with the radio and its very limited speech synthesizer … Continue reading →

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Stymied with ID-5100 Programming

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Bob Beatty

My struggles continue to get a useful programming set for Ryan’s ID-5100.  I’ve been at this for many hours over the past few days.  Every time I think I’ve worked out something that might be useful, some quirk shows up … Continue reading →

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A Plea to Amateur Radio Gear Designers

Posted on January 13, 2020 by robert

I’ve commented a few times about a young ham that I spent about 18 months getting ready for his Technician License.  This was a bit more difficult journey due to Ryan being blind.  After a year of being on the … Continue reading →

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