No, you mustn't. There's absolutely no reason you have to get rid of your K3 because you're losing your eyesight, absolutely none. If you want to leave ham radio for some other reason, that's another thing, but blindness doesn't, and shouldn't, stop you from enjoying ham radio.
In the case of the K3, the K3 software works really well with screen reader software, and presumably with screen enlargement software as well. If you want to operate the K3 standalone, i.e. without a computer, here's a great solution: http://www.hampod.com/ This gadget will make absolutely all K3 functions speak. You can get voice output of every function, including, I'm told, RTTY/PSK/cw decode. There are lots of blind hams. I know of a few of them, including me, on this list, and a few ore that are happy Elecraft users. If you want help or to talk over your other options with other blind hams, here's an email reflector: [email protected] Vy 73, -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: 814-860-3194 Mobile: 814-431-0962 Email: [email protected] > On Dec 27, 2016, at 10:17 AM, William Hartman via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I must leave ham radio due to failing eyesight. I am selling my K3 with > mike plus Astron power supply, Total price is $1575.. All equipment is > factory new. For the cw crowd I will include at no extra cost a Ham Gadgets > keyer and a bluetooth- connected keyboard. The K3 has the ATU, 400hz roofing > filter, and voice recorder installed. Contact me at N6FB @aol.com for details > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
