Re: Re: New member, VR-500 arrives!

Chuck,

Welcome to the club of happy VR-500 owners!  I've had good luck using mine
mobile with a magmount 20" scanner antenna on the car roof, and a cassette
adapter (with mono=>stereo adapter plug) in the tape deck.  If you don't have a
tape deck, one of those little FM transmitters should work nearly as well.

Keeping the VR-500 volume low while adjusting the car stereo volume gives the
best audio.  If your car stereo has an equalizer, you can tailor the audio quite
nicely.  With this setup and the VF-500 in NAM mode, I've enjoyed lots of
shortwave broadcast listening on long road trips.

The 20" wire antenna obviously isn't resonant, but performs surprisingly well
with the ground plane of a car roof.
http://www.grove-ent.com/procomm.html

Good luck,

-Ed


Quoting [email protected]:
 
> My new VR-500 has arrived, and is HOT on HF using my Miracle Ducker  
> with 18" of stiff wire. I'm very pleased with this radio's  
> performance. Stay tuned for more comments.
> 
> Chuck