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

Chuck,

If you haven't done so yet, make sure to check out Bob Parnass' excellent
open-source software for the VR-500:

http://parnass.com/tk500/

-Ed


Quoting [email protected]:

> William,
> 
> Thanks for this report. My first impressions of the VR-500 regarding  
> reliability are good. It has a stable feel to it, just like my other  
> wideband radios.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> Quoting "William S. White" <[email protected]>:
> 
> > At one time, I thought I saw a list of all known birdies for the VR-500.
> > FWIW, mine also has the 15.2 MHz birdie.
> > Bob Parnass, AJ9S, documents birdies above 30 MHz in this MT review:
> > http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mtscan0200.pdf
> > And could/should be programmed in the Frequency Skip Memory Bank (memory
> > S00 - S99). See page 12 in the manual.
> > The VR-500 is very reliable. I have had mine for 8 years now and not a
> > single problem. I do not use it as much as I have in the past, just mostly
> > collecting dust now.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > Subject: Re: [VR-500] Re: New member, VR-500 arrives!
> >
> >
> > Ed,
> >
> > Thanks! I haven't tried setting the VR-500 to NAM mode yet, so far
> > I've done well with it just as it is. One problem I did run into is
> > the presence of a strong internal spur on 15.200, and a weaker but
> > still overpowering one on 15.400MHz. I can't find anything here that
> > might be generating carriers on those frequencies, so they must be
> > internal. Other than that, the VR-500 is passing all my tests on
> > favorite frequencies. The real test apparently will be how reliable
> > the radio is. Time will tell. The warranty card will take a year to
> > fill out, they want to know everything about me!
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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