Re: New VR 500 & handy reference sheet (s)?- Question

Jimmy,

Welcome to the group. While I can't help on whether there are  
different versions of the VR-500 (though I've never heard this to be  
the case), I can point you to this easy tip on enabling AM-narrow mode  
on the VR-500 (if only all wideband handhelds had this underlying  
capability!) :

Re: NAM mode

Here's how its done.

To enable the hidden Narrow AM option on the VR-500 simply do the
following.....

You unlock the hidden menu options #33 "User Port"

and #34 "Narrow AM" by pressing and holding four

buttons while switching the radio on: 0,3,5 and 9.

Menu #33 "User Port" does nothing, but the #34

"Narrow AM" option is very handy and works very well.

Enjoy


I have yet to try doing this myself...to be honest I haven't had an  
urgent need to narrow the reception on my 500...I've done well just  
as-is. But it's great to have this available!

Chuck

Quoting "[email protected]" <[email protected]>:

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> Hello everyone,
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>      I'm brand new here, my very 1st post- Hello to you all.Thank you for
> accepting me into the Group. I just took delivery of a brand new Yeasu
> VR 500 & am very anxious to learn how to program it to scan my favorite
> local frequencies. Having already owned several scanners (Regent home
> base unit, Radio Shack Pro 94, Alinco DJ-X7 and now this one) you'd
> think I'd already be quite familiar with how to go about this tedious
> task.However, at least for me it seems that each reciever has a
> different way of going about things & furthermore, the manuals that try
> to explain what to do aren't always as explicit as you'd like them to
> be- do you know what I mean ?
>
>      Therefore, I noticed the handy Reference sheets that are on the
> Files section of this Forum. Since the posts are dated back from
> 2000-2001 or so, I was wondering if these sheets will still apply to the
> brand new 2009 model VR 500 and other recent years of this same unit, or
> are there new features & different button pushes on the new(er) versions
> of this unit that will not apply to the reference sheet ?
>
>      Thank you & I look forward to sharing with you the joys of owning
> such a versatile little Reciever- SSB capability & all !
>
>
> Jimmy
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