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

Try turning on the attenuator. The close AM station may be swamping  
the receiver front end.

I leave NAM on all the time because it helps with short wave and CW.  
I'm not sure it helps with broadcast AM.

73,
K5MWB

On Sep 25, 2009, at 3:36 AM, [email protected] wrote:

>
>       Does switching to AM "Narrow" help to get better local AM  
> reception
> ? I'd like to know this, because so far, this radio is getting  
> horrible
> reception (very faint with a lot of background noise) of a  nearby AM
> station that otherwise comes in loud & clear through even the cheapest
> of radios I have in the house. It gets better only if I hold it in my
> hand, becoming a Human antenna. I hope your AM Narrow option helps,
> because I'm already very disappointed if that's the best AM  
> reception I
> can get out of this radio, Doe you think this is largely due to the  
> fact
> that it does not have a built-in Ferrite bar antenna, like some other
> radios do ? Thanks,
>
>                                                           Jimmy
> --- In [email protected], comtron@... wrote:
>>
>> 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 "bluesea805@..." bluesea805@...:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> 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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