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

I've often found the attenuator very useful, including on MW when  
using a longer or amplified antenna.

Chuck


Quoting Marcus Brooks <[email protected]>:

> 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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