Re: Firmware update?
"toresteen" <[email protected]> Fri, 17 May 2013 18:50:36 -0000
| Newsgroups | gmane.recreation.radio.hardware.yaesu.vr-5000 |
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--- In [email protected], "n8lpq" <n8lpq@...> wrote: > > I have version 1.3. Can I update this ? If so how? What does my 1.3 not do compared to the newer version. How many upgrade versions are there? Thank you for you help > Ed N8LPQ > The last version is 1.7 and it is only available from Yaesu. It's actuly a HARDWARE upgrade as they REPLACE the EPROM with the new version. You will have to send in your radio It's expensive! The cost in 2006 was $185 plus shipping - $35 for the CPU EPROM and 2.5 hours labor @$70 per hour. But it is worth it IMHO.