The Attenuater, +less of an antenna, pretty much helped that, although 
admittedly my small town/2 fulltime A M Broadcast stations,  isn't like N Y 
C.
It's admittedly a nitch radio, but certainly does better than the others 
mentioned, and It also IMHO, does better than the icom ict90,  and of course 
does SSB&CW. dd.----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: vr-500


> From several of the reviews I read, that receiver has a problem with
> overload.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 6:31 AM
> Subject: Re: vr-500
>
>
>> interestingly enough, that receiver appears in both the receivers general
>> coverage, and the receivers scanners catagories, mixxed reviews in both,
>> dd.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 9:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: vr-500
>>
>>
>>> Did you check the reviews at
>>> http://www.eham.net
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:08 AM
>>> Subject: vr-500
>>>
>>>
>>>>I went to aes yesterday and spent my Christmas money and bought a 
>>>>vr-500.
>>>> At first look, it seems fairly usable from the keyboard, I've figured
>>>> out
>>>> how to change modes, and write to memory.  Seems fairly sensitive,
>>>> although i wonder what the duck that comes with it is optimized for. 
>>>> If
>>>> I
>>>> go to th weather channel, I get a better signal if I curl my fingers
>>>> around the antenna.  Anyone else on list got any comments or experience
>>>> with this thing?
>>>> 73
>>>> Butch Bussen
>>>> wa0vjr
>>>> open Node 3148
>>>> Las Vegas