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Re: vr-500
From:
Russ Kiehne <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:07:05 -0800
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As of now, I don't do enough sw listening to see buying one.  I just sold my 
r75 to buy a booksense.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Dyer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: vr-500


> 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

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