Yeasu frg 9600

[Paul Churchill]

Can anyone who owns a 9600 tell me how these radios are in the sensitivity
department I want to use one in the Airband area receiving acars data and of
course voice comms as well but there is a chance of getting one for a good
price but are prepared to travel and have a play with it before parting with
my cash thanks all.

PAUL....

[Jim Hackett]

Mine is a fine radio for Mil air frqs. Just as sensitive if not better
than my BC780. I haven't really tried it much in the civilian aircraft band
but don't doubt it's capability. What is a "good" price, in your mind?

P.S. Don't plan on doing any scanning with it as it is beastly s-l-o-w at
about 2 ch/sec! (roughly) Stops for a few seconds or an instant. No other
choices. And what's up with the USB/LSB on a VHF/UHF radio???
I assume you know it's capabilities?



"Paul Churchill" > wrote in message
news:hhLuc.197$Oq1.9@newsfe6-win...
> Can anyone who owns a 9600 tell me how these radios are in the sensitivity
> department I want to use one in the Airband area receiving acars data and
of
> course voice comms as well but there is a chance of getting one for a good
> price but are prepared to travel and have a play with it before parting
with
> my cash thanks all.
>
> PAUL....
>
>

[Paul Churchill]

the gentleman is looking at £110 pounds for it so is a good price compared
to the emporium prices second hand rgrds M3PAC
"Jim Hackett" > wrote in message
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> Mine is a fine radio for Mil air frqs. Just as sensitive if not better
> than my BC780. I haven't really tried it much in the civilian aircraft
band
> but don't doubt it's capability. What is a "good" price, in your mind?
>
> P.S. Don't plan on doing any scanning with it as it is beastly s-l-o-w at
> about 2 ch/sec! (roughly) Stops for a few seconds or an instant. No other
> choices. And what's up with the USB/LSB on a VHF/UHF radio???
> I assume you know it's capabilities?
>
>
>
> "Paul Churchill" > wrote in message
> news:hhLuc.197$Oq1.9@newsfe6-win...
> > Can anyone who owns a 9600 tell me how these radios are in the
sensitivity
> > department I want to use one in the Airband area receiving acars data
and
> of
> > course voice comms as well but there is a chance of getting one for a
good
> > price but are prepared to travel and have a play with it before parting
> with
> > my cash thanks all.
> >
> > PAUL....
> >
> >
>
>

[Dave Holford]

Paul Churchill wrote:
>
> Can anyone who owns a 9600 tell me how these radios are in the sensitivity
> department I want to use one in the Airband area receiving acars data and of
> course voice comms as well but there is a chance of getting one for a good
> price but are prepared to travel and have a play with it before parting with
> my cash thanks all.
>
> PAUL....


I had a pair of them several years ago. Worked fine on FM but I found
the AM sensitivity, especially on the military UHF band to be poor -
could not come close to my Radio Shack PRO2004, PRO2005, PRO43 scanners.
Also, they perform poorly as scanners - very slow.

Dave

[Dale Parfitt]

"Jim Hackett" > wrote in message
link.net...
> Mine is a fine radio for Mil air frqs. Just as sensitive if not better
> than my BC780. I haven't really tried it much in the civilian aircraft
band
> but don't doubt it's capability. What is a "good" price, in your mind?
>
> P.S. Don't plan on doing any scanning with it as it is beastly s-l-o-w at
> about 2 ch/sec! (roughly) Stops for a few seconds or an instant. No other
> choices. And what's up with the USB/LSB on a VHF/UHF radio???
> I assume you know it's capabilities?
>
The inclusion of SSB makes it a fine HF receiver in addition to being able
to monitor 2M and 70cM SSB/CW activity. I built a small up converter and
plugged it into a spare socket internally. Yaesu already has a knock out for
a 2nd SO-239 on the rear apron. Then it becomes a 0.5-900 MHz RX
Dale W4OP

[Jim Hackett]

That would be cool, IF it indeed went down into the H.F. spectrum, which it
DOESN'T. It only goes down to 60 Mhz...



"Dale Parfitt" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Jim Hackett" > wrote in message
> link.net...
> > Mine is a fine radio for Mil air frqs. Just as sensitive if not better
> > than my BC780. I haven't really tried it much in the civilian aircraft
> band
> > but don't doubt it's capability. What is a "good" price, in your mind?
> >
> > P.S. Don't plan on doing any scanning with it as it is beastly s-l-o-w
at
> > about 2 ch/sec! (roughly) Stops for a few seconds or an instant. No
other
> > choices. And what's up with the USB/LSB on a VHF/UHF radio???
> > I assume you know it's capabilities?
> >
> The inclusion of SSB makes it a fine HF receiver in addition to being
able
> to monitor 2M and 70cM SSB/CW activity. I built a small up converter and
> plugged it into a spare socket internally. Yaesu already has a knock out
for
> a 2nd SO-239 on the rear apron. Then it becomes a 0.5-900 MHz RX
> Dale W4OP
>
>

[Dave Holford]

Jim Hackett wrote:
>
> That would be cool, IF it indeed went down into the H.F. spectrum, which it
> DOESN'T. It only goes down to 60 Mhz...
>

Like Dale said - he built an upconverter.

So did I and it performed quite well on HF, Giving a multi-mode wide
range receiver in a small box, some years before anyone else had a valid
competitor - that's why I ended up with two!


Dave










"Dale Parfitt" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "Jim Hackett" > wrote in message
> > link.net...
> > > Mine is a fine radio for Mil air frqs. Just as sensitive if not better
> > > than my BC780. I haven't really tried it much in the civilian aircraft
> > band
> > > but don't doubt it's capability. What is a "good" price, in your mind?
> > >
> > > P.S. Don't plan on doing any scanning with it as it is beastly s-l-o-w
> at
> > > about 2 ch/sec! (roughly) Stops for a few seconds or an instant. No
> other
> > > choices. And what's up with the USB/LSB on a VHF/UHF radio???
> > > I assume you know it's capabilities?
> > >
> > The inclusion of SSB makes it a fine HF receiver in addition to being
> able
> > to monitor 2M and 70cM SSB/CW activity. I built a small up converter and
> > plugged it into a spare socket internally. Yaesu already has a knock out
> for
> > a 2nd SO-239 on the rear apron. Then it becomes a 0.5-900 MHz RX
> > Dale W4OP
> >
> >

[Jim Hackett]

Yea, sorry. APPARENTLY, I didn't read the whole message before I replied :(
It WOULD be cool if it did go down there. Oh well, I have my VR-500 and
5000 for DC-daylight use.



"Dave Holford" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Jim Hackett wrote:
> >
> > That would be cool, IF it indeed went down into the H.F. spectrum, which
it
> > DOESN'T. It only goes down to 60 Mhz...
> >
>
> Like Dale said - he built an upconverter.
>
> So did I and it performed quite well on HF, Giving a multi-mode wide
> range receiver in a small box, some years before anyone else had a valid
> competitor - that's why I ended up with two!
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Dale Parfitt" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >
> > > "Jim Hackett" > wrote in message
> > > link.net...
> > > > Mine is a fine radio for Mil air frqs. Just as sensitive if not
better
> > > > than my BC780. I haven't really tried it much in the civilian
aircraft
> > > band
> > > > but don't doubt it's capability. What is a "good" price, in your
mind?
> > > >
> > > > P.S. Don't plan on doing any scanning with it as it is beastly
s-l-o-w
> > at
> > > > about 2 ch/sec! (roughly) Stops for a few seconds or an instant. No
> > other
> > > > choices. And what's up with the USB/LSB on a VHF/UHF radio???
> > > > I assume you know it's capabilities?
> > > >
> > > The inclusion of SSB makes it a fine HF receiver in addition to being
> > able
> > > to monitor 2M and 70cM SSB/CW activity. I built a small up converter
and
> > > plugged it into a spare socket internally. Yaesu already has a knock
out
> > for
> > > a 2nd SO-239 on the rear apron. Then it becomes a 0.5-900 MHz RX
> > > Dale W4OP
> > >
> > >

[Kingfish]

What would be a fair price to ask for a nice FRG-9600?
I have one that I don't use any more and should let someone else enjoy
it.

Kingfish
QHTVTRNCJNTJ at spammotel.com

[Jim Hackett]

I recently purchased mine on eBay for $185...



"Kingfish" > wrote in message
...
> What would be a fair price to ask for a nice FRG-9600?
> I have one that I don't use any more and should let someone else enjoy
> it.
>
> Kingfish
> QHTVTRNCJNTJ at spammotel.com

[R8500]

>Subject: Re: Yeasu FRG 9600
>From: Kingfish
>Date: 6/2/2004 4:59 AM Mountain Standard Time
>Message-id: >
>
>What would be a fair price to ask for a nice FRG-9600?
>I have one that I don't use any more and should let someone else enjoy
>it.
>
>Kingfish

$150.00-$200.00 seems to be the going price for an FRG 9600 without the
optional video board. One with the video board installed recently sold for
$250.00 on eBay.

The price of the FRG 9600 has fallen quite a bit in the past few years. I own
two of these receivers and purchased both of them about 4-5 years ago: the
unit with the video board installed cost $375.00, and the unit without the
board cost $250.00.
If you tried to sell an FRG 9600 for those prices nowadays, the reaction you
would get from most scanner buffs is "are you crazy?" The FRG 9600 is fast
becoming obsolete in the age of digital trunked radio signals.

For what it's worth, I use my FRG's mostly for monitoring distant FM broadcast
stations and military aircraft. I find that the receiver has very good to
excellent sensitivity in both frequency ranges. In the VHF/UHF ranges the
sensitivity seems to be about equal to most of my Radio Shack scanners, i.e.
PRO-2006 and PRO-2056. One caveat about the FRG 9600, though: the internal
speaker on some units has a tendency to create feed back inside the metal
cabinet at high volume levels, so an external speaker may be necessary for the
best audio.

73,
David