Yaesu VX-1
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I will be taking my Foundation Licence exam next week. I want a small hand held rig to start with which covers the 70cms and 2 metre bands. Has anyone any comments on a Yaesu VX-1. Has anyone got some ideas for other suitable rigs. |
The VX-1 is ok, BUT the VX-2 is much better!
One thing is to get another antenna, I have several different types, from a 3" rubber dual bander to one that is very flexible at 19". TheVX-2 is nice that it can also recieve the AM/FM broadcast bands, and has more than enough memory for you to store your favorite frequencies. Bob N9LVU gascoyne wrote: Hi I will be taking my Foundation Licence exam next week. I want a small hand held rig to start with which covers the 70cms and 2 metre bands. Has anyone any comments on a Yaesu VX-1. Has anyone got some ideas for other suitable rigs. |
Do yourself a favor: buy the VX-2
"gascoyne" wrote in message ... Hi I will be taking my Foundation Licence exam next week. I want a small hand held rig to start with which covers the 70cms and 2 metre bands. Has anyone any comments on a Yaesu VX-1. Has anyone got some ideas for other suitable rigs. |
"gascoyne" wrote in message
... Has anyone any comments on a Yaesu VX-1. These are the problems I had with my VX-1: Bad battery contact (lid of battery compartment) causes the VX-1 to occasionally switch itself off. In one of these incidents all parameters settings (S meter and squelch levels) went haywire and I had to reprogram them all. Bob stated the VX-1 would not receive AM/FM broadcast. Mine definitely does! There is free software around which makes it easy to fill the VX-1 memories via the PC. I still like my VX-1 because of its small size. Its power of 0.5W is sufficient for my purposes. 73, Markus HB9BRJ / AE6MG |
Markus L wrote: "gascoyne" wrote in message ... Has anyone any comments on a Yaesu VX-1. These are the problems I had with my VX-1: Bad battery contact (lid of battery compartment) causes the VX-1 to occasionally switch itself off. In one of these incidents all parameters settings (S meter and squelch levels) went haywire and I had to reprogram them all. Bob stated the VX-1 would not receive AM/FM broadcast. Mine definitely does! There is free software around which makes it easy to fill the VX-1 memories via the PC. I still like my VX-1 because of its small size. Its power of 0.5W is sufficient for my purposes. 73, Markus HB9BRJ / AE6MG Heh, where did I say that the VX-1 does NOT recieve AM/FM broadcast band??? You're putting words in my mouth. Also with the VX-2, you can purchase battery packs, and chargers for much less than you would have to pay Yeasu.... Look on Ebay... Bob N9LVU |
I was also told the battery for VX-1 is not longer available and is
different from VX-2 MO "Robert Kubichek" wrote in message ... Markus L wrote: "gascoyne" wrote in message ... Has anyone any comments on a Yaesu VX-1. These are the problems I had with my VX-1: Bad battery contact (lid of battery compartment) causes the VX-1 to occasionally switch itself off. In one of these incidents all parameters settings (S meter and squelch levels) went haywire and I had to reprogram them all. Bob stated the VX-1 would not receive AM/FM broadcast. Mine definitely does! There is free software around which makes it easy to fill the VX-1 memories via the PC. I still like my VX-1 because of its small size. Its power of 0.5W is sufficient for my purposes. 73, Markus HB9BRJ / AE6MG Heh, where did I say that the VX-1 does NOT recieve AM/FM broadcast band??? You're putting words in my mouth. Also with the VX-2, you can purchase battery packs, and chargers for much less than you would have to pay Yeasu.... Look on Ebay... Bob N9LVU |
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