I had once let an unused VX-5 set until the battery totally self
discharged and the thing got so corrupted that it wouldn't even start.
Had to do a full battery condition cycle plus charge on the MAHA,
reset the radio, then reload the memory data from a saved file.
I was lucky that the file loaded in my case and saved a lot of finger
fumbling on that tiny keypad. I would get the software for the TH-F6 and
try to organize it if I used it more often.
HT's have some very annoying programming steps on a lot of them, due to
Uniden and GRE wanting royalties on practically everything having to do
with scanners. I have a Yaesu VX-170 right now, great train radio, and I
don't have much programmed in it, just a few repeaters and railband
stuff. My VX-5 annoyed the hell out of me, and I put it on Ebay. I don't
like the audio on it much, but the intermod it got almost everywhere in
town just made it useless, along with the lockups it had, so off it
went. Best HT I ever had was the Icom 24AT I had for like 15 years.
Amazing railband and UHF reception, but lousy audio. The VX-170 is
almost as good on railband, and the audio is 10X as good as the Icom
was.
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BDK..
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Non Jew Jew Club founding member.
Former number one Kook Magnet, title passed to Iarnrod.
