Difference between revisions of "Yaesu VR-500"

Revision as of 20:14, 1 May 2007

Yaesu/Vertex VR-500 courtesy Rigpix

This page is devoted to the Yaesu/Vertex VR-500 handheld.

You can enable two additional SET menu features:

33: User Port - unknown use
34: Narrow AM - enables or disables the narrow AM filter, which helps reduce adjacent HF signals

To enable these SET menu items, follow this procedure:

Power off the VR-500.
Press the 0, 3, 5, and 9 keys simultaneously, and then power on the VR-500 while still holding those keys.

When Narrow AM is enabled, you'll see NAM on the display when switching to AM mode.

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 * [http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/media/productreviews/receivers/vr500.html Radio Netherlands Review]
 * [http://www.strongsignals.net/access/reviews/reviews.cgi?type=display&rtype=rev&class=recv&num=031 Strong Signals Review]
+==Undocumented Features==
+You can enable two additional SET menu features:
+*'''33: User Port''' - unknown use
+*'''34: Narrow AM''' - enables or disables the narrow AM filter, which helps reduce adjacent HF signals
+To enable these SET menu items, follow this procedure:
+#Power off the VR-500.
+#Press the 0, 3, 5, and 9 keys simultaneously, and then power on the VR-500 while still holding those keys.
+When Narrow AM is enabled, you'll see '''NAM''' on the display when switching to AM mode.
 ==Related Pages==
 * [http://home.comcast.net/~sllewd/store.html VX-1R VX-5R VX-150 Specialty Store]
 ==Software Support==
 * [http://www.rtsars.com/yaesu_template.cfm?cfid=4252257&cftoken=86747549 RT Systems Yahoo page]
 * [http://parnass.com/tk500/ tk500]
 ==Yahoo Group(s)==
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 * [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YaesuVR-500/ VR-500 Yahoo group]
 * [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yaesumicrohts/ Yaesu Micro HTs]
 ==eBay Listings==