Yaesu VR-5000

This page is devoted to the Yaesu VR-5000, which was jointly developed with Standard of Japan. This wide band receiver was marred in its first releases by buggy firmware, poor RF performance above 800 MHz and insufficient internal shielding. Later revisions addressed some of these issues. Consequently, this receiver is not as popular as it could have been, and never achieved its true potential.

Reviews

• eHam.net: Review 1 Review 2
• Review on Dave's Radio Receiver Page (N9EWO)

Software Support

• Ergo
  • ERGO3 Software review by Bob Parnass AJ9S - MT 1998
• Frequency Manager
• FTBCat
• FTBVR5K
• MacLoggerDX
• SysLabs RadioControl
• TRX Manager
  • EHam comments on TRX-Manager 1
  • EHam Comments on TRX-Manager 2
• VR-5000 Signal Capture and Analysis

Yahoo Groups and Message Boards

• FTBasic Yahoo group
• TRX-Manager Yahoo Group
• VR-5000 Yahoo group
  • A software package called VR-5000 Tool is available from this group
• Support for MacLoggerDX can be found here and here

eBay Listings

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