Yaesu VR-5000

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Yaesu/Vertex/Standard VR-5000 courtesy Rigpix

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 Page
• Strong Signals First Impressions

Software Support

• Frequency Manager
• FTBCat
• FTBVR5K
• TRX Manager

Yahoo Group(s)

• FTBasic Yahoo group
• Strong Signals Yaesu Message board
• VR-5000 Yahoo group
• A software package called VR-5000 Tool is available from this group