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Thanks a lot Moleculo. I did find this out about an hour after i posted it. My VX-8R sounded a bit noisy and very loud to CP200 Motorola walkies i was communicating with. It worked out though, as i had nearly no preparation time. thanks again.

Sorry if this was asked before. I can't find HH radios forum section... Is there ANY way possible to set Motorola DPL codes into VX-8R or DR units? thanks in advance. KC2WIC

Thanks Moleculo, I got confirmation from Yaesu also that 2181.25KHz is the closest i will get to 2182 with VX-8R. However they believe i should be able to listen to hear 2182KHz as it is close enough. They also confirmed 5W transmition with lithium ion rechargeable battery. If anyone has...

I see what you mean. You can however get closer if you use 6.25 increment. It gets you to 2181.25khz. I used it plenty of times where 5KHz was not landing on frequency i needed to tune to.

Hi Tim, If you go to menu 96 STEP FREQUENCY, You can manually set it to these options steps: 100, 50, 25, 20, 15, 12.5, 10, 6.25, 5 KHz or Auto. Yours likely set to auto. none of these will let you type 002185KHz unfortunately. Hopefully someone will post why that is. thanks for posting...

Not sure what you mean by channel width. Is this a menu setting? As i said, i tried all available options from frequency step menu. do you have similar radio? Can you dial in 002.182 ? Which step freq. choice do you have set? Yes, I am very aware of Tx range of these radios. I did extend my...

Hello, I have few questions i hope experts and experienced HAMs will be able to help me with regarding VX-8R in particular. I am located in Queens NY. KC2WIC 1. I own two VX-8Rs and for 4 years now have never been able to receive any good signal on 6m (50-54MHz)with either of the two...

greetings, I can't seem to be able to enter 2182Khz on my VX-8R. I tried different frequency steps, and closest i got is 2181.25khz I am hoping to be able to listen on this marine emergency frequency. thanks in advance

I agree with above statement! It's a good comparison ( car vs helicopter) My day job also involves advanced technologies (super high speed-high resolution cameras) most of which are still in developmental stages. L6E, You must be the unluckiest VX-8R owner in the world. I personally got...

i have it too, and i LOVE IT!! I admit i tried to get it for free, and build my cable,- its just i'm that type :-) I decided to go "legal" and fair, as it is something i wanna use seriously. anyhow. great software. I'm very thankful to creators!

had a moment today to try both radios set to ear phone as FM antenna. Obviously, when earphones are unplugged while in this setting, radio switches automatically to external antenna (rubber duck) Listening to 97.8FM station on cheap old iPod white Ear-buds gives it full signal (9), while with...

interesting indeed. I have two VX-8Rs but i tested only on one. I will try to do more tests on both units as soon as i get chance, useing iphone earbuds, Shure E5 earbuds, and Sony MDR7506 headphones. I'll post results here. cheers

I found that ipod standard ear buds fit this jack perfectly. Other than general bad sound that comes out of those, it works fine. Most apple product fans who own or owned ipods/iphones have at least one old set sitting at home. I happened to have my wife's set so I use them and i might even...

Did exactly as you mentioned, and got the new list of amateur sats!! including ECHO AO-51.Thanks! Wish i had more time to get into it. I got VX-8R and lots of plans, but little chance lately. Good thing is, and I am very happy about this fact, that this device is very capable and isn't gonna be...

Hey, thats great. Thanks for suggestion. I only looked it a bit last night. I will try loading TLE when i get home after work (if my 4 month old son lets me :-) btw. I also got to check prediction for ISS over NY, and there was no passes predicted as far as December 2011 which i set as...

Which program do you guys use to track/predict satellite over passes. I just downloaded Orbitron, but I don't see AO-51 on the list. Would you suggest any better program available for free download. thanks in advance.

Thanks. I take its 1-3/4" thick with heat sink. 1-3/8" as stated on one web page would make sence to be without heat sink then. thanks a lot for quick response. I'm planning place for it in my car, so every centimeter counts. cheers

I am trying desperately to find true dimensions of this little amp. All i see on one page is 5"x1-3/8"x 5" but I don't know if this includes heat sink or not. Can someone who has one please post true dims. P.S. as in my other thread, I am still looking if anyone can suggest equivalent or...

back to Radio world after a while... I don't plan on using car rig often, so i don't need mobile radio such as FT7800. I love having wide band Rx option, and none of mobile units do this, so using my VX-8R in combination with small AMP when i need to boost my transmission makes perfect...

I tried this also, and it didn't reboot as described. I have US model too. I did have resistor already removed for other extended Tx modification which worked fine. and also, the list of extended TX range doesn't make much sense. 120-173.995 MHz, 220-221.995 MHz, 400-469.995 MHz, 300-576...