[Yaesu] FM broadcasts on VX3R

[Ray Brown]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at lcisp.com>



> Just got a brand new VX3R in yesterday, and like the features on it-with one
> disappointing exception: The FM broadcast band reception seems really lousy.
> Has any other VX3R owners noticed this, or did I just get a bad one.  It
> seems to pick up stations much worse than the VX2R does.  One station I
> listen to which is full scale on all other HTs is 1/3 to 1/2 scale on the
> VX3R and will get scratchy if you move it the wrong way (this never happened
> on the 2R, it was full scale).  Other stations aren't picked up at all.

  I don't have this radio, but it sounds like it might possibly be a problem with the
RX mode selection. You sure it reads W-FM ? My VX-5R sounds terrible in
the broadcast FM band if it's not in W-FM mode. :-)

  Just trying to help... otherwise, it might be like the FT-50, which will also
receive wide FM but it sounds lousy because it won't switch out of narrow
FM mode.  Good luck!

                _Ray_        KBØSTN