Problems with Yaesu FT-1802 receive

[scanmanmi]

I bought two Yaesu FT-1802 rigs at a hamfest and both have the same problem. Both receivers are no where as good as my scanner. I can pick up 5 weather stations with my scanner and these units can barely pick up 1. Same antenna. All repeaters are very weak. It seems like there's some kind of attenuation but I can't find anything in the manual.

 

[scanmanmi]

Putting it in Narrow mode cured them and they work great. The one I was using has a problem where it reverts back to wide mode and I didn't notice.

 

[mmckenna]

WX channels are wide band, so is most ham stuff. It should have worked just fine in wide mode. The fact that it is working better in narrow suggests that someone may have monkeyed around with the internal adjustments.

If you put the radio in wide mode, and connect it to a known good antenna that can pick up a certain number of NOAA weather channels, then the Yaesu should work just as well, if not a bit better.

On the other hand, if you got it to work correctly and are happy with it, ignore the above and let it be.