Hello,
I am now an owner of a brand new Icom R1500 receiver. This is, and will be, a steep learning curve for me but I'm looking forward to the challenge. It just arrived here yesterday, and I have it up and running doing some basic direct entrys of frequencies, testing out the multi monitor screen (This is a nice feature!), and some searching. I am reading the manual, trying to find some answers to stuff, but I'd like to post a question or two here.
1- While searching, say VHF-Hi, or any range, is there a way to set it to decode the PL/DPL of the frequency it is receiving? I know a frequency can have the PL/DPL decoded if I'm holding on it, but can it be set to decode on the fly?
2- Also during a search, when a paging frequency or other annoying (digital) frequency is received, is there a way to just lock it out? I don't see a lockout button on the display screen.
3- Is/are there any Yahoo groups for this receiver? I will search this but if anyone knows of one off the top of their head it's appreciated.
4- Would I need to do a firmware upgrade on this, since it's brand new? Unsure when the latest update was made available.
I've been in the scanning hobby for about 4 or 5 years now, and have good knowledge of the better scanners out there (owned both Uniden and RS/GRE digitals) but made the move to this receiver for my main love of this hobby, DX'ing. This is one incredible box!
Thanks for any information!
I am now an owner of a brand new Icom R1500 receiver. This is, and will be, a steep learning curve for me but I'm looking forward to the challenge. It just arrived here yesterday, and I have it up and running doing some basic direct entrys of frequencies, testing out the multi monitor screen (This is a nice feature!), and some searching. I am reading the manual, trying to find some answers to stuff, but I'd like to post a question or two here.
1- While searching, say VHF-Hi, or any range, is there a way to set it to decode the PL/DPL of the frequency it is receiving? I know a frequency can have the PL/DPL decoded if I'm holding on it, but can it be set to decode on the fly?
2- Also during a search, when a paging frequency or other annoying (digital) frequency is received, is there a way to just lock it out? I don't see a lockout button on the display screen.
3- Is/are there any Yahoo groups for this receiver? I will search this but if anyone knows of one off the top of their head it's appreciated.
4- Would I need to do a firmware upgrade on this, since it's brand new? Unsure when the latest update was made available.
I've been in the scanning hobby for about 4 or 5 years now, and have good knowledge of the better scanners out there (owned both Uniden and RS/GRE digitals) but made the move to this receiver for my main love of this hobby, DX'ing. This is one incredible box!
Thanks for any information!
