Yaesu: Yaesu VX-6 question
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I don't think Vhf low band reception is available in the Vx6 that I remember. 144-148, 222-225 and 430-450mhz. were the bands on that if I remember correctly.
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Specs say receive range is 0.500-999.000 MHz. I would bet your antenna isn't suited for lowband.
I don't have one, but it's advertised as having wide-band receive, and 30-76 MHz is one of the listed bands.
I'm sure the antenna isn't optimal for low-band though.
I'm using the same antenna as all my other radios. Everything else works fine, just not CHP low band. I just thought there might be something stupid I'm overlooking.
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What model antenna are you using?
Does the VX-6 tune to a very wide bandwidth, including VHF-Low Band? Yes.
If it suitable receiver for all bands received? No.
It is best suited for 144-148 MHz and 70 cm TX/RX and everything else falls away from there, in most uses. It does 1.25 meters, but not well. It is so lacking at that band, I bought a TH-D75 to cover that band,
If it suitable receiver for all bands received? No.
It is best suited for 144-148 MHz and 70 cm TX/RX and everything else falls away from there, in most uses. It does 1.25 meters, but not well. It is so lacking at that band, I bought a TH-D75 to cover that band,
CHP whip mounted on the roof and a Diamond disco. All of my other scanners have no problem with the frequencies, I can get CHP 100 miles in every direction but can't get it on the VX-6, 2 miles away. I can get every band except 30-50 or whatever it's claiming.
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Well that does sound odd. Right mode and bandwidth set?
There is absolutely nothing coming out of that bandwidth, not a peep and I have three radios right next to it on the same channel with rubber duckies while the Yaesu is using the roof antennas. Yaesu helpful tech I called,....... "just because it says it'll receive that band doesn't mean it will". I guess I'll return it. It was part of the reason I bought it. I just wanted one call radio to carry and the sales guys were telling me it would do it all. Nice radio, just not for me.
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I have a VX-6 and have two CHP freqs programmed in:
-Capistrano Green 1 Base 39.360
-Capistrano Green 1 Mobile 42.240
I don’t really listen to CHP but I am positive I have picked up traffic on 39.360 from the car, even with the stock rubber duck, granted VHF low on a rubber duck is pretty weak in the car. My VX-6 is stock (no MARS mod) and a fairly new unit purchased in the last year.
-Capistrano Green 1 Base 39.360
-Capistrano Green 1 Mobile 42.240
I don’t really listen to CHP but I am positive I have picked up traffic on 39.360 from the car, even with the stock rubber duck, granted VHF low on a rubber duck is pretty weak in the car. My VX-6 is stock (no MARS mod) and a fairly new unit purchased in the last year.
The fine print in the Yaesu VX-6 brochure:
It comes in even better when you put in the correct receive mode
, I didn't notice when I was scanning it would revert to AM instead of staying on NFM. I guess "auto" is default mode in each band. Really helps to read the manual. I reprogrammed the frequencies and saved in NFM and all is well.
, I didn't notice when I was scanning it would revert to AM instead of staying on NFM. I guess "auto" is default mode in each band. Really helps to read the manual. I reprogrammed the frequencies and saved in NFM and all is well.Another thing I found was I turned on attenuation and it cleaned up the signal 1000%. I guess with the roof antenna it was too much for it so now I just have to remember attenuation on for outside antennas and off for rubber duck.
