Hi everyone. Resurrecting a bit of an ancient thread here. Just picked up a Yupiteru 7500. Total beginner to radio, but really enjoying learning about the topic.
I'm having a hard time getting much in the way of signals when using the "search" mode. When I am in Japan (esp. at the airport), I can get quite a few active channels when using the "scan" mode, presumably because the scanner knows which freqeuencies to listen to. But when I try using the VFO mode (basically the same as "search", right?), I get basically no results. When I was in the US, I went to places I *knew* should be pretty hot with radio signals, and still have very limited luck. Nothing on the freeways, even when I tuned the scanner to the exact frequency that I looked up online for the CB channel. When I was at PDX airport, I was finally able to get some kind of baggage handling frequency. But what I *really* want is to listen in on pilots/ATC, CB radio transmissions, etc.
I am wondering about what the "descrambling" that was referred to earlier in this post was referring to, and if it is a problem, how to do I turn it off?
I'm also curious if the stock antenna is limiting my reception. Its a flexible 'whip' that is about 8" long.
Any suggestions? I've looked through the manual for the MVT-7100 (translated to English) and I don't see any glaring mistakes that I'm making.
I'm thinking about pursuing this 'radio thing' a bit more--perhaps my HAM radio license might be worth looking into--obviously you folks enjoy this stuff! I love the idea of listening in on the world around me.