Yea, sorry. APPARENTLY, I didn't read the whole message before I replied
It WOULD be cool if it did go down there. Oh well, I have my VR-500 and
5000 for DC-daylight use.



"Dave Holford" wrote in message
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Jim Hackett wrote:

That would be cool, IF it indeed went down into the H.F. spectrum, which
it
DOESN'T. It only goes down to 60 Mhz...


Like Dale said - he built an upconverter.

So did I and it performed quite well on HF, Giving a multi-mode wide
range receiver in a small box, some years before anyone else had a valid
competitor - that's why I ended up with two!


Dave










"Dale Parfitt" wrote in message
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"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
link.net...
Mine is a fine radio for Mil air frqs. Just as sensitive if not
better
than my BC780. I haven't really tried it much in the civilian
aircraft
band
but don't doubt it's capability. What is a "good" price, in your
mind?

P.S. Don't plan on doing any scanning with it as it is beastly
s-l-o-w
at
about 2 ch/sec! (roughly) Stops for a few seconds or an instant. No
other
choices. And what's up with the USB/LSB on a VHF/UHF radio???
I assume you know it's capabilities?

The inclusion of SSB makes it a fine HF receiver in addition to being
able
to monitor 2M and 70cM SSB/CW activity. I built a small up converter
and
plugged it into a spare socket internally. Yaesu already has a knock
out
for
a 2nd SO-239 on the rear apron. Then it becomes a 0.5-900 MHz RX
Dale W4OP