Any comments about this radio?? Is it a good reciever on all the bands
that it supports??

I owned one of these a couple of years ago, but due to my financial
situation at the time, I had to sell it. Wish I hadn't. It is a very
good little radio and boy do I miss it. Performs quite well on all
bands, in my opinion. But for shortwave, you have to hold it in your
hand for it to receive adequately. I guess the human body acts as a
ground.
I can't say whether or not it would suit your needs. Just depends on
what you're looking for. I was happy with mine. I can't think of a
single negative thing about it.
Doug
Stephen Drummonds wrote:
Any comments about this radio?? Is it a good reciever on all the bands
that it supports??

I love mine and agree with you with (1) exception:
The audio is VERY weak...




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I owned one of these a couple of years ago, but due to my financial
situation at the time, I had to sell it. Wish I hadn't. It is a very
good little radio and boy do I miss it. Performs quite well on all
bands, in my opinion. But for shortwave, you have to hold it in your
hand for it to receive adequately. I guess the human body acts as a
ground.
I can't say whether or not it would suit your needs. Just depends on
what you're looking for. I was happy with mine. I can't think of a
single negative thing about it.
Doug
Stephen Drummonds wrote:
Any comments about this radio?? Is it a good reciever on all the bands
that it supports??

It's a very good receiver. Even strong SSB-signals sounds very good.

I often listen vhf-air comm. In that area of the freq. spectrum the
audio is terribly weak.

Roald

I like it a lot.
Two things to be aware of.
Don't lose the manual. Lots of things are non-intuitive.
It draws current even when 'off'. Batteries will be dead when you come
back to it after a few weeks of inactivity.

Just curious...

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:50:27 +0100, Roald wrote:

It's a very good receiver. Even strong SSB-signals sounds very good.

I often listen vhf-air comm. In that area of the freq. spectrum the
audio is terribly weak.

Roald

I had a brand new VR-5000 receiver for a short while. I returned it
because it did not seem to do very well in the aircraft (just above
the FM band) and SW frequencies. It seemed to do fine in the upper
VHF areas, but a trunking scanner seemed more useable for me
in that frequency range. I really liked the idea of a really
wide frequency coverage in one receiver such as the VR-5000,
but in practice, it left a lot to be desired. Reviews I
read of that receiver seemed to agree with my assessment.

Is the VR-500 different in that respect? If so, I would
seriously consider getting one of those instead.

Thanks,

Tony B