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- From: wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew)
- Subject: Re: Yaesu FT-530 and Intermod
- Message-ID: <1993Jan03.234926.5198@uhura.neoucom.edu>
- Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
- References: <uTDswB1w165w@dreaml.wariat.org>
- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 23:49:26 GMT
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- Ditto! My buddy bought an FT-530 a couple of weeks ago. I
- borrowed it for a while to try it out. Loads of pager intermod on
- the 70 cm section. It was unbearable when I plugged the HT into
- the Diamond SG-5200NMO dual band antenna on my car. The 530 is
- sensative enough on receive that the puny little antenna that comes
- with the rig does a pretty decent job, avoiding intermod --
- however, you can hear OK, but if you expect anybody else to hear
- you, then you really have to use a better antenna than what comes
- with the unit. The Larsen 2m/70cm shortie (forget the model number
- at the moment) makes a nice transmit antenna, but makes the 530
- much more susceptible to intermod on receive.
-
- Looks to me like the intermod problem is in the IF strip somewhere,
- as the intermod is uniform all the way from 430-450 MHz.
-
- The 530 is a really nice little rig with good styling, easy
- controls, wonderful display/keyboard illumination and nifty
- optional remote mic. I was wondering if the 530 I got a chance to
- use had a problem to itself, but it looks from the posting that the
- problem is general to the model. I think I'll hang on to my Icom
- 24AT for now.
-
- Happy new year,
- Bill
-
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