Yaesu 270R radio

[Trackdog]

Does anyone  have this radio I been trying to set it up to just scan inthe railroad band

can`t seem to get it to do that anyone have any suggestion.

Thanks Rick

[nanosphoto]

You have to set up the frequencies manually in the memory. It's not as straightforward as a scanner, so you really have to read the manual to get it right (VFO vs Memory, for one). But if you look at the Memory Mode section in the manual - specifically pages 29-30 for the basics, 31 if you want text labels on each frequency (I do that to keep 'em straight in my head) to set up the memories. Then look at the Scanning section, specifically the Memory Scanning on page 38. You've got a great radio, and once it's set up, you'll be amazed at the sensitivity of it. -Tom

[Bruce Kelly]

Very mixed reviews at eham.net. If you don't expect you'll be dropping it into a river, they give suggestions on how to remove the waterproofing membrane from over the mic and speaker for better performance. Tom's right about the sensitivity; a good transceiver will pull in distant chatter better than most scanners. Very limited frequency range, though. If you only plan to monitor railroads and other stuff in that segment of the VHF high band, you'll be fine.

[samfp1943]

Tom;

    I do not know much about the Yeasu Radio--Last one I saw was in RVN ( up on Monkey Mtn in 1967).

But WELCOME to this FORUM.

    Judging by your signature note  about photography. You'll see some pretty good photos displayed here and as well as the Magazine's staff with their bi-weekly Photo Feature; not to mention your future contributions!  

  SOOOO!

 

[nanosphoto]

samfp1943

Tom;

    I do not know much about the Yeasu Radio--Last one I saw was in RVN ( up on Monkey Mtn in 1967).

But WELCOME to this FORUM.

    Judging by your signature note  about photography. You'll see some pretty good photos displayed here and as well as the Magazine's staff with their bi-weekly Photo Feature; not to mention your future contributions!  

  SOOOO!

 

Thanks for the warm welcome Sam!
I've popped in from time to time perusing the forums (agreed that there is some nice photography here), but never participated. Now that I'm one of the guys on the Trackside panel, I figured it was time to sign up...

As for the radio, I don't transmit on it myself, so the membrane over the mic doesn't bother me - I strictly use it as a scanner. And as a scanner, it blows away any scanner I've ever used in terms of range, unwanted signal rejection (pagers, crosstalk, etc.), etc. Around here in southeastern Connecticut, I can usually pick up the head end radio at about 12-15 miles, and a handheld at about 5-7 miles. The downside is that it is for a narrow band of frequencies, so I can't monitor for a marker "chirp" like I can on a regular scanner. But that's one disadvantage I'd accept...

-Tom

[Trackdog]

Thanks for the help

[Trackdog]

Tom

question for you since you have one of these radios how doou make it scan in memeroy

I have loaded all the frenquencies into the radio.It would`t scann..have them loaded into bank one

any sugestion?

[nanosphoto]

Ahhh, yeah ,there's a typo in the printed manual for the Memory Bank Scan. On Page 40 of the manual, in step 5, to initiate scanning after you've set the banks you want to scan, you press and hold the [6(A/N)] key, and not what it says in the printed manual. I've been frustrated by that for a while, and finally found the answer on the FT-270R Yahoo Group...

-Tom