VX-3R sounds perfect!
Nice and small with the right features.
I'll chase one down ...
Thanks - David KD4E
I've been using a Yaesu VX3-R with good results.
For the past few days I've been out on my bike with it finding bad
poles. I hang the radio from my neck with a neck strap, and listen with
a cheap lightweight set of over the ear headphones. With the rubber duck
antenna I switch between 2M and 432 (AM). On two meters I can hear an
average noise several poles away; on 432 the range is pretty much one pole.
I also carry along a 5L 432 WA5VJB Cheap Yagi built with a PVC boom,
about 24" long. I strap this to the pack on the back of the bike, so
when I find a noise I can stop and switch to the yagi to confirm a bad
pole by pointing the yagi. On lightly traveled roads I may also leave
the yagi hooked up, and either rest it across the handlebars or hold it
pointing down the road as I ride.
The VX3-R also has the HF bands (and 6M) with AM, so I can confirm the
presence of noise at HF. With either antenna the radio is pretty deaf on
HF, but today I found (I think) a pole about two miles from my house
that had been clobbering 20M (and other HF bands). (Possibly a bad
capacitor bank on the pole). The presence of serious HF noise gives me
confidence that this is the source I've been looking for.
Tomorrow the CEI line noise guy is due out. I hope he confirms what I
found and arranges a prompt fix.
73 - Jim K8MR
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