yaesu 1500

[n0cki]

I just purchased a Yaesu 1500 2 meter mobil. For the most part I like it. You can program the radio with the mike. I have no problem seeing the display in the car. The only thing I dont like is the squelch setting is done from the menu and not a dial.

[n5mj]

I too recently puchased and installed a FT-1500 into my vintage 1963 Ford Ranchero. #Quite a contrast.

Plus: #lots of features for the money: $135 drop shipped to my door from HRO. #PL encode/decode, direct freq entry from the mic, wide receiver (boy is it!http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif... #50W, it's small, cool blue display, and good TX audio reports. #If it gets ripped off, well... I'll probably cry more over the broken 40 year old window!

Minus: #receiver is not terrible immune to overload from paging transmitter trash, and the internal speaker is not quite adequate for a noisy environment. #But then again, for the money, I'm not going to complain.

Bottom line: #If you can stand not having a squelch knob, and can tolerate the Yaesu "menu" scheme, it's a heck of a buy!

[K4MLM]

I am also pleased with the 1500,for the money it is a great buy. Only time will tell if it will hold up. I have had mine since Dec. 2001 ,and my speaker has stoped working, But i pluged up a external speaker and it works o.k. now. I would buy another one ,if i need a 2 meter in the future :

[KD5KUF]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (n0cki @ April 06 2002,21:07)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I just purchased a Yaesu 1500 2 meter mobil. For the most part I like it. You can program the radio with the mike. I have no problem seeing the display in the car. The only thing I dont like is the squelch setting is done from the menu and not a dial.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
I use mine for base operation and the menu driven dual activation squelch is one of the things I like most about it. Set the &quot;sql&quot; to just kill the noise, then set the &quot;rf sql&quot; to about 1, this lets any copiable signal through and the ones that are there but down in the noise light the busy light so I know the frequency is in use but if I switch to low power I won't bother them. If I want to try to listen to a weak signal, I push the P1 button to overide both squelches. I wish every 2m rig I own had this. I hate on my IC2100h that I must crank up the squelch to get rid of an uncopiable repeater that locks the scan, and then must crank it back down to hear weak simplex calls. My next rig in the car will be an FT1500M for sure.

[w8ob]

I have had one in my mobile since last feburary. The receiver is plenty
hot, in fact too hot at times. The biggest complaints I have with the
rig is the display is very hard to read at certain angles, when in the memory
mode and you change deviation and power output levels as soon as you
change a memory channel the settings revert back to the default levils
(this might be a op error on this end) The nice thing about this rig is
the mounting bracket, I have mine attached to one of the few metal braces
on the lower dash and with the allen head screws the chances of someone
ripping off this rig without a lot of work is nil. For the price its well more
than expected. I would buy another one in a minute

[KB9YFI]

Not having a squelch knob is a pain but this radio has one of the easiest of the menu-driven squelches to run from the mic. #There is an undocumented feature here so PAY ATTENTION. #You will love this http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif #Hit &quot;Star&quot; on the DTMF pad. #&quot;Squelch&quot; will pop up on the display. #Hit the &quot;up&quot; or &quot;down&quot; buttons on the mic to adjust squelch. #Hit &quot;Star&quot; or the PTT and you are back in operation. #It's that easy!

[kc0msm]

I have had an FT-1500 in my car for about a month now, and I consistently get good signal and audio quality reports. Be prepared to use an external speaker if you are using it mobile. Since I travel a lot, I especially like being able to program the &quot;skip&quot; function into a button on the mike, since I make a lot of changes on the go. For the price this seems like a very good buy.

[WB6FTI]

I bought my FT-1500m last month based on the comments in this section. I'm very pleased!
73s ... &quot;Gene&quot; AC7UL

[k1wcc]

This is an excellent mobile 2 meter rig. I have owned mine for about 2 years and use it in my S-10 without any problems. My commute is a long one so the rig is used every day, often at 50 watts. I do recommend an external speaker. The mounting scheme is a nice feature.
This has been a very reliable radio, no problems encountered. I love the &quot;instant weather&quot; feature. It does get warm while in operation.

The only thing I do not like about it is the menu. As far as I can tell, there is no way to delete a channel once it's programmed-you can hide it but not delete it. It's a little cumbersome to program as well.

Otherwise, it's a great little rig for home or vehicle.

Henry #
K1WCC

[KG4RUL]

I have had my 1500 for a little over 3 months. An excellent performer in all respects. It is currently my mobile using an on-glass dual band antenna. About the only time I use the 50watt output is for simplex operation. All the local repeaters are reachable a 25watt and most at less power. While I have seen some negative comments posted regarding audio quality, I have never had anything but an excellent signal report.

Dennis http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[n8qnp]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KB9YFI @ May 23 2002,18:16)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Not having a squelch knob is a pain but this radio has one of the easiest of the menu-driven squelches to run from the mic. #There is an undocumented feature here so PAY ATTENTION. #You will love this http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif #Hit &quot;Star&quot; on the DTMF pad. #&quot;Squelch&quot; will pop up on the display. #Hit the &quot;up&quot; or &quot;down&quot; buttons on the mic to adjust squelch. #Hit &quot;Star&quot; or the PTT and you are back in operation. #It's that easy![/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
After reading this post about the shortcut to the squelch setting, I decided to hit the # button to see what it would do. It brought up the function to set your radio to &quot;simplex&quot;, offset &quot;plus&quot;, or offset &quot;minus&quot;. As with the * function, hit the &quot;up&quot; or &quot;down&quot; buttons to pick the offset. Hit the # button again to go back to your normal display. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

I purchased my first 1500 at Hamvention last year for my 1980 Toyota Tercel. Yesterday I got another one for my 1988 Chrysler Lebaron. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[KC0NDR]

The only way to delete the frequencies you don't want is to reprogram the radio by buying the $40 programing cable and program. Then buy a laptop computer to take out to your car or, buy a power supply to bring radio to your computer.

Roger
KC0NDR http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[kc0fde]

Does anyone know if the ft-1500 has cross band repeat? I have also heard that once you add a freq to memory that memory cant be deleted but only saved over.... Also I heard that the 1500 has no reset feature is all of this true? Thanks.

[KG4RUL]

An FT-1500 is a mono-band transceiver. Doing a cross-band repeat would really be some trick!

BTW: on my rig, the * button adjusts squelch. I think that if it doesn't work that way on other rigs, it may have been reassigned.

Dennis - KG4RUL

[kc0fde]

I believe you misunderstood my question about crossband repeat.... let me rephrase my question so you might understand it better. Can the 1500 recieve a 2 meter transmission coming to it and retransmit it on another 2 meter freq? Iam thinking the answer is no but any replys are welcome. Thanks.

[KG4RUL]

What you are describing is a normal repeater. #No 2M mobile rigs that I am aware of have completely indepedent transmit/receive capability and separate antenna jacks. #These would be required along with a controller and an expensive duplexer to do what you want to do. #Also, the transmitter would have to be capable of operating on a 100% duty cycle.

However, you could create a simplex repeater. #What a simplex repeater does is monitor the receiver and when the squelch is opened, starts to record the incoming signal for up to 60 seconds or until the squelch closes again (whichever comes first). #It then keys up the transmitter and sends the recorded signal out. #If you programmed an offset into the transmit frequency, you would be receiving on one frequency and transmitting on another, though not in real-time.

Dennis - KG4RUL #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[KD5TTZ]

I just purchased an FT-1500M from AES. I really like it I put it me 97 B2300(Mazda).
Im wondering if anyone is experiencing engine noise on the receive end? What can be done about this? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif