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KL3NP
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 2, 2008 15:11
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Great HT
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have three of these VX-170's. I also have four of the VX-150 predecessors. (4 Hams in my family) They are rugged and user friendly. I bought a Yaesu desk mounted charger off ebay made for the VX-150 that I modified by cutting out the two front vertical plastic bosses so that the 170 will drop right in (its tight) and now my battery will charge either attached to the radio or battery alone. This one charge will do my 150's, and my 170's now. Since I have several extra batteries, I always have one or two hot and ready to go. The belt clip is junk. I modded all of mine so the clip is solidly attached to the back of the radio, getting rid of the swivel system. Works great. Not needing or caring about water submersibility, I split the cases on each of mine and removed the white mic membrane cover, so now each of my units modulate 100% better. Any of you with soft voices may want to consider this modification. It makes a HUGE difference in your transmit quality.
The only thing I wish Yaesu would do to the radio is make the WIRES function a menu item able to turn off or on. It is far to easy to bump the "0" button and turn it on. I would like to disable it permanently.
Other than that, built like a brick, and is my handheld of choice when I go outdoors, regardless of weather. I live in rural Arctic Alaska. There could not be a more hostile environment for a radio to live, and live it does, in spades.
For $119, its a steal. So good, I bought two more and put them away in case they quit making them. I can't imagine a better rig to replace them.
Great radio, Yaesu.
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