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Thank you for the info on APRS MUTE...that's just what I was looking for. You seem to know more about this radio than the Yaesu folks who wrote the manual. Yaesu should contribute to this site!:D 73

That's correct, but if you shut down the modem, the indicator disappears. The point I made in my last post was that I was able to get the A12 indicator to stop blinking and remain on continuously by resetting some other items on the menu. The VX-8R modem still transmits without blinking. I'll...

Yeah, but we are talking about an APRS ready rig (VX-8R) that is "handheld." Combined with a small 2m brick like the RF Concepts you get 25W out for 2W in and a small portable package.

Blinking A12 Well, I managed to reset some of the menu items and the BLINKING of the A12 annunciator went away (it just stayed on constantly). I'll try to figure out which setting(s) led to the blinking, and when I find out I'll post it, but I guess it's not really important. The blinking was...

Well, that is the famous "discone" biconical antenna that was developed, I think, in the 1940's or thereabouts, for wide-band reception. I recall that it was intended for use in aviation. I put one about 40 feet off the gound on the roof of my QTH about 20 years ago as an alternative...

Thanks, moleculo. That's exactly what I thought, but the OP mentioned the blinking A12 annunciator, suggesting that the fact that it blinks could be a "problem." He apparently did have other real problems regarding his unit being unable to scan and locking up while in WX Rx mode, but my radio...

With the VX-8R I like the RF Concepts rfc 2-23. It is quite compact, covers 143-149MHz, and gives out 23W for 2W in (I get a bit more per my Bird), and will give proportionally more for more input power, if you don't push it too much. I had this amp for about 15 years, for use with other HT's...

Well, I've got this A12 blinking annunciator when I turn on the APRS modem (at 1200bps...at 9600 the A96 annunciator turns on and blinks). I assume that this is normal, though I don't know why the indicator should blink rather than just stay on continuously. The manual says nothing about...