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vernonott
| | Posted on Saturday, May 26, 2001 - 3:49 pm: | 
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Has anyone else purchased one of these radios?My son has had a ball with his.Super modulation,excellent power,first class receive.I don't know of any other radio (in this price range)with this many features. |
Rottenspaz
| | Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2001 - 7:28 am: |
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Yes bought one having problem with recieve not very clean. maybe the speaker. drive truck so this is an important thing other than this i like the radio |
Forum Master
| | Posted on Monday, May 28, 2001 - 2:31 am: |
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Rottenspaz,
We haven't heard of any reports of poor receive on this radio. Either something is not operating properly on your radio or there is some sort of antenna problem.
You can return it to us and we can determine if there is a problem with the radio. You also might try posting your problem into the "Ask The Tech" portion of this forum.
Let me know what you would like to do.
Regards,
Forum Master |
Rottenspaz
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2001 - 1:48 am: |
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Bought another antenna, Barjan Product Code 300-150, I seem to get out better, also I now use it m pick up, In work truck I believe it might be speaker. I did have a tech look at it, and he check out the receive on it, He siad that all was fine. Try my new equipment out first, Antenna
, But I love the radio, I hope I'll be able to talk on some skip. |
WALTERB
| | Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2001 - 12:54 am: |
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Justed checked out a VR9000 radio today, in a side by side A/B test next to a Galaxy 99V they were about equel very nice radio for the money. Good receive Good transmit good ecco and good clear mike, tuned up quite well, A real winner! |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Sunday, July 15, 2001 - 3:01 pm: |
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Well I did it I ordered one around 4:00am so now I will go nuts waiting till wed. Thanks to all of you with all the info about what I think will be the last radio I will need to buy. I hope anyway?
Like most others I like what this radio has to offer. Thanks all. 307 thank you as well for all the info you are willing to share with us Tang164@Yahoo.com |
vernonott
| | Posted on Sunday, July 15, 2001 - 3:59 pm: |
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I doubt this will be the last radio you will buy simply because the radio habit will stick with you until you are too old and weak to push the mike button.As good as the Voyage is someday you will tire of it and even though you may keep it you will get the fever for something that catches your eye in a catalog or on the net.That my friend is what keeps the economy moving.73's |
RICKY
| | Posted on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 1:38 pm: |
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PLEASE GIVE MORE INFORMATION ON VR 9000 |
b1kshad0w
| | Posted on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 9:06 pm: |
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Ricky:
There are alot of other posts on this radio. On the left pane you'll see keyword search. Search for vr 9000 and it should bring up all the posts on that radio. |
rosco
| | Posted on Friday, November 23, 2001 - 10:48 pm: |
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My VR 9000 works excellent with my Klv 300/p, in my mobile, no problems. very clean ! |
SONOMA
| | Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2001 - 11:11 pm: |
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JUST WON THE VR 9000 ON THE AUCTION TONIGHT.I HOPE I DO NOT HAVE THE PROBLEMS A FEW OTHERS HAVE HAD.LOOKS ABOUT EVEN ON GOOD AND BAD REPORTS.WITH A LITTLE LUCK I WILL HAVE A GOOD RADIO.WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER I GET IT .SONOMA |
Sonoma
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 10:20 pm: |
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GOT THE VR 9000 TODAY AND TRIED IT WITHOUT THE MODS 307 PUT ON THE SIGHT AND IT WAS STRONG AND LOUD.I DID THE MOD AND TO MY SURPRISE IT INCREASED POWER ,MODULATION AND THE SIGNAL WAS A LOT CLEANER.IT WILL BLOW YOUR DRAWERS OFF NOW.IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE IT TO YOURS YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MISSING.HAVE A GOOD DAY .SONOMA.BY THE WAY THE MOD ONLY TAKES ABOUT A HOUR IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE IT BOFORE.NOW I COULD DO IT IN ABOUT 15 MIN. |
Ice Pick
| | Posted on Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 12:47 pm: |
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Was wondering how the freqency stability is on side band? The old 88's had a real drifting problem. Does however seem to be a good deal... |
Sonoma
| | Posted on Sunday, December 09, 2001 - 8:40 pm: |
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My vr9000 does not drift after it is warmed up at all.it is off by 2khz when cold then in about 30 min its fine.no problem on am since the 2 khz drift does not bother the am band.Sonoma |
Icepick
| | Posted on Monday, January 07, 2002 - 9:53 pm: |
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Thanks Sonoma...... The stability was the majopr factor with me!!!!! If your radio doesn't stay on freq....., it's worthless as far as I'm concerned. With the technology today... There's no excuse for drifting radios!! The ones that did in the past were experiments at our cost !!!! I Think I'm going to try one ... , but I won't open it up untill I know for sure. That way The warranty will stay good ,...... Right 307??? Love you guy's ......... Ice Pick |
jyd
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 09, 2002 - 10:06 am: |
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what is the frequency range after vr-9000 is converted |
Skynet
| | Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2002 - 12:38 pm: |
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I am considering purchasing a VOYAGE VR 9000.
I tried e-mailing the only e-mail address I could find on the copper site and the e-mail address is invaild. So I guess I post my question here.
If I pay to get the 11 meter and tune up done how many watts out will this radio do on SSB?
Regards
Dave |
Harpoonman
| | Posted on Monday, January 14, 2002 - 12:23 pm: |
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jyd,
The VR9000 frequency range, after modification, is 25.615 MHz (I think!) all the way to 28.305 MHz (28.315 MHz if you use the 10 KHz switch). There are 6 bands (a-f) with 40 channels each.
Skynet,
Making any NEW Terminator models lately? (LOL-just kidding!)
Here is what Copper did on my VR9000 upon ordering the 11 meter conversion and tune up. Cut the "spider" of resistors on the solder side of the board thus "opening" up the radio to the frequencies above. The SSB peak output on my Dosey meter was about 25 watts and on AM dead-keyed about 8-9 watts with a modulation swing to about 15 watts.
If you purchased the VR9000 be sure to check out the Negative Peak Supression modification described here in the Forum. The article has very detailed and descriptive instructions and photographs. The mod is easy to do if you are decent with a soldering iron AND it really improves the VR9000's modulation quality, power output and the radio runs cooler, too!
Harpoonman |
jyd
| | Posted on Monday, January 14, 2002 - 5:26 pm: |
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i already got all the parts,soldered and heat shinked.just waiting on my vr-9000 to get here.and i am going to do the mod |
jyd
| | Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 9:27 pm: |
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everyone said its loud and clear. |
jyd
| | Posted on Friday, January 18, 2002 - 12:50 pm: |
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mine will key 1 watt and swing 45 watts without tuning,all i did was the mod in the subsciber and modified it for 11 meter. its bad ?ss |
Znut
| | Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2002 - 6:38 pm: |
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I am curious. Really, in truly, how does the Voyage 9000 do on SSB? I saw the 'warm up' part above. I have a Euro 3900, p'chased from copper. I love it as an AM radio. It stinks on SSB even after a professional alignment(though a little better). |
jyd
| | Posted on Sunday, January 27, 2002 - 8:56 am: |
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good,but i am not a sidebander |
vince lowack
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 3:12 pm: |
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looking for help to trouble shoot chirpy sound in cw mode of vr9000 in the recieve sig of other operators exatly on freq.rig has had am hum since first power up new. gets some reports hum is in background on usb and lsb.rig appers to be getting low voltage in cw mode,power feeding radio drops to 13.12 volts in couintious close key in cw mode.307,118 or anyone who has operated the vr9000 successfuly in cw mode whoexperenced or overcome these problems please reply,gud dxing crude oil man |
jyd
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 6:57 pm: |
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307,knows the fix ask him i forgot. |
vince lowack
| | Posted on Friday, March 15, 2002 - 9:37 pm: |
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thanks for reply jyd, ok 307 you are main man to look to for correcting chirpy transmit in cw mode of vr9000 this is in the on air transmission not the sidetone which is harsh and terriable in 5 different good external speakers. please reply 307 bushed in TEXAS 73s crude oil man |
Pete Hall
| | Posted on Friday, May 03, 2002 - 1:07 am: |
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Desperatly trying to find out how to disable the talkback in my vr9000. Anyone have info? Really would appreciate. It's the new eptossb50c echo board. |
jyd
| | Posted on Friday, May 03, 2002 - 12:03 pm: |
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the red wire coming from the back of the echo switch and it is soldered to a diode unsolder it and bam!thats it |
john mills
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 5:05 pm: |
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does anybody have the mod's to convert the voyager 9000,and the mod's to make it swing? please contact me at mongo30@hotmail.com . |
Ponytail
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 8:10 pm: |
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Ordered mine last night and expect delivery on Monday 11/11/02. I'm looking foward to doing the mods on it myself and will post my opinion thereafter. Everything I've heard about this radio has been good and the people I've heard who own them are LOUD!!! I've got an Astatic 576-M6 and a 25 watt soldering iron waiting! |
Ponytail
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 8:44 pm: |
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Got my VR9000 Monday afternoon, cut the resistors off the PLL & plugged my 576-M6 into on the 5/8 wave ground plane. I'm a believer!!! Even without the mods this radio screams! All I really have to do is disable the talkback, but with headphones it works fine. I'm thinking of putting a pot on the talkback and making it variable...Now where to mount the pot without butchering the radio???
Not much room to work here!!! |
307
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 9:19 pm: |
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On the back!!!!
307 |
Sandbagger106
| | Posted on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 3:26 pm: |
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Any more opinions as to these radios' ability on SSB? I seldom operate on AM and would like to make sure it is a good SSB performer. I currently use 148 GTL and as far as stability and clear modulation it's great. Would like just a wee bit more power. Can anyone compare those two radios? Thanks for reading. SB106. |
Ironmask
| | Posted on Friday, November 15, 2002 - 5:12 pm: |
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Sandbagger
I use a loaner VR9000 as my base and would compare it to my FT101B as far as SSB goes. I hope this helps. I have seen no drift after about 2 minutes of generat warm up. My radio shack can get as cold as 25 F. |
Novakor
| | Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 1:56 am: |
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great radio for sure,i use mine with a wilson 1000 and hooker255hd,stock mic and it smokes.besides you cant beat the price. i must say that they do need to warm up for about 5 to 10 minutes before transmit....great dxing.....novakor...cdx288 |
bruce
| | Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 6:05 pm: |
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Interesing Novakor .... needs 5 min to " warm up " Have you checked it to see why? is this in a car? now my galxay 959 was unstable on SSB too ver...y interesting.
Bruce |
Novakor
| | Posted on Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 2:03 am: |
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bruce,no i have not checked into why? and yes it's mounted in a mobile here in reno,nv. and temp. drop below freezing nightly (winter time) once it's warm it seems to be very stable.......novakor |
bruce
| | Posted on Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 7:34 am: |
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well frezing here is under 60 HE HE HE I know my titan within a few seconds is solid in 10 SSB and dosnt seen efected by voltage changes in the car either. Now im mainly on 29.60 FM but i still like having SSB in the car ... from what im hearing the vr-9000 seems to a nice radio and selling well ... good part of that is you'll be able to get parts!
Bruce |
skiptalker
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 2:29 pm: |
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I seemed to wonder why is it the vr9000 radio is always off freq when on SSB? Its like i always have to put the clarifier to 9'oclock position when i switch it on .I know a clarifier is to receive and transmitt in a comfortable listening postion when properly tuned but this is crazy.I have a rci 2950 and its just not like this.Is there a defect in this part of the radio or its just mine? Can someone help?should i send it back ? waiting for replies. |
Ironmask
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 9:11 pm: |
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skiptalker
With the coarse knob at 12 o'clock [transmit only] and the fine at 12 o'clock you should be fine after warm up. Fine is receive only and takes a little practice to get things working together.
Not a problem with the radio, just getting used to operating two seperate controls. There is a mod that will put the fine for both tx and rx as you normally find in CB radios not 10 meter units.
Hope this helps. |
runesmaster
| | Posted on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 1:20 am: |
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anyone have mods for the vr9000
any willl be good can you please let me know thanks also i need the mod for ssb to make it tx and rx to gethere and how to peek the radio up thanks |
Tech808
| | Posted on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 2:57 pm: |
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runesmaster,
Go to the Area on the Forum here titled: Subscriber Preview Click on it.
Then you will see Tips & Tricks Click on it.
You will then see Voyage VR9000 Click on it.
This will give you the NPC mod and a lot of pictures and tune up Information and locations also.
Then look to the left of the Forum here and you will see Search By Keword Type in the name Voyage VR9000 or just VR9000 and start reading as it will bring up a lot.
Hope this helps.
Lon
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Crafter
| | Posted on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 6:56 pm: |
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The channels are easy pull top cover remove the 4 or 5 resistors up front connected to the PLL. POOF 25.615-28.305. |
Jreisinger
New member
Username: Jreisinger
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 - 2:43 am: |
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Tune instructions for VR9000. I have a VR9000 but did not receive schematic or board layout. I would like to get a complete tune-up/repair manual. Thanks in advance for any help.
73's
WA6MJF
Jim |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 3855
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 - 9:11 am: |
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Jreisinger,
First off WELCOME TO THE COPPER FORUM!
If you go to the:
Subscriber (Preview)
then: » Tips and Tricks
Then click on:» Voyage VR9000
It will guide you thru the NPC Modification and show you a Lot of the board and tune up locations for the VR9000.
It should help you a lot and then we have other areas with tips on the VR9000 also.
Hope this Helps,
Lon
Tech808
PS, HAVE YOU HEARD OR READ ABOUT OUR CEF RADIO GROUP?
Check it out in the OPEN area of the Forum as we would enjoy having you sign up and becoming a CEF Member. 
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Hoskinmage
Member
Username: Hoskinmage
Post Number: 53
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 10:49 pm: |
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i have 2 and to start with i had a bad squel it drove me crazywhen it rained it would squel when i touched the side of my jeep it squeled it even squeled when i put the stock mic back on it
9i run a d104m6 hand mic) i was about to comitt cb side but i took it to a guy and he looked at me,hair standind up unshaved,bags under my eyes and had a bad limp,from kicking my jeep(radio cost to much to kick) with a pitiful look on my face i said help,he looked at me and said all you have to do is unhook the talk back to stop the (pig sound)well when i came to i thank him and i have nevered had any more problems sence,there the best radio for the money,mine is going to be burried with me hop to do some skip talking from up there.just a little fun they are wonnderful radios i love mine |
