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THE DJ VX50T SPORTS SEVERAL SCANNING MODES, AND I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED
TO DISCOVER THAT THEY WORK EVEN WITHIN THE FM BROADCAST AND AVIATION BANDS.
YOU ALSO HAVE 200 MEMORY CHANNELS TO STORE WHATEVER YOU STUMBLE ACROSS,
AMATEUR OR OTHERWISE.  EACH MEMORY CHANNEL CAN BE LABELED WITH ALPHANUMERIC
CHARACTERS.  ON THE SUBJECT OF MEMORIES, LIKE MOST MODERN TRANSCEIVERS, THE
DJ VX50T MEMORIES CAN BE PROGRAMMED THROUGH EXTERNAL SOFTWARE.  I COULDNT
TEST THIS FEATURE WITH THE DJ VX50T, BUT IM CONFIDENT THAT IT PERFORMS
SIMILARLY TO OTHER SOFTWARE PACKAGES IVE USED.  IT IS A MATTER OF LOADING
THE TRANSCEIVERBS MEMORY CONTENTS INTO YOUR COMPUTER BY ATTACHING A USB
CABLE TO THE RIG AND PLACING THE RADIO IN THE CLONE MODE.  ONCE LOADING IS
COMPLETE, YOU CAN MODIFY EXISTING MEMORIES, ADD NEW ONES, AND MAKE OTHER
CHANGES.  THIS IS MUCH EASIER THAN DOING MEMORY PROGRAMMING BY HAND THROUGH
THE KEYPAD.  THE SOFTWARE AND CABLE ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AIR THE DJ VX50T
IS CAPABLE OF 5 W OUTPUT ON 2 METERS AND 4 W ON 70 CENTIMETERS.  IF YOU
PREFER TO EXTEND THE BATTERY LIFE, YOU CAN SELECT A LOWER OUTPUT POWER
SETTING.  WITH THE FLEXIBLE ANTENNA AND MAXIMUM OUTPUT, I HAD LITTLE
DIFFICULTY ACCESSING ALL REPEATERS IN MY LOCAL AREA.  TRANSMIT AUDIO
REPORTS WERE CONSISTENTLY GOOD.  TAKING THE RADIO ON THE ROAD, I REPLACED
THE FLEXIBLE ANTENNA WITH AN SMA TO BNC ADAPTER AND CONNECTED IT TO A DUAL
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