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Posted: **Tue May 16, 2006 3:52 pm**

Hi all, Does anyone know of any mods for the Yaesu VX-177 UHF??I,m still looking . Thanks .Davie

Posted: **Tue May 16, 2006 6:50 pm**

I have NOT looked at this radio, but I found a couple of articles that say it mods the same as the VX-170.
Here's a link http://www.ham.dmz.ro/yaesu/vx-170-expa ... and-rx.php

Hope it works.
-Tom

Posted: **Wed May 17, 2006 4:12 pm**

Hummm? thanks tweester for the link but I couldnt seem to find where it said anything about the VX-177?I think the radio may be too new. Thank you. Davie

Posted: **Thu May 25, 2006 12:12 pm**

Davie,

You are indeed correct. The link was just to the mod.
The info about the UHF mod came from an article I found online, but I'll be darned if I can find the blasted site now.
I'm thinking about buying a 177 at the SEAPAC (swap meet) in June (if the price is right) and I'll give the mod a try and let you know if it works.

73s
-Tom

Posted: **Thu May 25, 2006 2:42 pm**

Thanks Tom, I think you will like it a bunch. My ears seem to like the recieve audio also. I have dropped it twice now (once on contrete) and it bounced and as far as I can tell everything still works well. Its really

built sturdy. Its funny, its a uhf radio but has a sticker under the battery that says something about it shouldnt be modded to listen to the cell phone band (as if you could). If you run acrossed any mods I,d appreciate if you would give me a holler. thanks and 73, Davie