Hi Dave -
I currently have multiple Yaesu VHF/UHF radios in-use & “have had” others over the past years; I've never had a noise issue as described with any.  This said, I’ve never had a FTM-7250DR. 
GL es 73 de Mike K6QD


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>   1. Re: Dual band Yaesu mobile users - does this sound       normal?
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> From: Dave Schmidt <dgschmidt@gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Sbarc-list] Dual band Yaesu mobile users - does this
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> More info on my new FTM-7250DR.  Before I left from work on Weds, and
> before starting the truck, I compared the squelch settings on the Yaesu
> across its receive bands (it has a wide frequency receiver).  Only the VHF
> ham band needed substantially more squelch than the other bands (you'll see
> this in the video).  Next I tried my Kenwood TM-281 VHF only radio - it was
> happy with just 1 click of squelch.
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> I had sent a note to Yaesu tech support asking 'is this normal' and they
> got back to me today with "No, doesn't sound like it.  Send it in".  I then
> sent the video and asked "after watching this, are you still sure it's not
> working right?"  Their reply was "thanks for the video, it helped.
> Sensitivity sounds good but indeed your squelch could be helped with a
> re-alignment.  Go ahead and send it in."
>
> Tomorrow I'm getting together with Denney (VCARC president) as he has the
> same radio and we're going to compare mine to his, but regardless I'm going
> to go ahead and send it in hoping they can make it behave like I think it
> should.
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> Here's the demo video.
> https://youtu.be/5ga4ieRChmk
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> Dave
> ai6vx
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