Re: [amsat-bb] Re: HTX-10 on sale...

[Cliff Buttschardt <cbuttsch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

How does one find a Radio Shack that has an HTX-10 for $90?  I've 
tried every store within reasonable range but no luck!  Cliff K7RR

psschwarz@kellnet.com wrote:
> 
> John P. Toscano writes:
> 
> > Good tip.  I checked the Radio Shack web site and they still show
> > it there at $149.99, so I called my local dealer and he confirmed
> > the $89.99 price.
> 
>  Yes, $89.99. I broke down and bought one. I'm almost officially on HF. Just
> hafta tune and erect the A-99 leftover from cb days.
> 
> > However. . .
> >
> > Looking at the web page, which seems to confirm my shaky recollection
> > on the matter, the radio does NOT support CW operation. Maybe there is an
> > easy mod somewhere to make the HTX-10 capable of CW operation?
> 
>  Correct, it doesn't. But there is a cw adapter schematic by N5IB available
> on the net. Just type in HTX-10 cw to find a few links. The article was
> published in "The QRP Quarterly" April 2000. This is my next project.
> 
> > Also a bit confusing to me is the Radio Shack web page mention that
> > the radio can be tuned in 1, 10, or 100 KHz steps.  That seems to be
> > a bit coarse to me, considering that my FT-847 can tune in steps as
> > low as 1 Hz, or 1000 times greater resolution.  Now I realize that
> > 1 Hz resolution is overkill, but I'd think that you'd want at LEAST
> > resolution as small as 100 Hz, if not 10 Hz.
> 
>  There is a fine tune adjustment for ssb. 1000 Hz is sufficient for
> scanning.
> 
> 73...Patrick...KB8RTZ...
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