from my understanding, the trc485 is a cb that can be opened up out of band,, the htx 10 is a 10 meter radio that to expand to cb ya have to change the cpu,, radio shack and others at the time were getting rough shod over radios that could be easily converted to cb,, so made it impossible to go 10 to 11 meters with out doing major surgery,,,
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HTX-10 mod for expansion
- Thread starter Mudfoot
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Radio Shack has locked the HTX-10 well, and most of the mods we find online don't work. Some talk about a hardware mod, but nothing reliable as far as I know. For 11m, it is better to look for another position that is already compatible
.open radio look up on front face board if you look very carefully you will see 2 solder pads where there could of been 2 pins for a jumper plug (like the 2950's)you will see one side goes to a smd. and the other goes to a ground island solder a resistor 10 ohms across pads (the resistor is brown black black gold 1/4 watt) Now put the radio back together and hold fun' and button 2 in while turning on .the radio will have a 40 channel display on right of freq display 1-40 press 2 to change bands along w/ lower left button'
you tried that?
Wow here we go again lol. Click on this thread and read post number 8 from Captain Kilowatt. That says it all really.
I liked those old mobiles. Had a few of them. Back then, Radio Shack had flat rate repair on them. They also had same flat rate for the 2510's and 2600. I sent two HR-2510's in for service. They were in bad shape. Both came back fixed and working great. They even pitched in two new mics. They charged around $40 each. Couldn't beat it. Miss those days.
The shack back then had almost everything we needed and the guys behind the counter actually knew what you were asking for.
Ic's, transistors, capacitors,tubes, diodes ,batteries,lamps, breadboards, tools, solder, wire, cable, radios,antennas,scanners, shortwave receivers, all right in front of you at your fingertips
That's like a dream now...
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Jeff
Yep, long distant memory. Lot's of people say their shift towards cell phones did them in. I tend to believe others that say surface mount did the deed. I hated to see them go. Radio Shack had an outlet store in Columbus, Ohio. You could get some crazy deals there. I remember being a little boy going there with my dad. He would always buy batteries and get his card punched to get free ones.
Big thrill going in to get the secretive 22A crystal. They didn't like selling them. Area volunteer fire departments used 22A for official use. They got mad when you keyed up. Bought a 5/8 wave ground plane there in 1967. It was still working with the original RG-58 cable when I swapped it for an Antron 99 around 2002.
Big thrill going in to get the secretive 22A crystal. They didn't like selling them. Area volunteer fire departments used 22A for official use. They got mad when you keyed up. Bought a 5/8 wave ground plane there in 1967. It was still working with the original RG-58 cable when I swapped it for an Antron 99 around 2002.
Long gone memory and not just RS but many electronics stores.
My first 11m antenna was an '77 Archer .64wl GP. Between the 22+ft vertical and the 1/4wl radials it was a handful to get up or down, but it performed. I walked in the store and bought it right from their stock, I didn't have to order it, wait for it to be shipped, pay half again the price of the antenna for shipping and survey the shipping damage when it arrived. If there were any quality issues or missing pieces you could walk right back in the store and talk to a human for resolution. Something to be said for that IMO.
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When RS didn't have it, there was a drive to Sparkys Electronics on Blackstone in Fresno, electronics warehouse.
2sc1306 or 1307 you ask? How many do you need
Motorola RF transistors by the handful, crystals, transformers, audio stuff, radio stuff, antenna stuff, general electronics stuff and every value of whatever you needed kind of place.
Three guys working the counter like AutoZone looking up cross-references to make sure you got the right part or calling a manufacturer to identify a factory part number, what happened to that kind of service.....
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Jeff
It was great to have that local face behind the counter, some of the guys that worked there we went to school with.
I'm going to go drink my root beer and listen to the blues while I reminisce about way back when, back in the day before the Internet
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Jeff
The demand for the products fell below the limit where you can justify the operating cost. Good service won't be cheap for the employer to buy.
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WOW, This brought back a lot of memories. Back in the day there were three surplus electronics stores in Indy that I visited regularly. Radio Shack's main Indiana close-out store in downtown, Lafayette Radio on the northside, and Midwest Electronics in Lawrence. Shopped on Thursdays because Wednesday was restock day. Lotsa great stuff at super low prices.
On day at Lafayette I came across a barrel of 50 ohm 200 watt carbon bar resistors. I bought a handful at 50 cents each. Should've bought the whole barrel. Great dummy loads. Rad Shack was a mob scene every Thursday with people wanting to jump on the new equipment closeouts up for sale, usually for 60% or more off. Oh the good days.
- J.J. 399
On day at Lafayette I came across a barrel of 50 ohm 200 watt carbon bar resistors. I bought a handful at 50 cents each. Should've bought the whole barrel. Great dummy loads. Rad Shack was a mob scene every Thursday with people wanting to jump on the new equipment closeouts up for sale, usually for 60% or more off. Oh the good days.
- J.J. 399