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Radio Shack HTX 10 Conversion
- Thread starter crkfngr
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Negative,nada,no 11 meter joy
The 10 really was locked down.
Aside from that, they were a capable radio for 10 meters, the RX on the older htx 100 was even better because they had a tighter filter for USB and CW.
73
Jeff
Negative,nada,no 11 meter joy
The 10 really was locked down.
Aside from that, they were a capable radio for 10 meters, the RX on the older htx 100 was even better because they had a tighter filter for USB and CW.
73
Jeff
That radio's firmware doesn't even include LSB or AM. If you think it will magically acquire 11-meter coverage, feel free to try any snake oil you discover online. I predict it won't work. At least that's what we discovered first-hand decades ago.
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I have one since new. I believe it is AM/FM/SSB. The HTX-100, is USB/CW. Maybe that was what you were thinking of.
As has been said by many here, the only way to get out of 10m, is to swap CPU. Fuhghettaboudit!
Wasn't the Yeticom Optima Mk3 and the Magnum 257 an updated version or at least an external copy of the HTX-10? Those one can be opened up for all frequencies even beyond what the HTX-10 could be.
Those radios were briefly all the rage then disappeared.
Better off finding one of those and print a Radio Shack decal to put on it.
Those radios were briefly all the rage then disappeared.
Better off finding one of those and print a Radio Shack decal to put on it.
There were several radios, that were all basically the same, apart from the CPU program. The tuning scheme in the HTX-10 was good for VFO operation on 10m. The other variants, that do 10/11m, were borked. The tuning scheme was useless for scanning a band. Otherwise, they were fun radios.
Oops. Somebody said "HTX-10" and I reacted to the HTX100. Not helpful.
Not the same radio. The "ten" may be a different story from the "hundred". Looked around online and found nothing. It looks like a unit marketed under a variety of product names. Mods.dk has no frequency expansion listed.
If there's a "masonic lodge secret handshake" to open it up, it's not in plain sight.
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Not the same radio. The "ten" may be a different story from the "hundred". Looked around online and found nothing. It looks like a unit marketed under a variety of product names. Mods.dk has no frequency expansion listed.
If there's a "masonic lodge secret handshake" to open it up, it's not in plain sight.
73
I have recently seen htx-100 radios on fleabay running anywhere from $150 to $250, shows how a solar cycle can drive radio prices up.
In a few years they will be $75 again
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Jeff
This "style" of radio was available in a many different firmware and hardware versions over the years (in a very similar box), and was built in multiple countries by different factories. I have a real soft spot for them - the Dragon branded ones in particular. It's a radio I wished I had as a kid after seeing them advertised in magazines at the time. I have scratched that itch now! Here are some of mine (and there isn't a HTX-10 that goes out of band amongst them)...
This "style" of radio was available in a many different firmware and hardware versions over the years (in a very similar box), and was built in multiple countries by different factories. I have a real soft spot for them - the Dragon branded ones in particular. It's a radio I wished I had as a kid after seeing them advertised in magazines at the time. I have scratched that itch now! Here are some of mine (and there isn't a HTX-10 that goes out of band amongst them)...
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I see a 357dx in the collection, the holy grail of the series imho.
They put the amp where it belongs, outside of the radio, sure don't see many of those anymore.
The Optima was a good radio as well.
73
Jeff