"john and steph" wrote in message
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i agree with pierre, i have an htx100 with usb, lsb and am...30w,
get`s xlent reports and the memory system, and mike mounted freq. change
makes working split freq. activations, and general dx a breeze...just my 2
bob`s worth.

As a radio they're great.

When 10m is open and there's people on that is.

At other times it'll only be good as a paperweight.

And given that sunspot numbers will be low for a few years, be prepared for
weeks at a time without contacts on 10m.

If you're on a budget, you'd be far better off with an older secondhand HF
set that covers the much more active bands of 80, 40 and 20m. At least
you'll be able to get contacts on HF just about any time you want rather
than tuning across a band that's dead most of the time.

Peter