Trev 999 wrote:
Is the Radio Shack/Realistic HTX100 10M transciever, any good?
I'm thinking of buying one.
Cheers

I have a HTX-100 and like it. It's not without it's limitations,
but then no rig is. I haven't seen any lately, but they seem to
hold a value of about $100 to $125, in pretty good condition.

You should know that a stock HTX-100 is USB/CW only. Someone else
mentioned the HTX-10. That version eliminated CW but added LSB and
AM. There are mods on the internet to expand the frequency coverge,
enhance the audio, change the sideband, etc.. Operationally, a lot
depends on the band conditions. During the last good propogation
cycle, I had my HTX-100 in my car and ran a small 3 foot mag mount
on the trunk. From Phoenix I could hit the mid west and the east
coast, every day. I removed it because it's too distracting. At
home I run it from a homebrew power supply and feed my tribander,
and it works great.

Probably the biggest complaint I have heard about it is the audio
is a little lacking, but that's fixable.

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Martin E. Meserve - K7MEM
http://www.k7mem.150m.com