Re: [chirp_users] Recommendations on "under $400.00" hand-held
On 2020-04-21 23:12:+0300, you wrote:
I am still using my motorola maxtrac that was manufactured in the 70's!!
There is something to be said for not upgrading unless you want to, and then there is the attraction of some of the newer inexpensive gear. But I still use my Radio Shack HTX-202 (1990s?). Bought it new, and don't regret it. RS made some good, if unattractive, gear. It is a solid performer, but old enough that it does not play well with the new radio management software. I still use it for dedicated ops, like and APRS & up/downlink for high alt balloon missions. That way I don't tie up another radio for that, and I can count on its solid signal to control the instrument package @ 35km. But I admit that my BaoFeng are great for supporting local volunteer ops, especially when I can exchange an event-specific chirp image with the group, and we can all be on the same page. I just cart along my laptop, and sync all our radios.
I still use my TS-830 for HF, and though I know it doesn't have all the DSP bells and whistles, it sure works nicely on phone and CW.
Actually, the Radio Shack HTX-202s were manufactured by a Korean Company named Maxon.
The design was based on the Icom IC-2AT which Tandy bought and then modified.
Maxon was known for their lack of quality control.
That being said, both the HTX-202 and the HTX-404 were great radios.
I too still have my HTX-202.
73 - Bill KA8VIT
On April 21, 2020 at 4:32 PM NE1EE - Rich NE1EE@hotmail.com wrote:
On 2020-04-21 23:12:+0300, you wrote:>I am still using my motorola maxtrac that was manufactured in the 70's!! There is something to be said for not upgrading unless you want to, and then there is the attraction of some of the newer inexpensive gear. But I still use my Radio Shack HTX-202 (1990s?). Bought it new, and don't regret it. RS made some good, if unattractive, gear. It is a solid performer, but old enough that it does not play well with the new radio management software. I still use it for dedicated ops, like and APRS & up/downlink for high alt balloon missions. That way I don't tie up another radio for that, and I can count on its solid signal to control the instrument package @ 35km. But I admit that my BaoFeng are great for supporting local volunteer ops, especially when I can exchange an event-specific chirp image with the group, and we can all be on the same page. I just cart along my laptop, and sync all our radios.
==================================== Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)
ka8vit@ka8vit.com http://ka8vit.com http://www.usscod.org ====================================
As do I. The first one I got went bad so Radio Shack gave me a replacement, and the newer model they replaced it with was one that could not be modded. I'm thinking that the earlier 202 models could be opened up for more frequencies, but not the later model that I now have. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill KA8VIT" ka8vit@ka8vit.com To: "Discussion of CHIRP" chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com; "NE1EE - Rich" NE1EE@hotmail.com Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 7:46 AM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Recommendations on "under $400.00" hand-held
Actually, the Radio Shack HTX-202s were manufactured by a Korean Company named Maxon.
The design was based on the Icom IC-2AT which Tandy bought and then modified.
Maxon was known for their lack of quality control.
That being said, both the HTX-202 and the HTX-404 were great radios.
I too still have my HTX-202.
73 - Bill KA8VIT
On April 21, 2020 at 4:32 PM NE1EE - Rich NE1EE@hotmail.com wrote:
On 2020-04-21 23:12:+0300, you wrote:>I am still using my motorola maxtrac that was manufactured in the 70's!! There is something to be said for not upgrading unless you want to, and then there is the attraction of some of the newer inexpensive gear. But I still use my Radio Shack HTX-202 (1990s?). Bought it new, and don't regret it. RS made some good, if unattractive, gear. It is a solid performer, but old enough that it does not play well with the new radio management software. I still use it for dedicated ops, like and APRS & up/downlink for high alt balloon missions. That way I don't tie up another radio for that, and I can count on its solid signal to control the instrument package @ 35km. But I admit that my BaoFeng are great for supporting local volunteer ops, especially when I can exchange an event-specific chirp image with the group, and we can all be on the same page. I just cart along my laptop, and sync all our radios.
==================================== Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)
ka8vit@ka8vit.com http://ka8vit.com http://www.usscod.org ==================================== _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to Glenn at glennervin@cableone.net To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com
Radio shack got bitten bad by their 10-meter radio.
A lot of them were being modded for CB.
To make sure that didn't happen again, when the had the IC-2AT design changed into the HTX-202, they made sure to make it nearly impossible to mod it.
The end result was that the HTX-202 was/is nearly impervious to inter-mod.
73 - Bill KA8VIT
On April 22, 2020 at 11:07 AM Glenn K0LNY glennervin@cableone.net wrote:
As do I.The first one I got went bad so Radio Shack gave me a replacement, and thenewer model they replaced it with was one that could not be modded.I'm thinking that the earlier 202 models could be opened up for morefrequencies, but not the later model that I now have.
Glenn
==================================== Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)
ka8vit@ka8vit.com http://ka8vit.com http://www.usscod.org ====================================
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