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Hello!A capacitor from tube radio can not working in transmitter mode. There will be electrical sparks between plates.Ihave similar capacitor but when I turn on a1W transmitter - the plates shortes unexpectedly.

I think this would be easier if you simply attached two pieces of wire, 19" long, to the coax. Connect one to the shield and one to the center braid. Shield is hinky to work with - it stretches, and at the contact point, it can break off completely or develop an intermittent connection. I would only go through the stripping process if I had nothing else. If you have nothing but coax, You could also connect a 19" piece of center connector to the shield instead of using the shield as one leg of the dipole.

mad respect...thanks! my trusdx arrives next week!

So would you ultimately like to have several coils on your board to choose from?

The volume on the laptop is very low. Do you have to turn the volume complete on the radio to get good volume on the laptop. In lan the later version controls Volume on laptop and radio.

What it mean when the volume goes low all of a Sutton

Which end did you put the choke on? Radio end or antenna feedpoint end?

Man you just made my life better here in Ohio. I used some swimming trunk liners in the small filter, and it's a noticeable difference 🎉🎉

type 2 iron powder material perfect for straight inductors (for filters) on HF but its u factor not nearly high enough for balun use where you REALLY need the higher u of the ferrites (type 43 mix & that ilk). ... the type 2 material transformer impedance will not be high enough... especially for 300 ohm 4:1 use. This may have accounted for some of the folded dipole reduced performance.

Yes, this is a great experiment which proof an improvement. Thanks for sharing this helpful information for HAMers.

When You Did The Field test, You ShouldPut The radio On Your SHoulder Level Or Front Pocket Level, That Would be A Good Idea, But Hey, Thatts Just A Note

I Wish I Could Get Such A Antenna Meter As You Have, Cant Believe You Mought It For 30 Dolars. Thats Crazy :(

You Should Open Them up, I Have Made ANtennas From Old Motorcycle Cable Guard Coils :) Works Good, Banmdwith Is Wider Then The Rubber Duck From The Original Boafengs And Quansheng !

Just picked one of these up at a yard sale for $10. They had it marked as $8, but I just gave them a 10. Given they regularly go for $60 plus I think I did okay. Really appreciate the video, gives me an idea of what this little box of goodies is capable of! I figured it was largely worth it even for just the prototyping goodies and an Arduino of any kind.

The application of filtering can be ac or dc. That shows different manufacturers applying the concept of what kind or where apply the filter. On the ac part or after been rectified has ac to dc voltage. Line noise or ripples on the voltage.

I have one, the way it works is like this, voltage ac have 60hz and other country’s 50hz, that’s off set cleans the noise on the ac line coming to be rectified from ac to dc.

This makes me wonder if the memory battery in my Heathkit HW-24HT is original or not... It probably isn't, but either way, it's a beast of a radio just like the HTX-202.

I must say, once you hooked up the 5/8 2 meter antenna, I was hoping you would try Six meters ? As if memory serves me, that antenna is around a quarter wave on Six ! So I was thinking maybe it would have been an easy match ? But perhaps outside your parameters of HF ? Still a nicely done tutorial ! Congratulations, and thank you for the down to Earth explanation ! If I could be critical, it was difficult for me to see the SWR Bridge ! Perhaps something to consider in the future ? '73 !

how timely.. I have a htx202 and a htx404 to do exactly the same fix to... and using that type of battery pack is great.. the last one of these I did 15 years sgo I had to fit a 2032 holder in there ... thanks gor the great tutorial 😁

The transistor that has blown is a fake from China, the offset printing is a give away, the real ones have the printing in the center of the transistor.

tab with the cut oou is the drain, the tab opersit is the gate.

Keeping old stuff working gives me so much more satisfaction than when I bought an item in the first place When you buy new you own it. When you repair or service it later in it's life, then you become part of it

I recently bought 135 feet of some very small 18 gauge wire, called, " Super Wire " off Amazon ! The idea was to string it up to use with a tiny short wave receiver ! Well after doing that, my mind began to wonder, and I remembered purchasing a QRP Tuner, that I had never used ! Probably been laying around for several years ? Found an old QRP Transceiver, (4Watts) and with a little ingenuity, I turned my iambic key on it's side, and used one of the paddles for a straight key ! Lol ! But it worked out pretty well ! Propagation report says 40 meters is poor, both Day and Night ! (Damn Sun ) But I didn't let that stop me ! Signals are in the crapper, but I still managed to work a docked Navy Nuclear ship in Maryland, from the Midwest, and Two West Virginia stations ! 539 and 559 ! Pretty incredible to me, especially with the band in such shape ! As for the Tuner, it had been so long since I purchased it, I had only a vague idea how it worked ? Once again, I didn't let that stop me ! Hi ..! First tuned it so LED was bright, then decided to go the other way, and things began to play ! Funny stuff ! But these Tuners are a breeze to tune ! You can be making contacts in no time ! And to think I let this little Gold Mine set for years ? But sadly I'm one of those guys that say, " I might need that someday " ? Today was my Day, I guess ? Now if I can get the Sun to cooperate ! 🌞((((( 🌎 '73 & Good Dx !

Awsome radio. Will have to try that on a rainy day for a project

I've got a couple of oldbricks somewhere IC-04e and an FT207 I think ... must look them up

Wow! My first ht. When things were made to last. When radio shack was fun and still around. Also had the mobile as well! Good times.

I worked at Icom America in Tech support when Radio Shack introduced those radios. Before those came out Icom, Inc had private labeled the H and U16 for Midland as the 70-154 and 70-254, so we asked Icom, Inc if these were private labeled 02AT's for Radio Shack and was told no. I had a few conversations with callers who were disappointed Icom America would not repair the HTX-202. I did meet a Tandy Executive who had a had in the HTX-202 radio. I asked why the designed the batteries similar and other accessories. He said they wanted the radios buy not the accessories. Since I've had no experience with the HTX-202 I can not say the old Icom batteries work. It was a trying time to convince end users Icom America had nothing to do with radio. Good video.

I have watched many videos on how to set up chirp. But yours is the best. 👌

Cool! If I find my htx-404 (some junk box somewhere) I'l be able to get it going. Thanks.

Nice!

Maxon Korea Made it ; ) It looks so much like ICOM IC-2AT and U2AT I have and still working.

Good to see you at the bench again. Is it time for a 3D printed mount for your HTX that incorporates mounting and power feed to give the best access to the controls. Thanks for the visit and lesson, take care.

I also bought my HTX-202 brand new when RS was discontinuing them. I had to replace the battery a couple of years ago and it does still work fine although there is a slight deterioration on the edges of the lcd display. Thanks for the nice video Kevin. de WB9NYI

My wife got me one of those when they first came out, still have it. Still works! Have replaced the internal battery 3 or 4 times

I'll be doing mine next week. I just bought it off of eBay and this one is a keeper. I have owned 4 others and sold/traded them for whatever reasons. Glad to see you back!!!

I had one years ago. Used it for packet. It craped out. Still have the HTX404.

Hi K.L. ⚔️🇺🇸⚔️

My old HTX-404 is still chugging away :)

Glad you're back. Fun to watch these otherwise simple videos that remine you to stay on your toes no matter how small the project might be!

Nothing lasts anymore. It’s a throw away world. Lol. Good to see you making videos again Kevin. 73

Boy oh boy, was that 'fiddly', or what? You're the best at this sort of thing, Kevin. Guard your health, "Keep the Faith" and thank you...🇺🇸 👍☕ Edit: If I'm going to order a S/W USB dongle for my Ubuntu computer, which ones might you suggest from Amazon? I want to S/W listen, having the 'waterfall' on my screen.

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I haven't looked at my 202's in ages. I have 3 and a 404 as well. Not too bad of a project to do. Thanks.

That's technology I can understand, (or at least see)! Needed to repair my Yaesu VX6 HandyTalky as the smoke had come out. Know what? As soon as you open it up and expose the inside to light, the components instantly shrink to the size of an ant's foot. Just a miracle how that works. So now there's even less margin to keep the smoke in!

I suspect it thinks you're royalty and it's trying to call you Earl...

Nice radio. No multi colored screen and OLED to look at. Just a radio that does what it does.

I have cleaned the glue out of both locations but I’m getting a transmit/receive issue. Sometimes it will tx and not rx. Sometimes it will rx and not tx.

The primary goal of the DMR standard is to specify a digital system with low complexity, low cost, and interoperability across brands, so radio communications purchasers are not locked into a proprietary solution. However, in practice, many vendors have introduced proprietary features that make their product offerings non-interoperable with other brands.

Any thoughts of using 2 40 meter hamsticks in a dipole configuration mounted on a 6’ tripod. Thinking maybe for an emergency situation if local repeaters go down, hf as an alternative.