Vintage: Radio Shack HTX-252

[merlin]

Oh my. Sifting through some old junk I came across a radio I forgot I even had. Put the juice to it and only flaw was no backlight so tore it apart hoping for a fix.
A switch transitor has failed. While it was apart, I moded the TX frequency to cover 136 to 174. tested it and works fine. stuffed a couple repeater channels into it, that works good too. Crying shame it only has 10 memory channels. Maybe I can find a larger eeprom and upgrade it.
Mic is in sad shape but works, now looking for a new mic. An oldie but goodie.

 

[jhooten]

Mics are all but impossible to find. Replace the cord. Too bad packet radio died. With the low memory count they did provide decent service on that mode.

 

[Fred1]

I just repaired mine with a new cord. Get a new connector too. I found a guy on Ebay Dave's hobby W5SWL. Came in three days.

 

[K5MPH]

I use to have one it was a pretty nice little radio back in the early 90s......

 

[w2dsx]

Thanks Fred1! My stock mic had insulation that deteriorated within a few years and became the worst tape job I've done. Looking forward to not having to do that job! Still use mine for APRS and packet.