[RadioShack] HTX-212 mic distorts audio with popping sounds

[Fred Adsit]

I have an HTX-212 which I feel was a great buy, with one exception - the
mic has a tiny hole in the top above the buttons. It Pops badly when I
talk into it. Great care must be taken to talk at just the right distance
and across the mic to reduce the annoying popping sound. I listened on an
HT with no antenna and yep, it does what the critics say. Any ideas on how
this could be changed. The rig clearly was made by some well-known company
which has a rig that is virtually identical except it has a long slit in
the mic case - and that one does not have any popping sounds at all.

Anybody have a an Optimus 14-1239 with a properly latching cassette door
and in top condition? Mine is falling apart and it is no longer produced.
It works, but would like to obtain a replacement.

I too had no idea this was a new site. Glad to see it here. Too much not
stocked and must be ordered. That being the case, why buy the HT? Radio
Shack cannot compete on price, and as always is manned by personnel most
of whom don't know beans about electronics. It pays poorly, and sends
managers where it wants and if you don't want to drive 90 miles in some
cases to work every day, they can you. The catalogs used to be passed out.
No more buyer catalogs. They stock what sells, and in Canada, I reckon ham
gear and electronics parts simply do not sell well.

Fred Adsit NY2V