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

[Neil Kollipara, KC8YFF]

Fred, I truly agree about Radio Shack employees. I went to Radio Shack and asked the high school kid about a General class study guide. He said he'd check the shelf and he said they had none. My mom picked up a police scanner book and right under it was a General class book! I also agree they are electronic-illiterate. The people that work there are teenagers who are obsessed with fancy cellphones that have blinking-light antennas and a built in lazer pointer as well as a universal remote. I mean, come on! I guarantee I know much more than those employees. I don't mean to say this to all Radio Shack employees, I just am talking about a guy I talked to at a Radio Shack, NOT to be mean to all employees.
 
73 and tnx,
Neil KC8YFF
radioshack-owner at mailman.qth.net

Fred Adsit <ny2v at earthlink.net> wrote:
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


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