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Bryan

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Jan 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/1/99
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I recently went down to my local Radio Shack and they said they don't carry
the charger for the HTX-202. I don't know if the salesperson didn't know
what he was talking about or if it's true. Does anyone know how to get a
hold of one.

Bryan Bankston
KC5TQY

CBRambo

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Jan 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/2/99
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You can use any wall wart of 12-volt power supply. Actually, just about
anything works better than the 202's "stock" charger. It's extremely low
current.

"Where's that big 'ol CB RAMBO??"
"I wanna hear him TALK TOUGH!!"

Tim Hynde

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Jan 2, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/2/99
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CBRambo wrote in message <19990101200227...@ng-fi1.aol.com>...

>>I recently went down to my local Radio >Shack and they said they don't
carry
>>the charger for the HTX-202. I don't know >if the salesperson didn't know
>>what he was talking about or if it's true. Does >anyone know how to get a
>>hold of one.
>
>You can use any wall wart of 12-volt power supply. Actually, just about
>anything works better than the 202's "stock" charger. It's extremely low
>current.


Terrific advise Drew, watch as the nicads spew electrolite all over when you
hook up a wall wart that has an amp or so output. There is a REASON the
charger is low current butthead can you guess what it might be?

ddz

Gareth Crispell

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Jan 3, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/3/99
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Bryan wrote:
>
> I recently went down to my local Radio Shack and they said they don't carry
> the charger for the HTX-202. I don't know if the salesperson didn't know
> what he was talking about or if it's true. Does anyone know how to get a
> hold of one.
>
> Bryan Bankston
> KC5TQY

Have the shack clerk do a computer search of stores in your area and
one may still show up. If not....
it is a standard wall "frog" 12vdc with a 100mA output. The outside
of the plug is negative and the inner contact is positive. Should be
easy to find a frog with the voltage and current specs. The shack
sells all kinds of frog plug adapters and one of these should fit.
Good luck.

de ... N1MSV

Gareth http://www.capecod.net/~gareth/n1msv.htm

Dan Finn

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Jan 4, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/4/99
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The charger is just a plug-in AC adapter. Just follow the links on the
radioshack website (product support or 'services' or something like that). Call
the 800 number to order it. It will likely be rather expensive (for what it
is). You may want to consider getting the specs on the AC/DC adapter (output
voltage/current) and looking for something around the house, like a variable
power supply, or something at walmart, that will do the same job. But be
careful not to go too high up in voltage or you may fry the input zener in the
charging circuit.

73

Dan (KR4AJ)

Francis Mauser

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Jan 5, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/5/99
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I have a HTX-202 HT and looked at the charger for it. It is rated:

12 VDC at 100ma. As long as you get the polarity right, then any
garden variety type plug in transformer/rectifier should work OK.

Francis

Dan Finn

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Jan 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM1/6/99
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One thing to be careful about is the regulation. Almost all plug-in power supplies
are linear mode and unregulated. Thus, an adapter rated at 12V 3A will usually
be at 15-16V or so when only 100ma is drawn. But if it is rated 12V 100ma, it will
be closer to 12V output when drawing the rated 100ma. 16V will likely fry the input
zener and cause the nicads to vent, so the other person who cautioned about looking
for the current rating is correct: Watch out for the current rating. But if you
have a voltage regulated supply, then there should be no problem, no matter what the
rated current is (except that it may charge more quickly, so watch out for
overcharge).

73

Dan (KR4AJ)

Va3hij Ferguson

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Jan 14, 2024, 6:09:36 PM1/14/24
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On Tuesday 5 January 1999 at 03:00:00 UTC-5, Francis Mauser wrote:
> I have a HTX-202 HT and looked at the charger for it. It is rated:
> 12 VDC at 100ma. As long as you get the polarity right, then any
> garden variety type plug in transformer/rectifier should work OK.
> Francis
> On Mon, 04 Jan 1999 14:02:22 -0500, Dan Finn <djf...@ibm.net> wrote:
> >The charger is just a plug-in AC adapter. Just follow the links on the
> >radioshack website (product support or 'services' or something like that). Call
> >the 800 number to order it. It will likely be rather expensive (for what it
> >is). You may want to consider getting the specs on the AC/DC adapter (output
> >voltage/current) and looking for something around the house, like a variable
> >power supply, or something at walmart, that will do the same job. But be
> >careful not to go too high up in voltage or you may fry the input zener in the
> >charging circuit.
> >
> >73
> >
> >Dan (KR4AJ)
> >
> >Bryan wrote:
> >
> >> I recently went down to my local Radio Shack and they said they don't carry
> >> the charger for the HTX-202. I don't know if the salesperson didn't know
> >> what he was talking about or if it's true. Does anyone know how to get a
> >> hold of one.
> >>
> >> Bryan Bankston
> >> KC5TQY
> >how long does it take to charge?
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