{"id":29246,"date":"2017-11-20T08:19:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T12:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29246"},"modified":"2017-11-20T08:22:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T12:22:29","slug":"commradio-ctx-10-approved-by-fcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/commradio-ctx-10-approved-by-fcc\/","title":{"rendered":"CommRadio CTX-10 approved by FCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21791\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CommRadioCTX-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21791\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21791\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CommRadioCTX-10-1024x515.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CommRadioCTX-10-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CommRadioCTX-10-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CommRadioCTX-10-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CommRadioCTX-10-624x314.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CommRadioCTX-10.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CommRadio CTX-10<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0R. Lewis (KF5GV), who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Just noticed on Universal Radio web page the Comm Radio CTX-10 has been approved by the FCC. They are accepting pre-orders on Dec 1. No indication of pricing but hope they announce it soon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks for the tip!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to checking out the <strong>CommRadio CTX-10<\/strong>. For one thing, it&#8217;s in one of my favorite radio categories: portable general coverage QRP transceivers!<\/p>\n<p>Since the CTX-10 receiver is likely an iteration of the excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/commradio-cr-1-a-superb-travel-radio\/\">CommRadio CR1 series<\/a>, I expect it&#8217;ll perform well on the broadcast bands as well as the ham bands. I look forward to reviewing the CTX-10.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25966\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-75.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25966\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25966\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-75-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-75-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-75-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-75-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-75-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-75.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new CTX-10 prototype from CommRadio at Universal Radio&#8217;s 2017 Hamvention booth.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Follow the tag <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/commradio-ctx-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CommRadio CTX-10<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0R. Lewis (KF5GV), who writes: Just noticed on Universal Radio web page the Comm Radio CTX-10 has been approved by the FCC. They are accepting pre-orders on Dec 1. No indication of pricing but hope they announce it soon. Thanks for the tip! I&#8217;m looking forward to checking out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,836,3,43],"tags":[1626,5541,5542,3276,1303,58],"class_list":["post-29246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-commradio","tag-commradio-ctx-10","tag-ctx-10","tag-general-coverage-transceivers","tag-qrp","tag-universal-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7BI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30137,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/commradio-ctx-10-availability-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":29246,"position":0},"title":"CommRadio CTX-10 availability update","author":"Thomas","date":"January 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Universal Radio is now taking orders for the CommRadio CTX-10 QRP transceiver. The price is $999.99 and the expected shipping date is March 1, 2018. Universal notes that they will not charge customers until the units begin shipping. Once radios are in production, I plan to review the CTX-10. 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Lewis (KF5GV\/HS1) and Dave Zantow (N9EWO) who've both noted that the CommRadio CR-1a receiver has been listed as \"discontinued\" by Universal Radio, and HRO. I imagine CommRadio has stopped manufacturing the CR-1a as they gear up for production of the new\u00a0CTX-10 10 watt\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The CommRadio CR-1a","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CR-1a-left-front.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CR-1a-left-front.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CR-1a-left-front.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CR-1a-left-front.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21790,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/the-new-commradio-ctx-10-qrp-transceiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":29246,"position":2},"title":"The new CommRadio CTX-10 QRP general coverage transceiver","author":"Thomas","date":"October 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Fred Osterman and Dave Zantow for sharing information about the new CommRadio CTX-10 transciever. \u00a0Here is the description from Universal Radio's catalog: AeroStream Communications near Golden, Colorado entered the hobby radio market in 2013 with their revolutionary CommRadio CR-1 and follow up CR-1a SDR receivers. The success\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"commradioctx-10","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CommRadioCTX-10-1024x515.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CommRadioCTX-10-1024x515.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CommRadioCTX-10-1024x515.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34419,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/the-commradio-ctx-10-has-landed\/","url_meta":{"origin":29246,"position":3},"title":"The CommRadio CTX-10 has landed","author":"Thomas","date":"October 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, UPS delivered a much-anticipated package: the CTX-10 QRP transceiver from CommRadio. CommRadio dispatched this loaner CTX-10 for evaluation and I'm excited to get my hands on it since it's not everyday I get to evaluate a transceiver designed around field portability (my favorite category of gear). 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