{"id":34419,"date":"2018-10-10T08:18:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34419"},"modified":"2018-10-10T08:18:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:18:07","slug":"the-commradio-ctx-10-has-landed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/the-commradio-ctx-10-has-landed\/","title":{"rendered":"The CommRadio CTX-10 has landed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday, UPS delivered a much-anticipated package: the CTX-10<\/strong> QRP transceiver from CommRadio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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).<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I took a few shots of the CTX-10 as I unpacked it:<\/p>\n

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I’ll need to build a fused power cable with the supplied pigtail and also sort out an 8 conductor (Yaesu compatible) modular plug microphone. Of course, I’ll give this radio a thorough review testing it on SSB, CW and digital modes (especially FT8).<\/p>\n

Since the CTX-10 is built on the\u00a0CommRadio CR-1 and CR-1A<\/a>\u00a0I anticipate a capable receiver section (in other words, expectations are high). Of course, I’ll test the CTX-10’s ability as a broadcast receiver as well.<\/p>\n

Follow my progress by following the tag: CTX-10<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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). Yesterday, I took a few shots of the […]<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,836,3,43],"tags":[1626,5541,5542,4108,4085,58],"class_list":["post-34419","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-new-products","tag-reviews","tag-universal-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8X9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30137,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/commradio-ctx-10-availability-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":34419,"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. 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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! 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