Radio Shack HTX-200 Owner's Manual

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2FEATURESYour RadioShack HTX-200 Mini Handheld Two-Meter FM Ama-teur Transceiver is compact and lightweight, making it easy tocarry almost anywhere. The crystal controlled circuitry providesaccurate and stable frequency selection, making it an idealchoice for your amateur communications needs.Note: You must have a Technician Class or higher Amateur Ra-dio Operator’s License, and a call sign issued by the FCC, to le-gally transmit using this transceiver. Transmitting without alicense carries heavy penalties. Getting a license is easier thanever. See “Introduction to Amateur Radio” on Page 7 for more in-formation.Here are some of your transceiver’s features.Up To 2 Watt Output — the transceiver transmits at 200 mW out-put when powered by internal alkaline batteries, or at 2 Watt out-put when powered by an external 9-volt power source.CTCSS (Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System) SubaudibleTone — both encodes and decodes 47 subaudible tones to helpreduce interference from other nearby systems operating on thesame frequency.Repeater Offset — lets you select the appropriate offset value tomatch a local repeater.Scan — the transceiver scans the frequency range and the mem-ory locations for transmissions.Power Save — conserves battery power when the transceiver isnot transmitting or receiving.Programmable Frequency Steps — let you set the frequencyincrement for tuning or scanning to 5, 10, 12.5, 15, 20, 25, 50 kHz,or 1 MHz steps.©1999 Tandy Corporation.All Rights Reserved.RadioShack and Adaptaplug are registered trademarks used by Tandy Corporation.