Or angry that Alinco was selling a radio that seemed to be targeted for the Export CB market. Most of the info I could find were hams bashing the unit. Unfortunately many hams would not consider this radio because of the Echo pot and roger beep options. So the hunt began for any new radio's that would fit the bill. Many people have been using the magnum radios on 10m with great success, and were starting to gain "Peer Acceptance" in the ham world.
It worked, but with large gaps in the band and between channels, left a lot to be desired. I converted an old CB to 10 meters because I had it laying around. With the HTX-10 and HTX-100's aging, and the cost of them on the secondary market still being rather high, I was looking for alternatives. I just wanted a single band unit for some DXing at lunch, and making some contacts while sitting or out on the 4wd trail or on the beach. I previously had an HTX-100 and sold it before I got my truck. I was looking for a good little 10 meter radio for the truck. I'm not going to get in depth with the review, there is enough info around on the web that cover some of the features. Obviously, that amount of drift had taken it way beyond any possibility of the inner menu correcting it.ĭigging around, I discovered that this fault is not uncommon and can be rectified by inserting an SMD cap across a couple of board tracks, but I don't touch SMD components, so I might send it off for repair. When I fired it back up, the discrepancy between the display and actuality had widened somewhat, to around 2.3 kHz, which was just really annoying and inconvenient. This carried on for months, until I got another bit of kit that took over and the DR was left sitting for a while, probably nearly six months. It remained stable with a steady 1kHz offset to the display, but it was quite usable like that, as I knew exactly where it was and what it was doing. I accessed the hidden menus and discovered that the settings were pretty much maxed out as far as correcting the drift went, so had to live with it. After a few months I noticed a slight tendency to drift, which was annoying, as it had been rock-solid until then. I bought one of these a couple of years ago, as the DR-135DX and was quite pleased with it. The DX-10 includes the EMS-70 Hand Mic (with metal plug), mobile bracket, DC cord and mounting hardware. Tuning steps may be set to 10 Hz, 100 Hz, 1 kHz or 10 kHz. The radio features SWR and power supply voltage protection. The meter can display S/RF, SWR or DC voltage. Rather, frequencies may be stored in the expansive memory system and then adjusted by the fine tuning. This radio does not employ a traditional VFO. Power output is adjustable (0-25W SSB and 1-12W FM/AM/CW). It will operate in LSB, USB, AM, FM or CW modes. The Alinco DX-10 is a capable, compact, multimode 10 meter transceiver. Review Summary For : Alinco DX-10 10 Meter All Mode Mobile EMail SubscriptionRegistered users are allowed to subscribe to specific review topics and receive eMail notifications when new reviews are posted.