I don't care if it's coiled or not, this is nice to avoid tangling, etc., but it's not essential. I will try to get a 9-conductor cable and replace the mic cable later. Using the radio for Weather advice/alerts makes it even more useful. From 162.45, you can use the VFO function and quickly tune up or down to find a good station. Most of them here are linked to a central Weather station at Jackson, KY. I used 162.45 Mhz which is the loudest where I live. Since it covers a lot of frequencies on receive, I ran it up to the local weather channel frequency and locked it into Channel 9 in the memory.
#8 pin connector radio shack manual
Downloaded the manual from one of several sources I found on the 'Net. You have to lock up some repeater frequencies in memory to use it easily, especially when mobile. I like that it is small and relatively simple to operate. Replacing the microphone cable was described by WD4NKA. I thought a printer extension cable might do it but don't have anything usable in that size diameter. I found a website where replacing it is detailed but don't have a cable, yet. The microphone cable was ratty on both ends but got it all taped up. Picked up the radio at a hamfest last Saturday, Sept 29, 2018. This may be a good way for others to replace the microphone cable with one that promises to last much longer than for an OEM replacement. All the wires were a color for color replacement except for three wires so a simple substitute for the color of the three wires was done with no problem. It went on the HTX-252 microphone perfectly although typical of such work, it was not a simple walk in the park. It was hardly used and essentially still new. Therefore, I replaced the one on the desk microphone with the long cable and used the old, shorter cable as a replacement for the HTX-252 microphone cable. Then I remembered that I had a long cable for the microphone for the FT-450 desk microphone. Mine was the same and I looked at a lot of cables I had here that might be used to replace the cable.
There are plenty of comments online about the microphone cable deteriorating. Many other options on the market since this one was introduced.
It's a good little 2m radio, provided you can get it cheap enough to make it good value. I dislike the auto-resume when scanning, it starts scanning again after a few seconds. Radio itself is a bit fussy to operate, with many functions needing button presses on both the front panel and the microphone keypad. If you can wield a soldering iron and can spare $10 and maybe an hour or two, then the microphone cord problem is very close to a non-issue. Now the radio is like new and works fine. The original strain relief was moved over to the new cable, as it's ever so slightly different.
The mic wire is no longer shielded, but seems to work fine anyway. The wire colors were different, so I had to ring them out, make notes, being careful.
#8 pin connector radio shack install
It was quite easy to install (just the mic end, it opens with two screws). ICOM.") online for under US$10, already pre-terminated with the correct mating 8-pin connector. I found a replacement cord (called "8 Pin Microphone Cable for Kenwood. Like many, I found that the microphone cord fell apart all by itself, literally while in storage (deterioration, not wear and tear). I've had the HTX-252 (bought new, when on sale of course) for many many years. Replacement Mic Cords easily available and cheap
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