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Reviews For: Dragon SY-252

Category: Transceivers: VHF/UHF+ Amateur Base/Mobile (non hand-held)

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Review Summary For : Dragon SY-252
Reviews: 1MSRP:
Description:
2M FM 30w Mobile transceiver
Product is not in production
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G7MIW Rating: 2009-01-10
Respectable Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Also marketed as: Albrecht AE-540 and Radio Shack HTX-252.

Make no mistake this is a budget radio.It has good quality received and transmitted signals.
As I live in a remote rural area I don't know if or how this little rig will suffer from intermod. For a very small radio it has already impressed pulling weak signals out of the air and the internal speaker is again very good given it's size.

Plus side:
Price
Size (W)130mm(5.1") x (H)35mm(1.4") x (D)140mm(5.5")
Signal Quality.
Extended TX/RX from 136MHz thru 174MHz (output power drops towards edges)
CTCSS
DTMF microphone
User selectable offset frequencies.

Down Side:
only 10 Memories + 1 Call Channel
Slow scan rate.
Clunky user interface.
No direct frequency input.

If you're in the market for a simple VHF mobile then this is a reasonable choice.