<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Review of the CommRadio CTX-10 QRP transceiver</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_2940.jpg" width="400" align="right" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: auto;">In the past two years few QRP transceivers have generated the interest of the <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">CommRadio CTX-10</strong>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">I’ve gotten no less than two dozen emails from readers asking about the CTX-10 after learning I had one here at SWLing Post HQ. And, I’ll freely admit, I was among those people who couldn’t wait to give this promising little radio some on-air time––and, as a result, a proper evaluation.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The CTX-10 transceiver is based on the excellent and well-regarded CommRadio CR-1/CR-1A receiver. <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://swling.com/blog/2013/11/review-of-the-commradio-cr-1-software-defined-radio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">Click here to read our review in a new window.</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Fans of the US-made CR-1 and CR-1A appreciated the approach to the CommRadio design: simple operation, clever engineering, near-mil spec components and construction, superb receiver characteristics, as well as excellent audio. The classic CR-1 has all the essentials––multiple modes, filters, and the like––yet offers relatively few features when compared with other tabletop radios in its price class. It’s a simple get-on-the-air rig that feels like its engineered to last forever.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Here&#39;s a link to the review including a number of photos:<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://swling.com/blog/2019/02/initial-review-of-the-commradio-ctx-10-qrp-general-coverage-transceiver/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://swling.com/blog/2019/02/initial-review-of-the-commradio-ctx-10-qrp-general-coverage-transceiver/</a></p></div>