Motorola HT 100

KC9LDB · Post by **KC9LDB** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:25 pm

Alright guys, first off i want to thank you for an enlisting to batlabs, my question is Does anyone know anything about the motorola HT 100, i am planning on buying two with chargers, batterys, and antennas for $35.00, they work but i have no experence with them, i dont even know how many channels they have. if someone could help me out it would be great.
Joe-Illinois

ke4zdg · Post by **ke4zdg** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:41 pm

My friend has a few of them. I think they are 2 channels (crystal controlled), and pretty low power. All I know is they are pretty hard to come by.

PM me w/ you email address and I'll see if I can find more info for you.

Jared

RadioSouth · Post by **RadioSouth** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:01 pm

Relics from the '70s, don't think you can even get battery packs for them., recall power was very low 100 Mw? Nice piece of Motorola history to put on a shelf. If you're looking for cost effective radios I'd definetely steer you towards something like a HT600 P200 GP300 P110
SP50,etc.

Tom in D.C. · Post by **Tom in D.C.** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:07 pm

I had a couple of HT100s for a while so I learned some things
about them during that time.

1. The cells in the battery pack can be replaced with current
elliptical NiMH button cells. Any good battery shop can do this
for you and it shouldn't cost a lot. Mine was done by Batteries
Plus in Rockville MD for under $30.

2. The HT100 is an HT220 with the final amplifier and bottom-end
battery pack removed.

3. And they ARE crystal controlled radios, again same as an HT220, with very low power output.

wa2zdy · Post by **wa2zdy** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:57 pm

Cute little radio indeed, but as already said above, best off in a display case.

WA3VJB · Post by **WA3VJB** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:25 am

"Corny little spin-off" of the HT220, as one of Michael Wright's link profiles attests.

http://www.geocities.com/mikeht220/ht100.html

I think they look pretty cool myself, and I'd crystal them up for light duty.

WB6NVH · Post by **WB6NVH** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:44 pm

Are you sure you mean HT-100, and not P100? The HT-100 is a very rare and basically antique radio.

KC9LDB · Post by **KC9LDB** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:32 am

Well im not for sure, he labeled them as 2 motorola handi talkie 100's. the image i saw that is no longer on the server depicts a home image of a HT-100. Are they really antiques?

WA3VJB · Post by **WA3VJB** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:53 am

Well they're antiques in the sense of being rare and collectible enough that you wouldn't want to have them in rugged beat-up service anymore. Not that they couldn't take it, but as mentioned, there are newer radios on the used market that will do much better from almost any standpoint (except allure).

If your deal is sealed, have no remorse if they're really HT100 because you can peddle them on here to a good home and probably trade for just the kind of working pair for the application you have in mind.

Unless you're a docent at a radio museum somewhere, then, you're going to be in great shape.

barrypal · Post by **barrypal** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 3:32 pm

If you guys are still reading this post I am very interested in picking up an HT-100. I use to have several years ago but traded them off. Am also interested in any spare parts, fronts, frames, batteries, etc...

I grew up on ham radio with these units in the 70' and 80' and would love to have another one for old time sake... hi

And thanks Tom for the elliptical button battery replacement idea.
How did you cut apart the battery as to fit the new cells? I tried removing one side and really made a mess of it..

Barry Palmore k7pal@comcast.net
Uhf repeater in Seattle Echolink node number 111001

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