MnMikew wrote:
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"m II" wrote in message

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It must be a coincidence. There was a Realistic dx-160 thread a while
ago. Today I visited a local second hand store and picked up the same

radio.

It's in good shape, with factory external speaker and manual. Price?
Seventy dollars Canadian. I was happy and the seller was MORE than
happy. It was a good deal all around and now my first 160 has a twin
buddy to keep it company.

Life is good.


mike

I always enjoyed tuning a DX-160. They were really nice receivers.
Congrats!


I see these on Ebay all the time for pretty cheap. How does this radio
compare to my DX394B? I could use another tabletop.

Although the DX-394 has it's shortcomings it's still far ahead of the
DX-160 in overall performance. The '160' is not a serious table-top by
today's standards or even in it's day. It's more of a trip down memory
lane now. Consider one of the discontinued table-tops by Kenwood or
Drake. In your price range the Kenwood R600 or Drake SW2 would probably
be good choices. I'd go for the SW2 which has a great sync' detector for
program listening.