I agree Mike, that is a sweet little radio. I borrowed one and it compared
very favorably to most of my other small portables. I keep waiting for
them to go on sale at Radio Shack so I can get one of my own brand new.

It doesn't quite have the audio output or sound quality of the DX-440
though, so if Dave wants to have more of a table-top sound in a portable,
that still may be the better choice. Of course, the DX-440 is a pretty
hefty radio for travel, so perhaps he should buy both!


"Mike Maghakian" wrote in message
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I highly recommend a used Eton/Grundig E5/G5. they can be bought for less
than $100 and the performance is outstanding
it is good enough for me to name it to be my low cost portable. that is
out of the competition of the many radios I have owned over the past 30
years.

my high end unit is a modified E1 and my music radio is a modified Lowe
HF-225


"Dave" wrote in message
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Hi all,

My wife and I are big public radio fans and we're looking to purchase
a portable world radio. While price isn't a huge issue for us, we
generally prefer to purchase used when possible. Having searched the
online classifieds in my area the contenders, in order of asking price
(highest to lowest), a

1) Radio Shack DX-398 / Sangean ATS-909
2) Radio Shack DX-440 / Sangean ATS-803A
3) Grundig YB 400 PE

At a minimum, the radio will be used as an alarm for 1.5hrs each
morning while I get ready for work (local FM station) and general
listening during the day/evening. The radio will be run with an AC
adapter and will replace both an inexpensive clock-radio that has poor
FM reception and a dead travel radio. Having spent a little time as a
youth listening to SW broadcasts, it would be interesting to try it
again now that I'm a little older.

Thanks,
Dave