Radio Shack DX-400
 

Looking for a review of this radio or comments from those who are familiar
with it.. Does anyone know of a source of more information on it? When was
it produced? What did it sell for?

Harlan

"H Davis" hdavis@(no spam)ntsource.com wrote in message ...
Looking for a review of this radio or comments from those who are familiar
with it.. Does anyone know of a source of more information on it? When was
it produced? What did it sell for?
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I had one of these back in the early 80s . It was a very decent little radio.
I used it when I traveled. Its performance was very good IMO. Go see
www.dxing.com/rx/cr2021.htm The Uniden at this review is the exact radio
as the dx 400 except the 400 had a decent analog s meter instead of a bar
graph on the 2021, except for that, its the same radio. RS originally sold the
400s for 279-289$ range. If you can get one for a good price in good order
Id get it. It didnt have dedicated USB or LSB control, to get either one you
had to use the bfo knob, but that worked fairly well. It had an antenna trimmer
control that worked very well to tune signals. Also a 3 position rf gain sw.
Biggest drawback,, no vfo control, just keypad entry or push button up-
down control.

Jeff

Jeff Santee wrote:

"H Davis" hdavis@(no spam)ntsource.com wrote in message ...
Looking for a review of this radio or comments from those who are familiar
with it.. Does anyone know of a source of more information on it? When was
it produced? What did it sell for?
================================================== =========================

I had one of these back in the early 80s . It was a very decent little radio.
I used it when I traveled. Its performance was very good IMO. Go see
www.dxing.com/rx/cr2021.htm The Uniden at this review is the exact radio
as the dx 400 except the 400 had a decent analog s meter instead of a bar
graph on the 2021, except for that, its the same radio. RS originally sold the
400s for 279-289$ range. If you can get one for a good price in good order
Id get it. It didnt have dedicated USB or LSB control, to get either one you
had to use the bfo knob, but that worked fairly well. It had an antenna trimmer
control that worked very well to tune signals. Also a 3 position rf gain sw.
Biggest drawback,, no vfo control, just keypad entry or push button up-
down control.

Jeff

It (they) were also one of the few triple conversion portables ever
made. I bought a new Uniden-2021 in 1984 for $99.00 from EEB (now
defunct). The '2021' and DX-400 were loosely based on the original
Sony-2001, which was the first fully synthesized portable with keypad
entry.


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Thanks for the response, Jeff. I took a look at the one you directed me to.
Boy, the Uniden and the DX-400 don't look anything alike, but it says right
there in black and white that they are similar. I don't know what to make of
that. I also didn't know Uniden made radios for Radio Shack, but I can't
remember much about the 80's.

Thanks again, Jeff. If anyone else has any experience with the radio, I
would appreciate additional comments.

Harlan



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"H Davis" hdavis@(no spam)ntsource.com wrote in message
...
Looking for a review of this radio or comments from those who are
familiar
with it.. Does anyone know of a source of more information on it? When
was
it produced? What did it sell for?

================================================== =========================

I had one of these back in the early 80s . It was a very decent
little radio.
I used it when I traveled. Its performance was very good IMO. Go see
www.dxing.com/rx/cr2021.htm The Uniden at this review is the exact
radio
as the dx 400 except the 400 had a decent analog s meter instead of a bar
graph on the 2021, except for that, its the same radio. RS originally sold
the
400s for 279-289$ range. If you can get one for a good price in good order
Id get it. It didnt have dedicated USB or LSB control, to get either one
you
had to use the bfo knob, but that worked fairly well. It had an antenna
trimmer
control that worked very well to tune signals. Also a 3 position rf gain
sw.
Biggest drawback,, no vfo control, just keypad entry or push button up-
down control.

Jeff

H Davis wrote:

Thanks for the response, Jeff. I took a look at the one you directed me to.
Boy, the Uniden and the DX-400 don't look anything alike, but it says right
there in black and white that they are similar. I don't know what to make of
that. I also didn't know Uniden made radios for Radio Shack, but I can't
remember much about the 80's.

Thanks again, Jeff. If anyone else has any experience with the radio, I
would appreciate additional comments.

Harlan

Except for the obvious difference in signal strength meters (mechanical
vs. LED's) and the location of certain knobs, the two radios are
electronically identical (inside). I have the schematic for the DX-400
and I've used it to work on my Uniden-2021.


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In rec.radio.shortwave on Tue, 4 Nov 2003 12:53:15 -0600,
"H Davis" hdavis@(no spam)ntsource.com wrote:

Looking for a review of this radio or comments from those who are familiar
with it.. Does anyone know of a source of more information on it? When was
it produced? What did it sell for?

The original product was the Sony ICF-2001. Later, Sony licensed the design to
other Asian manufacturers, on of which produced a Radio Shack version. I
bought my DX-400 in 1985 in Pontiac, Michigan for $65.00. I still use it.

The RS version of the 2001 had many of the problems of the original corrected,
except for the bizarre 3 kHz step interval. The Sony was famous for going
through fresh set of "D" cells in a few hours.

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