I was in a Radio Shack for the first time in about a year and I notice they
no longer sell their own models but sell Grundig, etc. Did Radio Shack get
completely out of making the DX series?? There must be some good discounts
out there somewhere on the DX models if that is the case.

The deep discounts were a little over a year ago, around Oct-Nov 2002. I
picked up two DX-396s for $50, a DX-402 for $50, and a DX-398 for $99.
Basically I got all four radios for the list price of the DX-398 alone.

I gave the DX-396s as gifts, but still use the DX-402 and DX-398. Both are
very good radios.

Bob


"snow" wrote in message
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I was in a Radio Shack for the first time in about a year and I notice
they
no longer sell their own models but sell Grundig, etc. Did Radio Shack get
completely out of making the DX series?? There must be some good discounts
out there somewhere on the DX models if that is the case.

Robert Sillett wrote:

The deep discounts were a little over a year ago, around Oct-Nov 2002. I
picked up two DX-396s for $50, a DX-402 for $50, and a DX-398 for $99.
Basically I got all four radios for the list price of the DX-398 alone.

I gave the DX-396s as gifts, but still use the DX-402 and DX-398. Both are
very good radios.

Bob



Agree with Bob's response, but also think it's worth pointing out
(given the original header of the post) that, to my knowledge, Radio
Shack *never* "made" their own radios. Some of their stuff is "made to
their specifications" however you want to interpret that, but I don't
think they have their own manufacturing facility for anything, and don't
know if they ever did. The DX-402 Bob refers to, for example, was made
by Sangean.

Tony




"snow" wrote in message
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I was in a Radio Shack for the first time in about a year and I notice
they
no longer sell their own models but sell Grundig, etc. Did Radio Shack get
completely out of making the DX series?? There must be some good discounts
out there somewhere on the DX models if that is the case.




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"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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Radio Shack is owned by Tandy. Tandy does manufacture wire.


Agree with Bob's response, but also think it's worth pointing out
(given the original header of the post) that, to my knowledge, Radio
Shack *never* "made" their own radios. Some of their stuff is "made to
their specifications" however you want to interpret that, but I don't
think they have their own manufacturing facility for anything, and don't
know if they ever did. The DX-402 Bob refers to, for example, was made
by Sangean.

Tony




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I was in a Radio Shack for the first time in about a year and I notice
they
no longer sell their own models but sell Grundig, etc. Did Radio Shack
get
completely out of making the DX series?? There must be some good
discounts
out there somewhere on the DX models if that is the case.




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Can't remember when I last stepped into a *Radio Shack*. Do they still sell
*radios*? g

"You've got questions, we have blank stares!"

CW wrote:


"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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Radio Shack is owned by Tandy. Tandy does manufacture wire.

But the point is they didn't make radios. Most of their SW line was
rebadged Sangeans, except for the DX396 and maybe another model, which
were made by a company in China that I never did find out who it was. I
had a look at the radio line of one of the biggest RS's in my area and
they sold only two SW capable radios, the Grundig YB400 and the Grundig
windup. Shortwave must not be too popular these days, or else the
cellphones have greater profit margins.



Agree with Bob's response, but also think it's worth pointing out
(given the original header of the post) that, to my knowledge, Radio
Shack *never* "made" their own radios. Some of their stuff is "made to
their specifications" however you want to interpret that, but I don't
think they have their own manufacturing facility for anything, and don't
know if they ever did. The DX-402 Bob refers to, for example, was made
by Sangean.

Tony




"snow" wrote in message
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I was in a Radio Shack for the first time in about a year and I notice
they
no longer sell their own models but sell Grundig, etc. Did Radio Shack
get
completely out of making the DX series?? There must be some good
discounts
out there somewhere on the DX models if that is the case.




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Your reading comprehension needs work. The claim was that RS ever made
anything (read it again, slowly). That is not the case.

"tommyknocker" wrote in message
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CW wrote:


"Tony Meloche" wrote in message
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Radio Shack is owned by Tandy. Tandy does manufacture wire.

But the point is they didn't make radios. Most of their SW line was
rebadged Sangeans, except for the DX396 and maybe another model, which
were made by a company in China that I never did find out who it was. I
had a look at the radio line of one of the biggest RS's in my area and
they sold only two SW capable radios, the Grundig YB400 and the Grundig
windup. Shortwave must not be too popular these days, or else the
cellphones have greater profit margins.



Agree with Bob's response, but also think it's worth pointing out
(given the original header of the post) that, to my knowledge, Radio
Shack *never* "made" their own radios. Some of their stuff is "made
to
their specifications" however you want to interpret that, but I don't
think they have their own manufacturing facility for anything, and
don't
know if they ever did. The DX-402 Bob refers to, for example, was
made
by Sangean.

Tony




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I was in a Radio Shack for the first time in about a year and I
notice
they
no longer sell their own models but sell Grundig, etc. Did Radio
Shack
get
completely out of making the DX series?? There must be some good
discounts
out there somewhere on the DX models if that is the case.




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Just about all of the DX'ers were made by someone elce other than RS.

Bill, N5NOB

The ONLY thing Radio Shack makes is "Coax and other wire/cable" And it is
****** quality.
Scanners by Uniden, Stereos are last years Pioneers with special faceplates,
and a lot of the new stuff is made by Cyberhome and even has the MFGR's
label on it. Ham stuff was made by "Maxon".
Radio-Shack is nothing more than a "Re-Badger"...Eddie

"Bill Hennessy" wrote in message
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Just about all of the DX'ers were made by someone elce other than RS.

Bill, N5NOB

"Eddie Haskel" wrote in message
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The ONLY thing Radio Shack makes is "Coax and other wire/cable" And it is
****** quality.
Scanners by Uniden, Stereos are last years Pioneers with special
faceplates,
and a lot of the new stuff is made by Cyberhome and even has the MFGR's
label on it. Ham stuff was made by "Maxon".
Radio-Shack is nothing more than a "Re-Badger"...Eddie

Don't forget those portable cassette decks they have been having made by
Hitachi for 30+ years.. even the style hasn't changed much..