On 2004-02-15 (BelovedLeader) said:
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Altawaowr wrote in message
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Dear Parker
The radio shack still might sell a radio called DX 398
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radios at Radio Shack.
These are the prices off the RS Computer as of 2pm Central time
today, Oct. 29, 2002:
DX-396 is at $29.97 20-226 equivalent to Sangean ATS-xxx
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The DX-396, according to Radio Netherlands review at,
http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/ , is a Sangean model, but nobody has yet been
able to find a Sangean branded equivallent, ATS-XXX or otherwise. It
discontinued at Radio Shack at $29.97. Any time you see a Radio Shack price
tag ending in $.97 (97 cents), you know the item is definitely discontinued
and that is a blow-out price. The price may continually drop, still showing
a $.97 ending, until gone. The last DX-396 probably disappeared from the
last Radio Shack store some time back in the early summer of 2003 at the
latest. I bought the last one available in the Atlanta area, and regretted
that I was not able to get at least two, one to use, and one to hold back
for when the one in service might die beyond any possibility of repair. I
might even have liked to get more than two, so I could have some for sale or
trade later.

DX-397 is at $19.97 20-227 " Sangean ATS-xxx
The DX-397 was discontinued at $19.97. It is the same radio as the Sangean
SG-622, which I understand is still available at a number of Sangean
dealers, such as Universal Radio, among others. I have not heard whether
that one is discontinued. I think there might be a brief review of that one
at the Radio Netherlands website. It can actually fit, and even be operated
somewhat inconveniently from, a large shirt pocket, but better for a coat or
jacket pocket. I was not impressed with it very much at all, and figured I
did not get robbed for $19.97, but I wished I had not spent the money. Ten
more bucks might have gotten me a really good small portable radio, another
DX-396.

DX-398 is at $99.97 20-228 " Sangean ATS-909
DX-399 is at $39.97 20-229 " Sangean ATS-606 or Siemens RK-759
DX-402 is at $69.97* 20-230 " Sangean ATS-505
* As of late November, the DX-402 is $49.97.

I also bought a DX-402 and liked that radio quite a bit. I can't say
exactly why, but I actually like the ATS-505 better than the ATS-909, and I
deliberately chose not to buy a DX-398. If any of those Sangean-made DX-NNN
radios are still available anywhere at all, you might be able to find a
DX-402 or maybe a DX-399 at some out-of-the-way Radio Shack store somewhere.
I think I remember seeing or hearing of a DX-402 still existing unsold in
one of the Atlanta area stores as late as October, last year, 2003.

And for those AM DXers out there, the word I have is that the AM
loop antenna (15-1853/1501853) is discontinued. It is no longer
available through the website, and can be found only in the stores
until all gone. Current price on this antenna is $19.99. [It's
lower now, if you can find one].
The last two of those loops available in the Atlanta area, one of them
without its box and without the supplied connector cable, came to my place
at $9.97 each. I would suspect all those are now sold and accounted for
somewhere for. I have three of them, and might at some future date let one
of them go as part of some sale or trade, maybe.
The thing that surprises me is that Radio Shack stores in the USA have as
yet chosen not to sell or offer for sale by mail order, the Grundig S-350.
I rather think they could sell them by the boatload if they wanted to, and
I'm not talking about a small boat, either. The last time I was in a Radio
Shack store, the only two Grundig-brand shortwave-capable radios they had
were the FR-200 emergency crank-powered radio, the YB-400PE, and some
smaller model, possibly the Mini World 100, or one of the small Traveller
models.

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Brent Reynolds, Atlanta, GA USA