RS - DX 394 on e - bay
 

I find couple of Radio Shack DX 394 on e-bay , is it woth bidding
considering the technology . If yes how much should I bid ? Any
feedback is appreciated .

Kam

kamalakar pasupuleti wrote:

I find couple of Radio Shack DX 394 on e-bay , is it woth bidding
considering the technology . If yes how much should I bid ? Any
feedback is appreciated .

Kam

I checked out one a friend owned.

Here's a link with basic information about the radio. (Link says 302, but same page has 394)

http://www.dxing.com/rx/dx302.htm

They rate radios for "value" on a 1-5 star basis. The 394 gets 1 star.

Here's a link to the same site's table of contents with links to information about 100 or so of the more popular radios on the used market:

http://www.dxing.com/rx/rxindex.htm

Personally, if I was in the market for a budget priced table top I think I'd look at the Tentec RX-320. Better performance, and generally available for about $200-225 on the used market.

Hi,

Here's another review of it - a good one. I had one and I liked it but I got
a "B" model on the insistence of a ham friend of mine. My best friend now
has it and loves it. You'll get good and bad comments on it in this group
but I was never sorry I bought it. As to what you should pay for it, I
wouldn't go more than $100 - $125 for it. Also check to see if it has had
any modification to some. Some of these 394's an eBay have had the mods
done.

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/dx394.html
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Good Luck
Abb N
VE3003SWL
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

"kamalakar pasupuleti" wrote in message
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I find couple of Radio Shack DX 394 on e-bay , is it woth bidding
considering the technology . If yes how much should I bid ? Any
feedback is appreciated .

Kam

as has been pointed out, the factory designed and supplied DX-394 is
full of problems. however there are some modifications that can fix
the 394. after that it is quite a full featured receiver if you pay no
more than $200. it is not worth $250 as I have seen some people pay.
at that point there are many other better values. but at $200 for a
modified one, that is a good value point.





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I find couple of Radio Shack DX 394 on e-bay , is it woth bidding
considering the technology . If yes how much should I bid ? Any
feedback is appreciated .

Kam

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I find couple of Radio Shack DX 394 on e-bay , is it woth bidding
considering the technology . If yes how much should I bid ? Any
feedback is appreciated .

Kam

I have maintained a graph of Monthly average selling prices for
DX-394's since late October on the website of the DX-394 special
interest group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RADIOSHACKDX394/ .
Join 560 other members to see what you can learn about it. Links to
reviews, a cavalcade of mods, etc.

Tom

I got mine a few years ago and I must say that it is the best of all the RS
short-wave radios that I have owned. That isn't saying much. A squelch
circuit would have been nice as that the radio is very noisy. It has next to
no filtering and when you tune manually it pops at every point 1 of a KC. I
also find that it has a drift on SSB that it has had from the first day. It
is ok if all you want to listen to is VOA or other AM stations but no good
for the good stuff on short-wave. I use mine as a spare rig and my Yeasu as
a primary. I wouldn't pay more then $50.00 for one.

"kamalakar pasupuleti" wrote in message
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I find couple of Radio Shack DX 394 on e-bay , is it woth bidding
considering the technology . If yes how much should I bid ? Any
feedback is appreciated .

Kam

I just "built" one with two upgraded filters and some other bug fixes. it is
so superior to a stock unit ! the dual selectable filters are OUTSTANDING !
sold it for $205 including nice external speaker

I am the only one that I am aware of on the planet to build such an
outstanding 394. my other great 394 project was to build a portable capable
394. killer unit too !

got several more stock 394's coming so I can upgrade them too.

it is FUN to upgrade them and see how I have improved them !!!


Mike



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I find couple of Radio Shack DX 394 on e-bay , is it woth bidding
considering the technology . If yes how much should I bid ? Any
feedback is appreciated .

Kam

mike maghakian wrote:
I just "built" one with two upgraded filters and some
other bug fixes. it is so superior to a stock unit ! the
dual selectable filters are OUTSTANDING ! sold it for
$205 including nice external speaker

I am the only one that I am aware of on the planet to
build such an outstanding 394. my other great 394 project
was to build a portable capable 394. killer unit too !

got several more stock 394's coming so I can upgrade them
too.

it is FUN to upgrade them and see how I have improved
them !!!

Upgrading DX-394's has been sport for many years. A search of Usenet
postings in r.r.s in particular shows the first reported upgrade - the Kiwa
filter - in late 1995. There are some 6000 messages posted in Usenet that
refer to the DX-394 (some may be just in the signature) - another 2300 in
the RADIOSHACKDX394 Yahoo!Group. The late 90's saw a flurry of
improvements - most of the key ones - pioneered mainly by the legendary
Frank Cathell who seems to have moved on to astronomy and other interests. I
sparked another round starting in mid-2002, posted many to www.mods.dk and
consolidated everything I could find at the RADIOSHACKDX394 SIG and its
offspring, DX-394C, which concentrates on computer control conversions. Mike
Maghakian has stimulated a lot of discussion with his filter upgrades, here
in r.r.s. and the SIG. Another Mike, lowbander on ebay, has established a
solid reputation in doing cost-effective, intelligent upgrades, with over
500 DX-394 transactions on ebay.

In the last 5 months, DX-394's have sold on ebay for as little as $100 (a UK
auction last week) to as much as $275 for a modified one. You'll find my
average monthly price graph on the SIG website.

To the person who complained that his DX-394 is unstable in frequency: I
have 3 and they are all very stable - little apparent temperature drift and
quite solid through line voltage fluctuations.

Tom

all these issues are covered by easy fixes, if you don't want to do them
, then the DX-394 is NOT the radio for you. My 394 is selective (mod),
quiet (inherently), has no pops(mod) and is a very nice radio.

I would pay a lot lot more than $50 for one and buy a dozen at a time if
I could.


It is unfortunate that people like you spread so much misleading
information. It is the reason the 394 is SO misunderstood.


Mike




WG wrote:
I got mine a few years ago and I must say that it is the best of all the RS
short-wave radios that I have owned. That isn't saying much. A squelch
circuit would have been nice as that the radio is very noisy. It has next to
no filtering and when you tune manually it pops at every point 1 of a KC. I
also find that it has a drift on SSB that it has had from the first day. It
is ok if all you want to listen to is VOA or other AM stations but no good
for the good stuff on short-wave. I use mine as a spare rig and my Yeasu as
a primary. I wouldn't pay more then $50.00 for one.

"kamalakar pasupuleti" wrote in message
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I find couple of Radio Shack DX 394 on e-bay , is it woth bidding
considering the technology . If yes how much should I bid ? Any
feedback is appreciated .

Kam

What is misleading about the truth. The rig is junk. You don't say what you
are comparing to. I have mine side by side with a Yeasu FT-100d and I must
say that even without the AM filter the Yeasu's receiver beats the 394's
hands down. You may want to look up some of the less then good reviews in
most of the radio publications. Radio Shack had to give them away at less
then 1/2 the list price in the last year of its run.

"Mike Maghakian" wrote in message
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all these issues are covered by easy fixes, if you don't want to do them
, then the DX-394 is NOT the radio for you. My 394 is selective (mod),
quiet (inherently), has no pops(mod) and is a very nice radio.

I would pay a lot lot more than $50 for one and buy a dozen at a time if
I could.


It is unfortunate that people like you spread so much misleading
information. It is the reason the 394 is SO misunderstood.


Mike




WG wrote:
I got mine a few years ago and I must say that it is the best of all the
RS
short-wave radios that I have owned. That isn't saying much. A squelch
circuit would have been nice as that the radio is very noisy. It has
next to
no filtering and when you tune manually it pops at every point 1 of a
KC. I
also find that it has a drift on SSB that it has had from the first day.
It
is ok if all you want to listen to is VOA or other AM stations but no
good
for the good stuff on short-wave. I use mine as a spare rig and my Yeasu
as
a primary. I wouldn't pay more then $50.00 for one.

"kamalakar pasupuleti" wrote in message
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I find couple of Radio Shack DX 394 on e-bay , is it woth bidding
considering the technology . If yes how much should I bid ? Any
feedback is appreciated .

Kam