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modified DX-394
someone told me that they really like their modified DX-394. can other
people with a modified one tell me what they think of it ? I might want to buy one. |
One word, JUNK
"the captain" wrote in message om... someone told me that they really like their modified DX-394. can other people with a modified one tell me what they think of it ? I might want to buy one. |
Don't believe "WG"!
Join the RadioShack dx394 Group at Yahoo Groups and find out the truth. Chuck the captain wrote: someone told me that they really like their modified DX-394. can other people with a modified one tell me what they think of it ? I might want to buy one. |
Not too bad on AM (with mods and after market filter) very wide on SSB.
gil -- Please remove NOSPAM to reply the captain wrote in message om... someone told me that they really like their modified DX-394. can other people with a modified one tell me what they think of it ? I might want to buy one. |
"the captain" wrote in message om... someone told me that they really like their modified DX-394. can other people with a modified one tell me what they think of it ? I might want to buy one. I've owned the B model- very disappointing performance. Synthesizer chuffs, filters are wide with poor skirts. Maybe I'm just spoiled. Dale W4OP |
your answer is useless for me.
you need to be much more specific. please do not reply with useless answers. "WG" wrote in message news:TLm8c.6883$Ct5.4014@edtnps89... One word, JUNK "the captain" wrote in message om... someone told me that they really like their modified DX-394. can other people with a modified one tell me what they think of it ? I might want to buy one. |
You can get much better radios for less money and not have to do any
modifications to them. the DX-394 has a bad drift on SSB and is a basic brick compared to other radios that I have had like my old Drake SSR-1 or my Yeasu FRG-7. My DX-394 is a better radio then my DX-300 was and much better then the old DX-440. I could go on and on but this went around and around about 2 weeks ago. Stick with the professional grade communications receivers from people like Kenwood, Icom, Drake and Yeasu. The ones of the same aria as the 394 are about the same price at Ham Swap Meets with better features and one hell of a lot better sensitive. "the captain" wrote in message om... your answer is useless for me. you need to be much more specific. please do not reply with useless answers. "WG" wrote in message news:TLm8c.6883$Ct5.4014@edtnps89... One word, JUNK "the captain" wrote in message om... someone told me that they really like their modified DX-394. can other people with a modified one tell me what they think of it ? I might want to buy one. |
Comparisons are often invidious. The SSR-1 was made 20 years before the
DX-394. Its published specs suggest it had superior selectivity, similar sensitivity, but had poorer tuning accuracy, resolution, image and IF suppression compared to the stock DX-394. The SSR-1 had no tuning memories; the DX-394 has 160 plus remembers the last frequency tuned on every one of 16 bands and is much easier to tune - the pre-selector auto tracks. A modded DX-394 can have improved selectivity. The FRG-7 is also almost 20 years before the DX-394's time. Interestingly, it, too, was the subject of modifications similar to some performed on the DX-394 - AGC, selectivity and noise limiter being common. Had rec.radio.shortwave been around then, I'm sure it would have had many more. The published specs are skimpy but the stock DX-394 matches on selectivity and betters it by 6dB in sensitivity. FRG-7 tuning is cumbersome and has no memories. There is a 194 member FRG-7 user group on Yahoo vs a nearly 600 member DX-394 group. The DX-394 is a very stable, microprocessor controlled radio, exhibiting negligible drift from turn-on. If WG's has a bad drift, then it's exceptional. However, there have been reports of ment that adversely affects SSB/CW operation - whether factory or user misalignment or aging has caused it remains a mystery. I have 3 of them; one was off by 1kHz but was usable - there was a decidedly different spectral distribution for USB vs LSB speech. If you can afford a higher class radio go for it. If you can't, you'll get a great bang for your buck from a DX-394. For more info about the DX-394 and the myriad mods that can be done to it, join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RADIOSHACKDX394/. Tom WG wrote: You can get much better radios for less money and not have to do any modifications to them. the DX-394 has a bad drift on SSB and is a basic brick compared to other radios that I have had like my old Drake SSR-1 or my Yeasu FRG-7. My DX-394 is a better radio then my DX-300 was and much better then the old DX-440. I could go on and on but this went around and around about 2 weeks ago. Stick with the professional grade communications receivers from people like Kenwood, Icom, Drake and Yeasu. The ones of the same aria as the 394 are about the same price at Ham Swap Meets with better features and one hell of a lot better sensitive. "the captain" wrote in message om... your answer is useless for me. you need to be much more specific. please do not reply with useless answers. "WG" wrote in message news:TLm8c.6883$Ct5.4014@edtnps89... One word, JUNK "the captain" wrote in message om... someone told me that they really like their modified DX-394. can other people with a modified one tell me what they think of it ? I might want to buy one. |
Tom Holden wrote:
Comparisons are often invidious. The SSR-1 was made 20 years before the DX-394. Its published specs suggest it had superior selectivity, similar sensitivity, but had poorer tuning accuracy, resolution, image and IF suppression compared to the stock DX-394. The SSR-1 had no tuning memories; the DX-394 has 160 plus remembers the last frequency tuned on every one of 16 bands and is much easier to tune - the pre-selector auto tracks. A modded DX-394 can have improved selectivity. The FRG-7 is also almost 20 years before the DX-394's time. Interestingly, it, too, was the subject of modifications similar to some performed on the DX-394 - AGC, selectivity and noise limiter being common. Had rec.radio.shortwave been around then, I'm sure it would have had many more. The published specs are skimpy but the stock DX-394 matches on selectivity and betters it by 6dB in sensitivity. FRG-7 tuning is cumbersome and has no memories. There is a 194 member FRG-7 user group on Yahoo vs a nearly 600 member DX-394 group. The DX-394 is a very stable, microprocessor controlled radio, exhibiting negligible drift from turn-on. If WG's has a bad drift, then it's exceptional. However, there have been reports of ment that adversely affects SSB/CW operation - whether factory or user misalignment or aging has caused it remains a mystery. I have 3 of them; one was off by 1kHz but was usable - there was a decidedly different spectral distribution for USB vs LSB speech. If you can afford a higher class radio go for it. If you can't, you'll get a great bang for your buck from a DX-394. For more info about the DX-394 and the myriad mods that can be done to it, join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RADIOSHACKDX394/. Tom Tom - great last name! I think the point is the DX-394 tends to be getting expensive on ebay. I've seen some dx-394's bring $250. Quite a few close in the general range of $200. Personal tastes vary, but I think a used ten-tec rx-320 offers more bang for the buck in the $200-$225 range. |
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