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You're right. Seems my radio is working fine. I've moved my radio and
hooked up the not-so-great amplified sw antenna I bought at RS about the same time as the radio. It sounds just fine now. Noisy, but very clear. Just got done listening to a little story about an acid flashback. I even sent them an email at the address they broadcast. btw, I'm planning on building a "broomstick" antenna. I know it's not the best thing, but it's cheap, easy, and portable. I'm thinking it will bring broadcasts like this in much better. I can probably even use it with the amplified antenna. |
Thanks for the link. I actually have my original manual. Read it just a
couple nights ago. I was actually suspecting that the radio wasn't working right, but this is easily the best sounding ssb broadcast I've heard using this radio. I'm convinced now it works find. Thanks again. |
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ER, you might want to take a look at the DX398 again.
I have mine in front of me and it certainly does have SSB mode, support for both LSB and USB. I modified mine to defeat the tuning muting, but even with that, I just barrowed my wife's stock DX398 and I can tune it just fine. I prefer the lack of mute,. On the lower right front there is a button labled am/mode. This toggles/steps the radio through AMLSBUSBAM. Again, please recheck your "facts". Terry |
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"Scott A." wrote: Thanks for the link. I actually have my original manual. Read it just a couple nights ago. I was actually suspecting that the radio wasn't working right, but this is easily the best sounding ssb broadcast I've heard using this radio. I'm convinced now it works find. I still have my DX-398. It is my first portable SW radio. Portable defined as you can easily hold it in one hand. Unfortunately it does not have SSB mode or a BFO so you can pick up a SSB transmission but not demodulate them properly. It is a great sounding radio for AM transmissions, which is almost all of the SW program broadcasters. Very few programs are in SSB. This leave out most of the Hams broadcasting in SSB but some still broadcast in AM. Most of the military and utility stuff is SSB. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
Check out:
http://support.radioshack.com/produc...20-228&Reuse=N This should take you to the page at Tandy's web with a direct link to a PDF of the owner's manual. Terry |
I believe you're mistaken. The DX-398 does have true usb and lsb. Press
the AM mode button to cycle through them. |
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"Caveat Lector" wrote: The DX-398 Manual is on line at URL: f Since it is in pdf I can't copy it and don't care to type it, but the procedure is quite clear for LSB and USB tuning --- see page 25 of the manual Sorry about my previous posts. I pulled the radio out and did not see a BFO or SSB switch on it and I don't recall ever using it for SSB. When I get some new AA batteries for it I'll have to try the hidden SSB modes. Didn't think I'd learn a new thing about a radio I have owned and not used for years. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
Used select text in Acrobat Reader to copy text from a pdf file...
When you have located an SSB station, press AM MODE to receive the transmission. Repeatedly press AM MODE to switch between USB or LSB transmissions (try LSB for frequencies below 10 MHz or USB for frequencies above 10 MHz). 4. Set STEP to SLOW then readjust MANUAL TUNING for maximum intelligibility. Gary K4GPB "Scott A." wrote in message ... I have a Radio Shack DX-398 that I bought in '97 or '98. Whenever I try to listen to anything in either usb or lsb, it sounds sort of like the chipmunks. The pitch just sounds wrong and unintelligable. I don't have a lot of experience with swl, so I don't know if this is normal or not. I would expect normal AM broadcasts to be distorted, but signals that I'm sure are ssb also sound bad. (This problem comes to mind now because I was attempting to pick up the pirate broadcast on 6925 mentioned on this newsgroup just a few minutes ago, which I'm pretty sure is usb. I can pick it up. I even recognized the old David Crosby song they were playing. But it's still un- intelligable.) |
That's normal for the DX-398/ATS-909.
"Scott A." wrote in message ... I have a Radio Shack DX-398 that I bought in '97 or '98. Whenever I try to listen to anything in either usb or lsb, it sounds sort of like the chipmunks. The pitch just sounds wrong and unintelligable. I don't have a lot of experience with swl, so I don't know if this is normal or not. I would expect normal AM broadcasts to be distorted, but signals that I'm sure are ssb also sound bad. (This problem comes to mind now because I was attempting to pick up the pirate broadcast on 6925 mentioned on this newsgroup just a few minutes ago, which I'm pretty sure is usb. I can pick it up. I even recognized the old David Crosby song they were playing. But it's still un- intelligable.) |
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