I am soliciting opinions, experience, etc on the Radio Shack DX-394; I just
"won" one on ebay for ~150$, and am wondering what to expect . . .

Lisa Simpson wrote:

I am soliciting opinions, experience, etc on the Radio Shack DX-394; I just
"won" one on ebay for ~150$, and am wondering what to expect . . .



These may prove useful:

http://snipurl.com/lu7s


mike

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:12:08 GMT, "Lisa Simpson"
wrote:

I am soliciting opinions, experience, etc on the Radio Shack DX-394; I just
"won" one on ebay for ~150$, and am wondering what to expect . . .

My opinion is you should have asked the question before bidding,
though it's not like I've never purchased something without fully
researching in advance. So, Pot ........ meet Kettle and it's time to
help you move forward.

Not having any direct experience with the radio I cannot offer any
firsthand observations. There are folks who swear by this radio; they
have modified it though and you may wish to view those and see which
of them seem important and are within your technical reach to perform.
You can find reviews on e-ham, not that e-ham is the ultimate source
of radio wisdom but it will give you an overall idea of what you will
soon have. The overall opinion seems to be 'okay for the cost' -
check out the reviews he http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2108
You can pre-read the manual he
http://esrman20.tripod.com/dx394/
You will find mods here (a couple of the folks listed on this page
make appearances here when a good thread gets going, you may end up
hearing from them):
http://www.monitor.co.uk/radio-mods/dx-394/dx-394.htm

Hope this helps get you started, and of course I must add the
obligatory line........."make sure your antenna is as good as your
housing situation allows."

dxSavant

You originally were asking about the R-75 and the NRD-525, I believe.
I have both of those PLUS a modded DX-394. The 394 is nowhere near being in
the same league as the other 2...



"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
.. .
I am soliciting opinions, experience, etc on the Radio Shack DX-394; I
just
"won" one on ebay for ~150$, and am wondering what to expect . . .

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
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You originally were asking about the R-75 and the NRD-525, I believe.
I have both of those PLUS a modded DX-394. The 394 is nowhere near being
in
the same league as the other 2...

Jim's right - different leagues in both price and performance. But, like
different levels of sports leagues, you can have a lot of fun in the
juniors. If your DX-394 is in good shape and alignment, it will do very well
for you.

There's a 960 member user group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RADIOSHACKDX394.

Tom

Lisa Simpson wrote:
I am soliciting opinions, experience, etc on the Radio Shack DX-394; I just
"won" one on ebay for ~150$, and am wondering what to expect . . .

The DX-394 can be a respectable receiver if you do some of the mod's
that are recommmended by those in the know. Here are some links-

http://www.monitor.co.uk/radio-mods/dx-394/dx-394.htm

http://www.kevininscoe.com/radio/swl/rigs/dx-394/

http://www.fourelectronics.com/Re-Ya...-10890092.html

I once saw that Mike Mahakian (sorry if I mispelled his name) has or did
have a modded Radio Shack DX-394 radio for sale,I think it was that
model of radio.I dont remember his website/homepage URL though.
cuhulin

Here's that link to Mike Maghakian's DX-394 project:
http://home.comcast.net/~maghakian/DX-394.htm

wrote:
I once saw that Mike Mahakian (sorry if I mispelled his name) has or did
have a modded Radio Shack DX-394 radio for sale,I think it was that
model of radio.I dont remember his website/homepage URL though.
cuhulin