m II wrote:
HFguy wrote:

That is why I bought the Sangean instead..and a DX 398. The tuning
knob and the fact that the sync detect did nothing on the Sony I
tried first.
mike


Did you do any mod's to either?



Nothing yet. There seem to be some trade-offs involved in most of the
modifications. If the customization bug ever hits, I still have a spare,
stock radio to fall back on. I have adapted a stereo jack for the
external antenna port that overrides the built in AM ferrite rod. It's
an easy external change.

http://www.dxradio.co.uk/sangean/Pin-out.gif

which may be found he

http://www.dxradio.co.uk/sangean/ats909.html


mike

I did the whip antenna matching transformer (balun) mod' to my 398. It
really helped to make it more sensitive on the whip. I also removed the
tuning knob detent mechanism to make the knob turn smoothly.