HI, when I change teh batteries on my 390 I do them all, and that is just
to be on the safe side. Will the 392 record in stereo? How about SSB
reception on tape? I doa lto of FM DX as well.
On Wed, 24 May 2006, Danny Dyer wrote:
> Hi Jeff, Here's the note, dd
> Hi Jeff, I've owned a couple of the dx392/akaSangean 818cs, and the
> dx390/aka Sangean 818,/same rx<recorder. My experience has been that Both
> are pretty good, although not excellent receivers, and the former are
> pretty good recorders. Keyboard is a little unhandy in terms of layout, but
> once you get the hang of it, it makes for a very handy addition to your
> arsonal. There've been quite a few times I've regretted, for one reason or
> another, selling/swapping mine. The clock/memory set of 3, AA batteries
> will last
> almost indefinitely, but I had several_ sets of different brands of 4,
> alkoline
> D cells in several different units, to suffer from corosion, and the battery
> case is more than a little difficult to take apart and clean. Make sure to
> 1, use adequately amped" AC adapter when possible. 2, ____Make sure to
> check your 4, d, cells, often, for corosion, and get them out of there
> immediately at ___The ___First ___Sign of possible trouble. Again, I don't
> know why I had so many instances of corosion in the battery wells of the
> 390s and 392s I've owned, but I have.....the only other receiver with
> anywhere near the battery problems in my experience has been the
> radioshack/sangean dx440/Aka803.
>
> Make Sure You Also Check 9/10 kc set switch, it's in the bottom of the
> AA portion of the AA section of the battery well. Also, be sure to check
> out the receiver on _all bands before taking delivery on it, the FM may do
> very well, and you may only get _Very local_ reception on the SW, LW, and Mw
> bands, or MW may be normal, and the other three very weak. Usually this
> happens because of a weird/apparently ""bent just so seating of Either, Or,
> the rod antenna, and or the ext antenna jack.
> If you haven't already, and can, take a tape whose speed, angle of asmeth,
> etc, you're familiar with...a factory recorded music tape, with some slow
> soft passages is probably best, as I have encountered one of these units
> whose speed was ______Way Way Way! Slow......a c60 would last nearly 2hours
> per side with that one, at somewhat reduced fidelity....very handy for some
> applications, but you'd have to redub tapes to be able to use them on
> another machine.
> In short, for a radio/recorder, it sounds good, once you learn its'
> querks, and it'll do what you ask it to do, receive and record pretty well.
> Don't let my comments desuade you, just be prepared. They were closed out
> for $50 bucks by radioshack, I think still bring 3to4times that, new, from
> Sangean, and are, when they're right, _Very handy and usually pretty
> dependable. If I can help you further, let me know. Danny Dyer, Wb4idu.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <
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> To: <
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> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 9:17 PM
> Subject: off topic short-wave receiver
>
> > Hi everyone, in a few days I am planning on purchasing the Radio Shack
> > DX-392 and it is used, and it has the tape recorder on it. I was just
> > wondering if anyone on here has used this unit? Any pointers or things to
> > look out for would be great, and thanks in advance.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:55 AM
> Subject: Re: off topic short-wave receiver
>
>
> > Hi, I haven't gotten anything yet, and that's still something I have to
> > figure out, but I will not probably get mine until a few weeks from now.
> > I didn't get your note either.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 24 May 2006, Danny Dyer wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Jeff, Did you get your dx392 yet? Did you get my note in response to
> > > yours concerning it? Thanks, Danny.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 9:17 PM
> > > Subject: off topic short-wave receiver
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone, in a few days I am planning on purchasing the Radio
> Shack
> > > > DX-392 and it is used, and it has the tape recorder on it. I was just
> > > > wondering if anyone on here has used this unit? Any pointers or
> things to
> > > > look out for would be great, and thanks in advance.
> > >
> >
>
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