"Sanjaya" wrote in message link.net...

... cheaper as the discontinued Radio Shack DX-402
.....


My brother bought a DX-402 when RS discontinued its own brand of SW
radios two years ago. For reference, here is a quote from a text file
from two years ago regarding the prices of discontinued RS radios:


These are the prices off the RS Computer as of 2 p.m. Central Time,
Oct. 29, 2002:

DX-396 is at $29.97 20-226 equivalent to unknown model Sangean
DX-397 is at $19.97 20-227 " Sangean SG-622
DX-398 is at $99.97 20-228 " Sangean ATS-909
DX-399 is at $39.97 20-229 " Sangean ATS-606 or Siemens RK-759
DX-402 is at $69.97* 20-230 " Sangean ATS-505

* As of late November, the DX-402 is $49.97.


I thought the tuning knob of the DX-402 felt cheesy, but that's
nothing contact cement couldn't fix. Here's a link to the RNW review:

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/ats505.html

and a link to Sangean:
http://www.sangean.com/worldband.html