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Old 03-01-2009, 12:25 AM
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I've had a Sangean ATS-803A (99% same as a RadioShack DX-440) since late '88-89. Pretty nice radio with direct freq entry, ssb reception possible with the BFO, wide-narrow bandwidth, and separate bass and treble controls. Pretty powerful audio for a portable. Should be able to find a good one these days at a reasonable price.
I bought one for $4 last weekend
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Old 03-01-2009, 09:15 AM
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I bought one for $4 last weekend
Well that's certainly reasonable enough!

Does the rotary tuning control work OK on it? Mine had gotten a little flakey sometimes jumping off frequency by itself, sometimes not responding quite right when tuned. I took the back off and shot a bit of DeOxit into the rotary encoder switch which is the tuning control. Fixed it right up!
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Old 03-02-2009, 01:03 AM
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I'll have to do that - it skips around using the tuning knob.

I found that radio at a thrift store with no price on it - the lady at the counter says "It sure looks like it uses a *lot* of batteries - $5." I reach in my pocket and start to tell her "why don't you take at least ten for it," but before I could say much she knocks a dollar off "to make sure I'm happy with it." Well, God bless her, I certainly am.
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Old 04-05-2009, 08:36 PM
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I'll have to do that - it skips around using the tuning knob.

I found that radio at a thrift store with no price on it - the lady at the counter says "It sure looks like it uses a *lot* of batteries - $5." I reach in my pocket and start to tell her "why don't you take at least ten for it," but before I could say much she knocks a dollar off "to make sure I'm happy with it." Well, God bless her, I certainly am.
I had two. last one I bought for $40 and it was like new. My old one has been going strong for ten years. I sold the newer looking one to a friend that wanted one for $75 I did pick up the RS powered antenna for a couple of bucks awhile back. Hooked up to a long wire it does make fine tuning the station much better.
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Old 04-07-2009, 10:22 AM
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Looks like it's a Zenith Trans-Oceanic Royal 7000 or a D7000Y. The best of that line. Has a BFO for SSB and CW reception. Nicely made in the old Hand-Wired Zenith tradition and a superb performer in any language. Worth many times $10 in nice shape.
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Old 04-07-2009, 11:00 AM
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Would you consider one of the table-top tube ( those good ole radios) shortwave radios with nice speakers and looks really nice?
my Dad's Grundig has a 5X7 oval and a couple other drivers for a really nice sound. Just hang some wire on the antenna terminal.
The R390A is definitely a gud BA radio...love it

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Old 04-10-2009, 10:43 PM
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Another Zenith wannabe! I had a similar-looking Nivico FA6000 (or something like that) that I bought in the Persian Gulf in the 60's for US$30 new. After exhaustive (ie one Atlantic crossing!) trip I realised that the model number FA was about all it was worth!

Nivico of course became JVC - hope the quality improved!
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Disregard - found itself in the wrong column!
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Old 06-29-2009, 02:46 PM
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I could almost kick myself for the shortwaves I have given away. Every time I bought a new one I gave my old one to someone I thought would enjoy the hobby. In one case I created a monster. They guy went whole hog into SW DXing and bought tons of expensive equipment including a device that allowed him to intercept fax transmissions. I apologized to his wife. The other guys never took to it and now i am out of some very nice radios.
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I bought the DX-440 about '89 or '90 to get over this girl I'd just broke up with...Then, I started reading Popular Communications & kept reading that "This radio is as good as an R-390A" or "That radio is almost as good as an R-390A". There was a guy, Rick Mish, who had ads in the back of the mag, "Miltronix, R-390/390A Sales & Service", I called him, & soon became the proud daddy of a 1968 Dittmore-Friemuth R-390A...Then, I started reading "Electric Radio" magazine & found out about stuff like SX-28s, SP-600s, R-389s, R-392s, R-391s, RA-17s, SX-73s, NC-183Ds, SX-62s, & a mysterious German set, the EK-07...20 years later, I are the proud, but considerably poorer, daddy of EACH of those, plus a WHOLE lot more...People who see 'em are either 1) Floored, 2) Dumbfounded that I have SO MANY old junky, too-big tube radios that all do more or less the same thing, or 3) Think that I have a SERIOUS personality problem/defect. Myself, I pick 3.
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Old 06-29-2009, 09:59 PM
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I started out listening to my dad's Zenith TO Royal 1000 when I was a kid, around '64 or so. My own first sw was a 1941 Philco that I got from the original owner when I was 15 or so, for $10. I even rented it to a filmaker back then for $10 as a prop, so I guess it was really free! I still have that one, and it still works pretty well. The one that gets the most use these days is a Panasonic RF-2600 that I'm very happy with. I'd still like to find a nice TO 1000 one of these days.
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Old 06-30-2009, 12:28 AM
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People who see 'em are either 1) Floored, 2) Dumbfounded that I have SO MANY old junky, too-big tube radios that all do more or less the same thing, or 3) Think that I have a SERIOUS personality problem/defect. Myself, I pick 3.
i'd pick 1 as i probally fit 2 and 3 myself
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Old 08-05-2009, 10:55 PM
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I've had many Panasonic SW radio's over the years but my favourite today is a Toshiba RPF-11 small, lightweight, battery operated and boasts dual conversion circuitry.
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Old 08-07-2009, 09:09 PM
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Looks like it's a Zenith Trans-Oceanic Royal 7000 or a D7000Y.
The $10 radio pictured earlier is not a Zenith 7000. I own a Royal 7000 and R7000-2. You can see TransOceanic photos at http://www.transoceanic.nostalgiaair.org/ .

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Old 01-14-2011, 02:49 PM
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short wave

how about a 9 band Sanyo RP-8880 from the early 70,s
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