User manual RADIOSHACK DX-398

[. . . ] 20-228 DX-398 All-Band Shortwave Receiver with Radio Data System Please read before using this equipment. FEATURES Your RadioShack DX-398 All-Band Shortwave Receiver with Radio Data System brings you the voices of the world. In the 14 international shortwave (SW) bands, you can hear news broadcasts and other programs from sources around the world, such as the British Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Cairo, and Radio Beijing. You can set your receiver so it displays Radio Data System (RDS) call letters of those stations that transmit an RDS signal. You can get emergency information firsthand by listening to amateur radio broadcasts, including single sideband (SSB) voice transmissions. [. . . ] · When scanning in a lower band, the receiver searches only within the selected band and stops at the upper and lower limits of the band. · Your receiver shows the shortwave bands you can receive on the bottom of the display. memory locations. See "Storing SW Frequencies in Memory" on Page 28 for more information. · International commercial broadcast programs (often in English) usually contain news, commentaries, music, and special features reflecting the culture of the broadcasting country. Reception for this range is best between 6:00 PM and midnight (your time). Find the country and frequency for the shortwave station you want to tune in the "DX-398 Shortwave Pages Chart" on Page 21. Then write down the page number and memory location number shown on the chart for that station. Press SW, then press PAGE. TUNING PREPROGRAMMED SHORTWAVE STATIONS Your receiver is preprogrammed with 212 of the most popular worldwide and U. S. Notes: · You cannot change the preset shortwave stations stored in your receiver's memory. · You can store shortwave frequencies into the receiver's empty 3. While PAGE is flashing, repeatedly press TUNING or TUNING or turn MANUAL TUNING until the page number you wrote down in Step 1 appears next to PAGE. The name of the broadcaster's country also appears next to PAGE. Then, when you reach the desired page number, press ENTER . Press a number key to enter the memory location number you wrote down in Step 1. The receiver tunes the station. 20 Note: If you press a number key for a memory location number where there is no station stored, MEMOFREE flashes for a few seconds. Then the receiver tunes the station you previously tuned. DX-398 SHORTWAVE PAGES CHART Note: All frequencies are in MHz. Memory Location 1 5. 995 2 9. 580 3 9. 860 4 5 6 7 8 9 Page Country (Stations) 1 AUSTRLIA (Radio Australia) 2 AUSTRIA (Radio Austria) 3 CANADA Radio Canada Intl. ) 4 CHINA (China Radio Intl. ) 5 CST RICA (Adventist World Radio, Radio for Peace Intl. ) 6 CUBA (Radio Habana) 7 ECUADOR (HCJB Voice of Andes) 8 ENGLAND (BBC World Service) 11. 800 11. 880 13. 755 15. 365 17. 795 17. 860 6. 015 7. 325 9. 495 9. 655 9. 870 13. 730 5. 960 6. 070 6. 155 9. 625 9. 640 9. 755 11. 855 13. 650 13. 670 7. 405 9. 560 9. 690 9. 710 9. 730 11. 680 11. 695 15. 130 5. 030 6. 150 6. 205 USB 7. 385 9. 725 13. 750 15. 050 15. 460 6. 000 6. 180 9. 505 9. 820 9. 380 USB 13. 715 13. 725 USB 5. 860 9. 445 9. 745 11. 960 12. 005 15. 115 15. 540 21. 455 USB 5. 965 5. 975 6. 175 6. 195 9. 515 9. 590 9. 600 9. 740 9. 915 21 Page Country (Stations) Memory Location 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 ENGLAND (BBC World Service) 10 FRANCE (Radio France Intl. ) 11 GERMANY (Deutsche Welle-Voice of Germany) 11. 750 11. 835 12. 095 15. 220 15. 400 15. 575 17. 830 17. 840 21. 660 11. 615 13. 625 15. 325 15. 530 17. 620 5. 960 6. 040 6. 085 6. 145 6. 185 9. 515 9. 535 9. 615 9. 640 6. 020 12 HOLLAND (Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep) 13 ISRAEL (Kol Israel) 7. 465 6. 165 9. 700 9. 720 9. 845 9. 890 15. 315 17. 605 9. 435 6. 110 11. 605 12. 077 15. 615 15. 640 6. 120 9. 535 11. 705 11. 895 12. 000 13. 630 5. 960 14 JAPAN (Radio Japan/NHK) 15 KOREA N (Radio Pyongyang) 16 KOREA S (Radio Korea Intl. ) 17 N ZEALND (Radio New Zealand) 18 NORWAY (Radio Norway Intl. ) 19 RUSSIA (Voice of Russia) 6. 575 9. 975 11. 335 13. 670 9. 650 11. 715 13. 650 15. 575 6. 100 9. 570 9. 700 9. 810 9. 875 11. 735 11. 900 11. 905 15. 115 5. 905 7. 440 7. 465 7. 520 9. 560 11. 840 13. 800 15. 340 7. 125 7. 240 7. 250 9. 665 11. 630 11. 675 11. 750 12. 050 15. 400 22 Page Country (Station) Memory Location 1 3. 220 2 5. 955 3 9. 530 4 9. 675 5 6 7 8 9 20 S AFRICA (Channel Africa) 21 SWEDEN (Radio Sweden) 22 SWITZLND (Swiss Radio Intl. ) 23 TAIWAN (Voice of Free China) 24 U. S. A. (WWCR, WGTG) 29 (Open) 11. 900 15. 240 6. 065 6. 090 7. 115 7. 290 11. 650 13. 740 15. 240 6. 135 9. 885 9. 905 13. 635 5. 950 7. 130 7. 445 9. 680 11. 740 15. 600 17. 750 5. 985 6. 035 6. 130 7. 405 9. 455 9. 760 11. 695 11. 715 15. 205 15. 410 15. 580 17. 895 5. 825 6. 890 7. 425 9. 455 11. 875 13. 615 5. 745 5. 760 6. 040 7. 315 9. 495 13. 760 9. 955 7. 355 7. 395 5. 850 3. 210 6. 095 3. 215 7. 510 5. 070 7. 535 7. 435 9. 355 9. 475 9. 430 11. 550 13. 770 15. 665 9. 400 12. 160 15. 685 5. 085 23 ADJUSTING THE TONE jack and setting STEREO/ MONO-FM on the right side of the receiver to STEREO. To improve reception for weak FM stereo stations, set STEREO/MONO-FM to MONO-FM. Set TONE to NEWS to enhance broadcast voices while listening to talk shows or news programs on SW, MW, and LW frequencies. Set TONE to MUSIC to enhance treble and bass response when listening to a music program (especially FM programs). A strong station that broadcasts close to a frequency you tuned might interfere with that frequency. To reduce interference from adjacent stations in the SW, MW, or LW bands, set WIDE/ NARR. -AM on the right side of the receiver to NARR. -AM. Or, if there is no interference, set it to WIDE for better sound. WIDE/NARR. -AM SPECIAL TUNING CONTROLS STEREO/MONO-FM AM RF GAIN You can receive FM stereo by connecting stereo headphones to the 24 AM RF GAIN on the left side of the re- ceiver lets you tune a received signal for the best SW reception. If the sound is distorted, turn AM RF GAIN toward ­. TUNING SSB STATIONS SSB (single sideband) is very popular among amateur radio and business radio users because of its superior signal quality. [. . . ] 300 mW @ 10% THD Jacks: External Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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