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Who makes the DX-396?

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elfa

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Jan 2, 2003, 12:22:48 PM1/2/03
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It looks like a Sangean design.
Anyone know?

thanks

elfa

grenner

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Jan 2, 2003, 1:56:55 PM1/2/03
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Sangean


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Gray Shockley

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Jan 2, 2003, 2:20:08 PM1/2/03
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 12:56:55 -0600, grenner wrote
(in message <3e148b7b$0$221$a186...@newsreader.visi.com>):

> Sangean

Why do you think that?

Brian Running

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Jan 2, 2003, 6:08:47 PM1/2/03
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> It looks like a Sangean design.
> Anyone know?

Funny you should ask -- I think it doesn't look like a Sangean. Its styling
has a little 70's-Subaru weirdness, whereas the Sangean-made models look
very modern and professional, and the quality of its plastic molding is way
below that of the Sangeans. Then again, I don't know why Radio Shack would
go to another vendor for just one model.


Fcathell

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Jan 2, 2003, 8:12:23 PM1/2/03
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If you open the 396 up, the internal construction and many of the parts appear
very similar to the inside of the DX-398. My guess would be Sangean also,
however, they don't seem to offer an "ATS" version of the 396 to my knowledge.


Frank

radiok3pi

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Jan 2, 2003, 8:26:00 PM1/2/03
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I suspect Lextronics, marketer to North America of Asian made radios
under the German Grundig name. I believe Lextronics contracts with
Tecsun in China to produce their products.

The predecessor to the 396, the 375 was reported by many to look
nearly identical insides to the Grundig YB-305. Even externally,
there were similarities between the radios.

It doesn't look Sangean to me.

Gray Shockley

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Jan 2, 2003, 8:51:57 PM1/2/03
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:26:00 -0600, radiok3pi wrote
(in message <53da5b99.03010...@posting.google.com>):

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I just looked at Radio Nederlands' receiver pages and the YB-305 also
operates on two "C" cells.

It also has to memories for each of the three "bands".

That is the most convincing thing I've seen.

Gray
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Gray Shockley

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Jan 2, 2003, 9:40:11 PM1/2/03
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On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 19:51:57 -0600, Gray Shockley wrote
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It also has 10 memories for each of the three "bands".

g

Robert Sillett

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Jan 2, 2003, 10:22:44 PM1/2/03
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According to the Radio Netherlands review, Sangean makes the DX-396.

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/dx396.html

--- Robert

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Paul Criss

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Jan 2, 2003, 11:13:47 PM1/2/03
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elfa <elfa_...@newsguy.com> wrote in news:av1sh...@drn.newsguy.com:

That has never been answered with certainity. It was made under contract
for Radio Shack in China (Mainland China). There are certain similiarities
to Grundig (or rather radios made for Lextronics in China and marketed
under the Grundig name).


It has been speculated that it was made in the same factory in China
that made the Grundig/Lextronics radios and using similiar design
and components as the G/L radios.

I dont really think it looks like a Sangean design and it doesnt perform
similar to a Sangean. I dont notice the least similiarity to Sangean at
all.

Radio Shack states it was custom made for them in China. Perhaps it was
and is not related to another companies products.

In any event its an excellent radio. Too bad Radio Shack disconinued it.
It was a very good beginners radio or as a second radio. If you have one,
you are fortunate. Once of the best price-to-performance radios you could
have bought.

Paul Criss

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Jan 3, 2003, 10:53:16 AM1/3/03
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"Robert Sillett" <sil...@yahoo.comNOSPAM> wrote in news:3e150115
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> According to the Radio Netherlands review, Sangean makes the DX-396.
>
> http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/dx396.html
>


Could you quote the exact words where Tom Sundstrom says Sangean makes
the DX-396. I cant find it on that link. Perhaps I overlooked it.

I see where Tom makes certain comparisons between the DX-396 and various
other Sangean radios but am not able to find where he states who makes it
other than it is marketed by Radio Shack.

Craig (WB6LZV)

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Jan 3, 2003, 11:35:58 AM1/3/03
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The reference to Sangean was in the sentence just before the review by
Thomas Sundstrom. Just below the chart.... below the picture...
This review was compiled independently. Radio Netherlands has no financial
connection with Radio Shack, the distributor of this receiver, or Sangean,
the manufacturer of this receiver.

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Craig (WB6LZV)

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Jan 3, 2003, 11:45:00 AM1/3/03
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This reminds me of an open book history exam I took back in school years
ago. The question on the test was "Who was George McCann and what did he
do?" Nobody in class got the right answer... even though it was an open
book test. It turns out that George McCann was the guy responsible for the
illustrations in one of the chapters. The only way to have gotten that one
right was to have read the fine print right below the illustrations.
Could've hit us right between the eyes.... duhhhh!!!!

73, Craig
WB6LZV

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Robert Sillett

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Jan 3, 2003, 1:42:57 PM1/3/03
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It's directly under the chart:

This review was compiled independently. Radio Netherlands has no financial
connection with Radio Shack, the distributor of this receiver, or Sangean,
the manufacturer of this receiver.

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elfa

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Jan 3, 2003, 1:51:32 PM1/3/03
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In article <Xns92F7EC4812303...@65.100.3.61>, Paul says...

Like many here....I got it for $29.97

elfa

Paul Criss

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Jan 3, 2003, 9:08:17 PM1/3/03
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"Craig \(WB6LZV\)" <NOwb6l...@NOattbiSPAM.com> wrote in
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> The reference to Sangean was in the sentence just before the review by
> Thomas Sundstrom. Just below the chart.... below the picture...
> This review was compiled independently. Radio Netherlands has no
> financial connection with Radio Shack, the distributor of this
> receiver, or Sangean, the manufacturer of this receiver.
>


Yes, your right. Missed it. It certainly does say that.

Thanks for pointing it out.

j...@randomc.com

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Jan 12, 2003, 2:17:07 AM1/12/03
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At the beginning of the review of the DX-396 found at:

http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/dx396.html

There is a disclaimer to the effect that the reviewers and Radio Netherlands
have no financial connections with Radio Shack, or with Sangean, the
manufacturer of "this radio", so I guess we could assume that Sangean is, in
fact, the manufacturer of the DX-396. There is quite a strong family
resemblance between the DX-396 and the slightly larger DX-402, and there is
no question that the DX-402 is the ATS-505, rebadged.

I have yet to find or hear of a radio with a Sangean model designation that
is the same as the DX-396.

Reply to: j...@randomc.com
Brent Reynolds, Atlanta, GA USA

Gray Shockley

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Jan 12, 2003, 2:46:42 AM1/12/03
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On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 1:17:07 -0600, j...@randomc.com wrote
(in message <TD8U9.23$Ep2....@petpeeve.ziplink.net>):

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I wrote Tom about that but his e-mail is bouncing.

I think that's boilerplate and I don't think the 375 or the 396 are Sangeans.

Take a look at the YB-205.

Gray Shockley
-----------------------
DX-392 DX-398
RX-320 DX-399
70น Longwire
Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz)
Select-A-Tenna
-----------------------
Vicksburg, MS US
DX-375 DX-396 <-- wife's

Paul Criss

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Jan 12, 2003, 12:42:40 PM1/12/03
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j...@randomc.com wrote in news:TD8U9.23$Ep2....@petpeeve.ziplink.net:

> Sangean is, in fact, the manufacturer of the DX-396. There is
> quite a strong family resemblance between the DX-396 and the slightly
> larger DX-402, and there is no question that the DX-402 is the
> ATS-505, rebadged.
>

I own both the 396 and 402 (thanks to Radio Shacks clearance sale)
and I dont really see a family resememblance between the two.

In which ways do you find them similiar?

>

Clifton T. Sharp Jr.

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Jan 14, 2003, 3:11:43 PM1/14/03
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Gray Shockley wrote:
> I think that's boilerplate and I don't think the 375 or the 396 are Sangeans.
>
> Take a look at the YB-205.

The YB-205 resembles my DX-375 or DX-396 less than it resembles my cat.
<http://www.radios4you.com/images/yb205-.jpg>

--
It is better to light just one little candle than to curse the darkness.
If everyone lit just one little candle, the EPA would outlaw candles.

Gray Shockley

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Jan 14, 2003, 5:00:39 PM1/14/03
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On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:11:43 -0600, Clifton T. Sharp Jr. wrote
(in message <3E246EFF...@clifto.com>):

> Gray Shockley wrote:
>> I think that's boilerplate and I don't think the 375 or the 396 are
>> Sangeans.
>>
>> Take a look at the YB-205.
>
> The YB-205 resembles my DX-375 or DX-396 less than it resembles my cat.
> <http://www.radios4you.com/images/yb205-.jpg>

--------------------------------------------------------

My cats - who don't get compared to machines - said I typo'ed and it should
have been YB-305.

Gray Shockley
---------------------------------------
Smudge (The Wonder Cat)
Dell (The Sorority Cat)


Clifton T. Sharp Jr.

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Jan 15, 2003, 2:11:45 AM1/15/03
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Gray Shockley wrote:
> Clifton T. Sharp Jr. wrote
> > Gray Shockley wrote:
> >> I think that's boilerplate and I don't think the 375 or the 396 are
> >> Sangeans.
> >>
> >> Take a look at the YB-205.
> >
> > The YB-205 resembles my DX-375 or DX-396 less than it resembles my cat.
> > <http://www.radios4you.com/images/yb205-.jpg>
>
> My cats - who don't get compared to machines - said I typo'ed and it should
> have been YB-305.

Well, if Smudge and Dell can forgive you, so can I.

I notice a few basic differences (the 396 has a clock, the 305 doesn't),
but it's possible...

Gray Shockley

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Jan 15, 2003, 11:00:36 AM1/15/03
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On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 1:11:45 -0600, Clifton T. Sharp Jr. wrote
(in message <3E24F3C2...@clifto.com>):

> Gray Shockley wrote:
>> Clifton T. Sharp Jr. wrote
>>> Gray Shockley wrote:
>>>> I think that's boilerplate and I don't think the 375 or the 396 are
>>>> Sangeans.
>>>>
>>>> Take a look at the YB-205.
>>>
>>> The YB-205 resembles my DX-375 or DX-396 less than it resembles my cat.
>>> <http://www.radios4you.com/images/yb205-.jpg>
>>
>> My cats - who don't get compared to machines - said I typo'ed and it should
>> have been YB-305.
>
> Well, if Smudge and Dell can forgive you, so can I.

<smile>

> I notice a few basic differences (the 396 has a clock, the 305 doesn't),
> but it's possible...

--------------------------------------------------------

The main thing that jumps out at me is the 2 x "C" cells. There just aren't
that many 3-volt radios around.

Gray
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Steve Silverwood

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Feb 8, 2003, 3:12:09 AM2/8/03
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In article <3E24F3C2...@clifto.com>, cli...@clifto.com says...

> > >> I think that's boilerplate and I don't think the 375 or the 396 are
> > >> Sangeans.
> > >>
> > >> Take a look at the YB-205.
> > >
> > > The YB-205 resembles my DX-375 or DX-396 less than it resembles my cat.
> > > <http://www.radios4you.com/images/yb205-.jpg>
> >
> > My cats - who don't get compared to machines - said I typo'ed and it should
> > have been YB-305.
>
> Well, if Smudge and Dell can forgive you, so can I.
>
> I notice a few basic differences (the 396 has a clock, the 305 doesn't),
> but it's possible...

I think the 305 looks more like the DX-375 than it does any later
models. (I have a '375.)

Funny story, I was looking at some of the soon-to-be-discontinued Radio
Shack receivers and brought a couple outside to try out without the
shielding of the building and the RF hash of all the other electronic
stuff in the store. The salesman wanted to prove to me that the more
expensive radio would receive better. I pulled a frequency out of my
often-foggy memory, this one being 15575 for Voice of Russia, and the
cheaper radio (the 396, I think) pulled it in clear as a bell while the
other one he was trying to sell me was deaf as a post...!

Side note: on a separate trip to RS for a couple of BNC "L" connectors,
I got a completely befuddled deer-in-the-headlights look when I asked
the salesman where the BNC adapters were. He had no clue what "BNC"
meant.

RS has no corner on the clueless-staff market, either. I was in Wal-
Mart the other day and thought I would ask if they had any CB antennas
(wanted to cut one down for use on 10m mobile). The guy I asked -- AND
his supervisor -- didn't have any idea what I meant by "CB" !!!

--

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: kb6...@arrl.net
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

Fcathell

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Feb 8, 2003, 9:49:16 AM2/8/03
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This is what 15 years of liberal and PC education has brought us. Most of
these guys would have difficulty pissing a hole in snow!

Frank

KK4TL

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Feb 8, 2003, 10:31:34 AM2/8/03
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>This is what 15 years of liberal and PC education has brought us.
>
Good point, Frank.

But .. at least they are teaching everyone's teen-age daughter how to put a
condom on a banana.

WIth these priorities, why is learning to spell "cat" so important?

(Wonder if there are any SHORTWAVE RADIO talk shows covering this topic?)


Fcathell

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Feb 8, 2003, 2:47:35 PM2/8/03
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<<But .. at least they are teaching everyone's teen-age daughter how to put a
condom on a banana. >>

This should double protect the daughter when she uses the banana I guess!

Frank

justdave1

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Feb 11, 2003, 7:51:58 PM2/11/03
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What does BNC stand for??? (I know what it is).

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TC

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Feb 12, 2003, 2:04:40 PM2/12/03
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British Navel Connector

TC

mi-oldradios

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Feb 12, 2003, 4:43:40 PM2/12/03
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Bayonet nut connector

mi-oldradios

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Feb 12, 2003, 4:46:26 PM2/12/03
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Also Bayonet Neill Concelman


On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:04:40 -0800, "TC" <tdcum...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Jim Menning

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"mi-oldradios" <oldr...@voyager.net> wrote in message
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> Also Bayonet Neill Concelman
>
>


From the Amphenol site ( http://www.amphenolrf.com/products/bnc.asp ):


Developed in the late 1940's as a miniature version of the Type C connector, BNC stands
for Bayonet Neill Concelman and is named after Amphenol engineer Carl Concelman. The BNC
product line is a miniature quick connect/disconnect RF connector. It features two bayonet
lugs on the female connector; mating is achieved with only a quarter turn of the coupling
nut. BNC's are ideally suited for cable termination for miniature to subminiature coaxial
cable (RG-58, 59, to RG-179, RG-316, etc.)

jm


mi-oldradios

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Feb 12, 2003, 6:20:24 PM2/12/03
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And if assembled properly provide a positive fairly low loss
connection.
JEP

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:57:51 GMT, "Jim Menning" <jmen...@new.rr.com>
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G Bentley

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Feb 13, 2003, 8:28:16 AM2/13/03
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IT'S ME, I MAKE THE DAMN DX396.
And I don't care if some guy can piss his name in the snow, just as long as
it is not in my wife's handwriting.
now can we please get back on topic,
GB


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mi-oldradios

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Feb 14, 2003, 5:07:16 PM2/14/03
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What are you ranting about? Seems like this discussion was radio
related. Your comments are not radio related. What topic would you
like us to get back on?


On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 13:28:16 -0000, "G Bentley" <g.be...@mail.2com>
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