DX-398 All-Band Shortwave Receiver
(200-0228) Features Faxback Doc. # 45676
Your Radio Shack 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.
In the longwave (LW) band, you can hear ship-to-shore calls, other marine
and aeronautical services, and sometimes even hurricane reports. You can
also tune to local broadcasts in the FM and medium-wave (MW) bands. (In
the United States, we commonly call the MW band the AM band.)
In addition, you can connect a cassette recorder to the receiver's record
line out and standby jacks so you can directly record your favorite
programs live or at a preset time.
Your receiver's features include:
Digital Synthesized Radio - ensures accurate, stable tuning.
Large, Fast-Response Display - shows the time, band and frequency, signal
strength, and other indicators.
212 Preprogrammed Shortwave - let you rapidly tune to the most popular
U.S. and international shortwave stations.
Three Timer Alarms - let you set the buzzer to sound or the
radio to turn on daily at up to three
specified times.
Record Line Out and - let you connect a tape recorder so you can
Standby Jacks record broadcasts live or at a preset time.
Dual Time - includes a primary and a secondary clock,
so you can set one to your local time and
the other to UTC (Coordinated Universal
Time - formerly known as Greenwich Mean
Time) or to the local Time of a city in
another time zone.
World Time Zone - provides the correct time for 42 cities
worldwide, once you set your local time.
Search Tuning - scans up or down the band for the next
station.
Memory Tuning - stores up to 306 frequencies so you can
quickly select your favorite stations.
Priority Button - lets you quickly store and recall your
favorite station.
Auto Tuning System (ATS) - the receiver finds the stations with strong
signals and stores them in memory in order
by signal strength.
Rotary Tuning Dial - lets you manually tune desired frequencies.
You can select a higher tuning increment
for faster tuning or a lower one for fine
tuning, or lock the dial to prevent acci-
dentally changing the tuned frequency.
Memory Lock - prevents accidental setting changes.
Control Lock - prevents accidental setting changes.
Sleep Timer - lets you see the receiver so it turns it-
self off after a length of time you set, so
you can fall asleep as you listen to it.
MW Step Setting - lets you easily change the frequency step
setting to match the MW (AM) broadcast fre-
quency step used by many other countries.
RF Gain Control - lets you adjust the receiver's sensitivity
when you listen to SW/LW/MW broadcasts, to
provide the best possible reception.
Narrow/Wide Control - lets you reduce interference from adjacent
stations when you listen to SW, MW, (AM),
and LW broadcasts.
Page Memory Location - lets you store and select frequencies in
storage locations called pages. You can
store and select up to nine MW/FM frequen-
cies in two pages, nine LW frequencies in
one page, and 261 SW frequencies in 29
pages.
Edit - lets you create and edit station names for
FM/MW/LW bands, page names for SW bands,
and home/world city names for easy identi-
fication.
Tone Control - lets you adjust the tone setting for diff-
erent types of broadcasts such as news,
music, and so on.
Battery Power/Signal Strength - displays the battery's power and strength
Indicator of the received signal.
Memo Label - lets you record helpful information such as
the memory location numbers of your favor-
ite stations.
Three Power Options - let you power the receiver from internal
batteries, standard AC power (with an op-
tional AC adapter), or your vehicle's bat-
tery (with an optional DC cigarette lighter
adapter).
We recommend you record your receiver's serial number here. The number is
inside the battery compartment.
Serial Number:_______________________
Your receiver is preset to cover the following bands:
Band (Meters) Frequency Range
120 2.300-2.495 MHz
90 3.200-3.400 MHz
75 3.900-4.000 MHz
60 4.750-5.060 MHz
49 5.900-6.200 MHz
41 7.100-7.350 MHz
31 9.400-9.990 MHz
25 11.600-12.100 MHz
21 13.500-13.870 MHz
19 15.100-15.800 MHz
16 17.480-17.900 MHz
15 18.900-19.020 MHz
13 21.450-21.750 MHz
11 25.600-26.100 MHz
The FCC Wants You To Know
Your receiver might cause radio or TV interference even when it is operat-
ing properly. To determine whether your receiver is causing the interfer-
ence, turn off your receiver. If the interference goes away, your receiver
is causing it. Try the following methods to eliminate the interference.
Move your receiver away from the receiver
Connect your receiver to an outlet that is on a different electrical
circuit from the receiver
Contact your local RadioShack store for help
If you cannot eliminate the interference, the FCC requires that you turn
off your receiver.
(LB/SM 12/03/97)
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