Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual Listening Guide

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LISTENING GUIDE

The following list contains some of the more frequently heard stations. All stations broadcast in English unless otherwise specified. You can hear these stations throughout North America. However, reception varies based on the season, time of day, and a number of other conditions.

This information can change at any time. For sources of yearly, up-to-date listings, see “Reference Sources” on Page 34.

kHz	Station	Location	Remarks

3,223	Radio SR	Swaziland

3,265	Radio Mozambique	Maputo, Mozambique

3,300	Radio Cultural	Guatemala City,	Religious Programs
		Guatemala

3,380	Radio Iris	Esmeraldas, Ecuador	Programs in Spanish

3,385	FR3	Cayenne,	Programs in French
		French Guiana

3,396	Radio Kaduna	Kaduna, Nigeria

4,750	Radio Bertoua	Bertoua, Cameroon

4,755	Imo Regional Radio	Imo, Nigeria

4,777	Radio/TV Gabon	Libreville, Gabon	Programs in French

4,795	Radio Nueva	La Paz, Bolivia	Programs in Spanish
	America

4,820	Radio Paz y Bien	Ambala, Ecuador	Programs in Spanish

4,832	Radio Reloj	San Jose, Costa Rica	Programs in Spanish

4,855	Radio Clube do	Belem, Brazil	Programs in
	Para		Portugese

4,890	National	Papua New Guinea
	Broadcasting
	Commission

4,915	Voice Kenya	Nairobi, Kenya

4,920	Australian	Brisbane, Australia
	Broadcasting
	Commission

4,945	Radio Colosal	Neiva, Colombia	Programs in Spanish

4,965	Radio Santa Fe	Bogota, Colombia	Programs in Spanish

4,980	Ecos del Torbes	San Cristobal,	Programs in Spanish
		Venezuela

5,020	Solomon Islands	Honiara, Solomon Islands
	Broadcasting
	Service

5,057	Radio Gjirokaster	Gjirokaster, Albania	Programs in Albanian

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Contents with Radio Data System OWNER’S MANUALAll-BandShortwave Receiver DX-398FEATURES Control Lock — prevents accidental setting changes Band Meters THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOWCONTENTS Storing FM, MW, or LW Frequencies in Memory Installing Internal Batteries CONNECTING TO POWERUsing Standard AC Power PREPARATIONUsing Vehicle Battery Power CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL ANTENNA ADJUSTING THE TELESCOPING ANTENNACONNECTING A TAPE RECORDER CONNECTING HEADPHONESTraffic Safety Listening SafelyUSING THE STAND SETTING THE MW AM TUNING INCREMENT USING THE MEMO LABELUNDERSTANDING YOUR RECEIVER AM MODE — lets you set up the alarm timer C cancel — cancels an entryTUNING / — tunes up or down the band you selected M/MEM — stores frequencies into memoryTURNING THE RECEIVER ON AND OFF BASIC OPERATIONLIGHTING THE DISPLAY LOCKING THE CONTROLSSETTING AND VIEWING THE LOCAL TIME CHANGING A WORLD CITY NAME VIEWING A WORLD TIMEManual Tuning TUNING STATIONSSelecting a Band Scan Tuning Direct Access TuningPAGE TUNING PREPROGRAMMED SHORTWAVE STATIONSCountry DX-398SHORTWAVE PAGES CHARTMemory Location PageMemory Location CountryPage StationsMemory Location CountryPage StationSPECIAL TUNING CONTROLS ADJUSTING THE TONESTEREO/MONO-FM WIDE/NARR.-AMUSING RDS TUNING SSB STATIONSFollow these steps to use RDS 5.If your time zone is using Daylight1.Turn on the receiver Saving Time, repeatedly press until appearsSTORING FM, MW, OR LW FREQUENCIES IN MEMORY MEMORY FUNCTIONSAutomatic Storage Manual StorageSTORING SW FREQUENCIES IN MEMORY 4.While PAGE and MEMO flash MOVING A FREQUENCY TO ANOTHER MEMORY LOCATION LOCKING/UNLOCKING A STORED STATIONDELETING A STATION YOU STORED USING PRIORITY USING THE TIMER ALARMS TIMER FUNCTIONSSetting an Alarm Silencing the AlarmTurning a Timer Alarm On or Off USING THE SLEEP TIMERTimer Recording REFERENCE SOURCES LISTENING HINTSFREQUENCY CONVERSION BAND ALLOCATIONInternational Frequencies Ships and Coastal Station Frequencies Aircraft FrequenciesTime Standard Frequencies Longwave BandLISTENING GUIDE Location StationRemarks 5,950Location StationRemarks 9,610Location StationRemarks 15,084AMATEUR SHORTWAVE BANDS IN THE US BIRDIESAmateur Shortwave Bands in MHz TROUBLESHOOTING CARE AND MAINTENANCE RESETTING THE DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS Page We Service What We Sell Limited Ninety-DayWarrantyRadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation