Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual Adjusting The Telescoping Antenna, Connecting An External Antenna

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2.Insert the adapter’s barrel plug into the receiver’s DC IN 6V jack.

3.Push the adapter’s plug into the vehicle’s cigarette-lighter socket.

SW — Pull up the antenna base then fully extend the antenna and point it straight up.

ADJUSTING THE

TELESCOPING

ANTENNA

For the best reception, adjust the tele- scoping antenna for the desired band.

FM — Pull up the antenna base about halfway then fully extend the antenna and rotate it for the best reception.

LW and MW (AM) — Rotate the re- ceiver. The receiver uses a built-in an- tenna for these bands.

CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL ANTENNA

To improve SW/MW/LW reception, you can connect an optional external antenna (such as Cat. No. 20-181) di- rectly to the AM EXT ANT jack on the left side of the receiver. This automati- cally disconnects the receiver’s built-in antenna.

Follow the antenna’s supplied instruc- tions to connect it to the receiver.

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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 TIMETUNING STATIONS Manual TuningSelecting 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 LOCKING/UNLOCKING A STORED STATION MOVING A FREQUENCY TO ANOTHER MEMORY LOCATIONDELETING A STATION YOU STORED USING PRIORITY USING THE TIMER ALARMS TIMER FUNCTIONSSetting an Alarm Silencing the AlarmUSING THE SLEEP TIMER Turning a Timer Alarm On or OffTimer 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