good shortwave radios?

[AUdubon5425]

Originally Posted by Ed in Tx

I've had a Sangean ATS-803A (99% same as a RadioShack DX-440) since late '88-89. Pretty nice radio with direct freq entry, ssb reception possible with the BFO, wide-narrow bandwidth, and separate bass and treble controls. Pretty powerful audio for a portable. Should be able to find a good one these days at a reasonable price.

I bought one for $4 last weekend

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by AUdubon5425

I bought one for $4 last weekend

Well that's certainly reasonable enough!

Does the rotary tuning control work OK on it? Mine had gotten a little flakey sometimes jumping off frequency by itself, sometimes not responding quite right when tuned. I took the back off and shot a bit of DeOxit into the rotary encoder switch which is the tuning control. Fixed it right up!