RADIO SHACK DX-396 AM/FM/SHORTWAVE DIGITAL RECEIVER With Homemade Antenna !!!

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RADIO SHACK DX-396 AM/FM/SHORTWAVE DIGITAL Portable RECEIVER  With Homemade Antenna !!!
13 to 120 Meter Band. Also AM & FM.  12  Buttons for each Meter Band.  Up/Down tuning buttons. Or Enter Exact Frequency.
DX/Local Switch. High/Low Tone Switch. Dual Time. Sleep Alarm. Earbuds Jack.
Takes 2 C Batteries. or 3v DC Adaptor. (I only used with rechargeable C Batteries which last about a week when radio is used for a few hours a day.
Info on home made Antenna: 10 foot long 3 wire copper plug wire (for 30 Ft!)
With 2 Ceramic ceiling mount insulators, and 2 ceramic knobs to hang from ceiling hooks.  Attach the wire to the radio telescope antenna with thinner wire & twist tie . Additional thin wire for connection to ground (the screw on the AC Electrical outlet or cold water pipe, or metal rod inserted into the ground.
Radio works & sounds better when the following items are turned OFF:  computer monitors or other monitors, tvs, Laptops & laptop power supplies, compact & fluorescent light bulbs, Energy Saver Bulbs.
No instruction manual. PDF Version is available from many sources Online.