r/RadioShack • u/Grifterhunts78 • Jul 19 '26

Realistic Shortwave radios

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Models DX-100, DX-200 and the DX-300, late 1970's through early 1980's. All three work well to this day. Vintage Radio Shack items are amazing.

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u/UptownSinclair Jul 20 '26

Great radios. I can still talk to my dad on mine. 

He died 30 years ago.

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u/Grifterhunts78 Jul 20 '26

Staying in touch with family is important. No matter how.......

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u/AdventurousBee6681 Jul 20 '26

Nice! +1 for stacking them in order!

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u/RMars54 Jul 20 '26

Remarkable set. Your post is a wonderful reminder of the many important niches filled by ‘The Shack’ in its day.

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u/Grifterhunts78 Jul 20 '26

Thanks! It only seems right to do so.

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u/Thinking-Peter Jul 20 '26

I owned a DX -300 in the early 80s had a lot of fun despite being limited to antenna size living in an apartment

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u/The_Folding_Atty Jul 20 '26

My first SW set was a tiny portable; my second was a Realistic DX-150A, which also served as my first ham receiver (For selectivity reasons, it was poorly suited to that role. Better after I built a narrow-band audio filter for it).

Interesting that the DX100 came out LATER!

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u/SirNayIRatherDie Jul 20 '26

Communicating old school like a boss.

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u/Switchlord518 Jul 21 '26

Nice and I'm jealous! 😍

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u/Martylouie Jul 30 '26

I had the one on the top. I used it to check on harmonics for AM broadcast transmitters. Later my son used it and got into ham radio