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- Subject: Re: DAK's short-wave radio ??
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.181217.4268@isus.UUCP>
- From: hoyt@isus.UUCP (Hoyt A. Stearns jr.)
- Date: 23 Aug 92 18:12:17 GMT
- References: <Bt8MH2.HAG@acsu.buffalo.edu> <22AUG199212511734@acad3.alaska.edu>
- Organization: International Society of Unified Science
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- >In article <Bt8MH2.HAG@acsu.buffalo.edu>, C058SJLX@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu writes...
- >>
- >> I have seen a portable short wave radio advertised in the
- >> DAK catalogue. The few technical specifications the ad gives
- >> seem to be good, however the price is well below the prices of
- >> similar products from other sources. I am talking about
- >> $40 vs $100+. I want to buy a radio like this, but the
- >> price looks suspicious.
- >
- The radio works quite well, BUT (what they don't tell you) is the battery drain
- is very high, so you must keep it on a battery eliminator at all times that
- you're not carrying it with you, or the batteries will die in a couple of days
- keeping the clock running.
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