{"id":12356,"date":"2015-02-18T16:16:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T20:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12356"},"modified":"2015-02-18T16:16:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T20:16:06","slug":"chris-retro-review-of-the-radio-shack-dx-397-sangean-sg-622","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/chris-retro-review-of-the-radio-shack-dx-397-sangean-sg-622\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris&#8217; Retro Review of the Radio Shack DX-397 (Sangean SG-622)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SangeanSG-622.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-12357 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SangeanSG-622.jpg\" alt=\"SangeanSG-622\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SangeanSG-622.jpg 360w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SangeanSG-622-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Chris Freitas, has sent me a link to a recent review he made of the RadioShack DX-397.<\/p>\n<p>I know many of us have had one of these little analog radios (branded as RadioShack or the original Sangean SG-622) at some point.<\/p>\n<p>Chris has fond memories of the DX-397. <a title=\"CFOR\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisfreitas.wordpress.com\/2015\/02\/17\/retro-review-of-the-radio-shack-dx-397-sangean-sg-622\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read his\u00a0review.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWLing Post reader, Chris Freitas, has sent me a link to a recent review he made of the RadioShack DX-397. I know many of us have had one of these little analog radios (branded as RadioShack or the original Sangean SG-622) at some point. Chris has fond memories of the DX-397. Click here to read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,26,129,43],"tags":[2604,3640,3641,3639],"class_list":["post-12356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","tag-chris-freitas","tag-radio-shack-dx-397","tag-radio-shack-dx-397-review","tag-sangean-sg-622"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3di","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10354,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/grab-a-radio-shack-dx-402-for-24-and-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":12356,"position":0},"title":"Grab a Radio Shack DX-402 for $24 and change","author":"Thomas","date":"July 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I just noticed that Blinq.com has the\u00a0RadioShack DX-402 (Sangean ATS-505 re-badge) for $27.09 shipped. \u00a0If you use the offer code WEEKEND10 it will take an additional 10% off at checkout for a total of $24.62 shipped. 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