The display is clear, bright enough for lit-room reading, but not so bright as to be distracting in dark, night-time room listening. There is a lot of AM bleedover/crosstalk with stronger signals the audio is tinny and weak most of the time its SSB modes tend to be a bit muddy with the stock 455Hz IF filters a decent MW DXer rig, this ain't! But again, all of those shortcomings can be ameliorated with application of several well-known and proven modifications. Stock, though, it is good, but not great. Its few bandwidth filters are decent enough stock, but they can be easily replaced and improved it chuffs and flutters while tuning, but there is a modification to stop that there are numerous ways to improve the noise blanker, add DSP filtering, and so on, most of which are fairly easy to accomplish for most of the radio/electronics enthusiasts here at eHam.
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It's just fine for what it does - receives LW, MW and SW radio signals with decent-to-good sensitivity and decent selectivity on its whip antenna, and even better (of course) on an external antenna (SO239 jack), though you don't want to use more than 25 or 30 feet of wire with it - it *will* overload on moderate to strong signals, especially in its stock condition.īut that's one plus of the DX-394: it is eminently modifiable, and thanks to now-legendary research and tinkering of dozens of enthusiasts, the DX-394 can perform like a receiver costing two or three times its original price. The A (earliest) version seems to be problematic and the least able to be improved, but the B and C versions are perfect candidates for all those neat enhancements. There were a few different iterations of the DX-394, noted as A, B and C versions over manufacturing years. If you could find one now for $50, in good condition, it would be a no-brainer, too.
For that price, brand new in the box, it was a no-brainer. I bought my 394 in '97 I believe, when the clearance prices hit around $50 out here in the Ozarks.
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