I am over the moon. I found a DX-398 at a garage sale today, working, battery compartment looks brand new. The guy said they had not used it in maybe 15 years, it was stored in the 4 drawer filing cabinet. He wanted $50 all I had was $30 and they sold it to me. It has the book, the faux leather carry case, and looks 8 of 10 with a few small scratches on the back. I will connect it to my shortwave antenna (longwire in the attic) tonight and see how it shakes out. This model was sold at Radio Shack and I believe it is made by Sangean and is a clone of the ATS-909 maybe.

Still, fun little experiment.