I have a Radio Shack DX-398 shortwave radio with a bad speaker. RS National Parts no longer carries that speaker, and I cannot find anything on the Internet that seems to fit the specs. It is a ROUND, 3-inch, 8-ohm, 3-watt speaker. Has to be round, square won't fit. Does anyone know where I might find a speaker with those specs? One with with a slightly higher wattage rating and/or slightly lower ohms rating might work. I found a post stating that the speaker from a certain Sony shortwave receiver would fit, but Sony wants $20 for it plus shipping (not tonight, Sony, I have a headach!).
Can't find replacement speaker for radio
May 18, 2005
8 Replies
Where on this Planet do you reside ? There are plenty of places to aquire that speaker.
Karl-
I suggest you research the DX-398 and find who made it, and what their equivalent model is. They would be a possible source of a replacement speaker.
Several years ago I had the opposite problem, a bad speaker in a Sangean ATS-803A. I was able to obtain a replacement for the Radio Shack DX-440.
Fred
As I stated, I have been looking, unsuccessfully. All round 3 inch speakers I have found are 1 watt or less. Also I live in a Mickey-Mouse community with with only one poorly-stocked electronic parts store. And Radio Shack no longer carries replacement speakers of any kind. I assume they'll be phasing out all parts eventually.
The DX-398 is the same as the Sangean ATS-909, but I can't find any parts source for that, either. Nothing about parts on the Sangean site - I wrote them a note.
Meanwhile I went ahead and ordered one of those 1-watt speakers, maybe it will suffice.
Thanks for the replies.
Where do you live ? Knowing this maybe we can help.
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On Wed, 18 May 2005 10:24:13 -0500, "Karl" put finger to keyboard and composed:
In Australia you can get a shielded version (code SP37) for AU$6 (US$4.50):
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