DAG>     I've been wanting to pick up some equipment for getting into 
 DAG> HAM and various other radio freq. receiving and broadcasting for 
 DAG> some time now.

 JA> My wife has talked about doing that as well, now that she's a
 JA> weather spotter (in addition to being a firefighter and first
 JA> responder). 

yeah, you might want a decent radio for that stuff... not only work related
but maybe also personal...

 JA> I'd like her to get set up, but we were under the impression it
 JA> would cost HUNDREDS if not thousands of dollars to get set up... Is
 JA> this $75 setup basically complete? Minus, maybe, antenna?

here're some reviews on the dx-200...

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1884

the pictures show a table top unit with receive capabilities of AM/CW/SSB on
the 15 - 30 mhz bands according to the above site...


another site with information...

http://www.freeinfostuff.com/DX100-200/DX100-200.htm


ebay auctions... one with 1 day left... currently sitting at $19.99 on the
bid...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_kw=Realistic+Radio+Shack+DX-200+Communicatio
n s+Receiver


and another info site...

http://user.netonecom.net/~swordman/Radio/DX200.htm

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