I bought one of these recently and this week bought an MLA30+ antenna to use with it. The antenna works really nicely but in the process of trying it out, I noticed that if I hold down 3 to disable the internal ferrite rod, even if there is no external antenna connected, the MW and LW reception is massively improved - MW stations from miles away are coming in. It seems to be using the FM whip antenna which makes no sense as you'd expect that to have little effect on AM, but it's definitely improving things! Annoyingly I also seem to get some strong harmonics on LW from some local AM transmitters, I live about 5 miles away from the Asian Network and Radio XL transmitters and they're all over LW on this radio when I use anything other than the internal antenna (which is pretty much near useless for LW).
This is the perfect SHTF radio! Now they are on sale in China, great deals are to be made for this radio. I ordere one and i am looking forward to check this radio out. Thanks for the interesting video!
@@KevinOReillyswl thank you 😁! I found it!! It is the American vs European MW modes, it is actually marked on the coverage of the radio on the back: one is 522-1620 the other covers 520-1700 kHz! I think it is actually 9/10 button you mention.
@@baneverything5580 Thank you. I actually found the answer a few days ago but it didn't seem to improve matters at all - if anything I found more interference. Checked my F/W and that's 3306 too.
@@baneverything5580 You must be on LW or MW band. Long press the 3 key until SW appears at the left on display, under LW or MW. To deactivate, do the same process until SW dissapears. Sometimes, doing this trick and returning to the internal ferrite listening, the radio seems deaf. Go frequency up or down with tuning weel to tune an station to fix it. If this does not work, turn radio OFF and then ON.
I bought one of these recently and this week bought an MLA30+ antenna to use with it. The antenna works really nicely but in the process of trying it out, I noticed that if I hold down 3 to disable the internal ferrite rod, even if there is no external antenna connected, the MW and LW reception is massively improved - MW stations from miles away are coming in. It seems to be using the FM whip antenna which makes no sense as you'd expect that to have little effect on AM, but it's definitely improving things! Annoyingly I also seem to get some strong harmonics on LW from some local AM transmitters, I live about 5 miles away from the Asian Network and Radio XL transmitters and they're all over LW on this radio when I use anything other than the internal antenna (which is pretty much near useless for LW).
This is the perfect SHTF radio! Now they are on sale in China, great deals are to be made for this radio. I ordere one and i am looking forward to check this radio out. Thanks for the interesting video!
Enjoy!
To use the external antenna jack, which contact (tip or which ring) on my 3.5mm plug does my wire need to be soldered to?
the tip
If u had only one option to buy 330 or 660 for sw and lw listening, which one would u prefer?
The 330 is a good basic receiver for the money. I have never used a 660 so can't comment on that.
I have both: 660 is very smooth, it’s bigger, stays on my desk. The 330 is so tiny, I take it to bed, to rooms, to places. Fits in a pocket.
Thanks for this! I cannot tune on the 1668 frequency. Maybe if (when I receive it) I plug the my external in the radio will allow this frequency?
Don't forget on medium wave you can select either 9 or 10 khz tuning steps.
@@KevinOReillyswl thank you 😁! I found it!! It is the American vs European MW modes, it is actually marked on the coverage of the radio on the back: one is 522-1620 the other covers 520-1700 kHz! I think it is actually 9/10 button you mention.
@@KevinOReillyswl pS the Dutch pirate station sound very funky with these folk accordions 🪗 😝 I tried but couldn’t catch it here in the SW of france.
Weldon sir
1665 seems serbian, also may be at 1885...keep an eye at 1700 almost every night are greeks chatting sure some one will reach UK, thanks
How exactly do you enable this useful hidden feature?
Press and hold the 3 button.
@@baneverything5580 Thank you. I actually found the answer a few days ago but it didn't seem to improve matters at all - if anything I found more interference. Checked my F/W and that's 3306 too.
@@pb871 If you`re using AM/MW try the Tecsun AN-200 loop connected with a mono audio cable.
@@pb871 you have to turn the radio off and then back on for it to “work”. Otherwise you don’t get anything on the antenna/ plug in loop.
@@baneverything5580 You must be on LW or MW band. Long press the 3 key until SW appears at the left on display, under LW or MW. To deactivate, do the same process until SW dissapears.
Sometimes, doing this trick and returning to the internal ferrite listening, the radio seems deaf. Go frequency up or down with tuning weel to tune an station to fix it.
If this does not work, turn radio OFF and then ON.