What fantastic service from Raddy, how refreshing to hear of a company that not only listens to it's customers but responds such as this. I'm almost tempted to get one just because of their understanding. 10/10 Raddy, other companies take note.
That's how a company becomes truly successful....taking care of it's customers. Nice to see Raddy! Just received mine in the mail today. Looking forward to using this radio!
I emailed raddy last week and it was in the post next day,it should arrive on Monday.and yes it's totally free.cheers Fred,and well done to radioddity for exceptional customer support.
Steepletone MBR7 a vintage multiband radio had one of those antennas built in and back then was way ahead of its time, and one of my favourite radio's due its excellence
I feel really conflicted wbout the FR919. I liked it's little brother but it turned out to be completely deaf on airband and not much batter on SW. Now it sits in the bathroom popping out LBC when I'm having a shower in the morning. My other problem is that while I'd have dfreamed of such kit thiry years ago I can hear a lot of thinsg a whole lot better on my phone. Still think I'll end up buying one though! Great video Fred.
those rod antennas surprised me i have a tecsun pl-368 comes with a much shorter rotatable antenna the you plug on the top was blown away how well the antenna works though it was a joke not so keep up the entertaining videos
Decent antenna, decent sized too, must be way bigger than the internal one. My first thought when I saw it, was like in the first Dirty Harry movie where Client Eastwood pulls out his gun and the guy says "MY! THAT'S A BIG ONE!!". 😉📻📡 Romania whooped us in the Euro's, got off to a bad start. But we made up for it by beating Slovakia!!
Hmm but for a real test on LW you should try at night and at least try Poland on 225 or Algeria on 252 plus Romania on 153 but the Summer isn't the best time of the year for semi LW DX
Raddy is essentially selling a shortwave radio with a major DEFECT, what is known as, muted tuning, meaning you cannot hear what is being broadcast on all t he stations as you surf the channels when you tune the radio from frequency to frequency, whether you tune it manually with the fine tuning knob or when you press a button to tune the radio from frequency to frequency. You will see on the frequency meter as you do this a visual display that indicates the frequency strength of each individual through signals represented visually on the signal meter station or channel you surf through. But muted tuning means you will lose the audio momentarily so that the audio level drops off the board, as they say, completely, not allowing you to hear what is being broadcast unless you stop at any given frequency and stay there. Muted tuning can make it possible for you to inadvertently pass over channels or stations you might otherwise prefer to stay on and listen to. That this particular Raddy radio has this muted tuning is not a feature but a design flaw whereby the Raddy company should issue a recall and have their customers send the radios back to Raddy for a fix but Raddy will not do this unless forced to by either the US government or by a court ruling and neither one is likely to happen unless lawsuits are filed against Raddy and they will be forced to answer the lawsuits in open court or agree to an out of court settlement. Raddy has not been responsive enough to address customer concerns about this defect. They offer a quick-fix email link but so far, the half dozen people I've spoken to who have this radio and are stuck with this muted tuning defect have tried to follow Raddy's directions to correct this muted tuning flaw but this quick-fix does not work in actuality. At least not for the six people I spoke to. How many other Raddy customers have gotten similar run-arounds from Raddy, I don't know. But as I said in my prior comment below, Raddy is a company operating from Communist China and are likely owned the Chinese communist government or their military under the business banner they call, Raddy. And so far, from what I have seen of Chinese companies who produce products with defects, they always fail to correct problems or address customer concerns. Once they have your money, they could care less. In China, over the past 40 years, there have been a never-ending number of inferior shortwave radios being produced in China and sold from there. Only a few of them have had any merit. Most of these radios have come and gone because of inferior designs and built-in defects. Let's see what happens with this particular Raddy radio. Let's see if Raddy takes the initiative and accepts the responsibility it should and begin not only fixing these adios but all future models of this particular radio. They need a revised schematic upon which to base refute production of this radio. I personally will not buy this radio unless Raddy corrects the defect and markets all new versions of this radio with the problem of muted tuning eradicated. All such future models of this radio must then be sold with a new model number to reflect the fact the muted tuning defect has been corrected.
Your both right and wrong at the same time. Firstly Raddy only brand the radio and do not make it so they cannot fix the issue themselves. I ve currently got a different make of radio in for testing and its the same. Second it not actually a fault as such as its been designed that way to mute the sound. I do agree with you that its not very good for SWL as your quite right that you will miss distant stations when tuning. I think its more of a case of bring a product on to the market without proper research to peoples needs. In fairness ATS did the same thing with the little 25 radio and have pretty much fixed it. It can be fixed with software and the good thing is that the developers do read and respond to comments like yours above.
I realize I'm echoing another commenter, but I'm just here to bemoan the fact that, as impressive as that directional bar is, owning one is likely to become somewhat moot, shortly. RTE in Ireland pulled the plug on Long Wave just over a year ago, I think, and BBC Radio 4 has seemingly put a 'Do Not Resuscitate' order on its main Midlands LW transmitter which relies on some antique, but vital valve or crystal or some such, and in any case plan to knock LW broadcasting on the head sometime this year. As a matter of fact I'm surprised they haven't switched off already, I thought they had planned on leaving the band by about now. Of course they have probably had tons of letters from older listeners particularly, or those who, like me, are listening overseas (Ireland in my case). Notwithstanding the fact that one gets the feeling that the BBC are positively hostile to foreign and ex~pat listeners, perhaps they will do like RTE and 'dwindle it out' for some months after the originally anounced switch off date - who knows, maybe until those crucial parts give up the ghost? (lets hope!) Still, I would say, if you have this Raddy radio, you'd probably be stupid to not pick up the aerial, being free 'n all (let's hope you kept your receipt!) but otherwise, well, unless you hail from Algeria, or, I dunno, Mongolia or one of the 'Stans and wish to stay abreast of events at home (and even then, lets be frank, there's got to be easier ways), I don't know how much these retail for, but there probably isn't much point in shelling out for one of these, impressive performer that it is. Sorry Raddy, I almost feel bad for putting the mockers on it!
In the uk there’s nothing much on longwave anymore. BBC Radio 4 I think is pulling the plug on its longwave service very soon and RTL ( formerly radio Luxembourg ) went silent a couple of years ago. I would like to know if this radio mutes while tuning/ scanning though? Most new radios have this issue
Hi. Yes your right LW is pretty much finished in the UK. As for the muting see the full review video for details on that. ruclips.net/video/cdAJeI-v06U/видео.html
Hi did you have any luck getting the ferrite Rod antenna. I 2 bought of amazon bit back I asked @radioddity about the antenna they wouldn't send me the aerial wanted the full radio back for a exchange. I told them i no longer have the box ect. Confused as they've sent the antenna to others in the comments section.
@@CB-RADIO-UK thanks Fred I quite fancy one of these, I like the size of it plus it gets good reviews. Thanks Fred for sharing your findings with all things radio related. For an amateur your sure sound like a professional broadcaster. Well appreciated from 108 🏴🇬🇧🌎🍻
He's spending a long time thinking about his Grms Licence... probably too busy Painting. In America of course they have a GMRS licence, not sure about a Grms licence! 😅
What fantastic service from Raddy, how refreshing to hear of a company that not only listens to it's customers but responds such as this. I'm almost tempted to get one just because of their understanding. 10/10 Raddy, other companies take note.
I had a lousy experience with Raddy's customer service, LOL
Great for public relations not to mention great for the customer 📻
I can confirm Radioddity have shipped an antenna absolutetly FOC to me, including no shipping charge. Thank you Radioddity.
That's how a company becomes truly successful....taking care of it's customers.
Nice to see Raddy!
Just received mine in the mail today.
Looking forward to using this radio!
I emailed raddy last week and it was in the post next day,it should arrive on Monday.and yes it's totally free.cheers Fred,and well done to radioddity for exceptional customer support.
Wow that's amazing that they jumped into sorting that out so quickly. What a company , thank you FRED TAKE CARE MATE.💯👍
Thanks you two.
Steepletone MBR7 a vintage multiband radio had one of those antennas built in and back then was way ahead of its time, and one of my favourite radio's due its excellence
Top marks to the manufacturer for that.
AGREED
excellente démonstration merci a vous ...
Well done Raddy👍
You were 1 kHz out on radio 4. Enjoyed the video
Yes, there will be a 9kHz/10kHz (US spec) channel stepping setting somewhere.
Kudo's to Raddy. It will be nice to try different antennas to get the best results. Many thanks Fred. :-)
I feel really conflicted wbout the FR919. I liked it's little brother but it turned out to be completely deaf on airband and not much batter on SW. Now it sits in the bathroom popping out LBC when I'm having a shower in the morning.
My other problem is that while I'd have dfreamed of such kit thiry years ago I can hear a lot of thinsg a whole lot better on my phone.
Still think I'll end up buying one though! Great video Fred.
those rod antennas surprised me i have a tecsun pl-368 comes with a much shorter rotatable antenna the you plug on the top was blown away how well the antenna works though it was a joke not so keep up the entertaining videos
Try the CB base antenna on it since CB is HF it probably would work very well
Decent antenna, decent sized too, must be way bigger than the internal one. My first thought when I saw it, was like in the first Dirty Harry movie where Client Eastwood pulls out his gun and the guy says "MY! THAT'S A BIG ONE!!". 😉📻📡 Romania whooped us in the Euro's, got off to a bad start. But we made up for it by beating Slovakia!!
I can not wait to try it, I live in Center America, I've just ordered one.
You should hear a lot. Esp AM CB radio.
Good Video,I have one of them small antenna,s on my TECSUN PL-368 and works great on LW and AM also.
Hmm but for a real test on LW you should try at night and at least try Poland on 225 or Algeria on 252 plus Romania on 153 but the Summer isn't the best time of the year for semi LW DX
Seems the radio was out on the frequencies. R4 is 198 and talkSport is 1053, not 1055.
I always get R4 better on 199 MHz at home
Raddy is essentially selling a shortwave radio with a major DEFECT, what is known as, muted tuning, meaning you cannot hear what is being broadcast on all t he stations as you surf the channels when you tune the radio from frequency to frequency, whether you tune it manually with the fine tuning knob or when you press a button to tune the radio from frequency to frequency.
You will see on the frequency meter as you do this a visual display that indicates the frequency strength of each individual through signals represented visually on the signal meter station or channel you surf through.
But muted tuning means you will lose the audio momentarily so that the audio level drops off the board, as they say, completely, not allowing you to hear what is being broadcast unless you stop at any given frequency and stay there. Muted tuning can make it possible for you to inadvertently pass over channels or stations you might otherwise prefer to stay on and listen to.
That this particular Raddy radio has this muted tuning is not a feature but a design flaw whereby the Raddy company should issue a recall and have their customers send the radios back to Raddy for a fix but Raddy will not do this unless forced to by either the US government or by a court ruling and neither one is likely to happen unless lawsuits are filed against Raddy and they will be forced to answer the lawsuits in open court or agree to an out of court settlement.
Raddy has not been responsive enough to address customer concerns about this defect. They offer a quick-fix email link but so far, the half dozen people I've spoken to who have this radio and are stuck with this muted tuning defect have tried to follow Raddy's directions to correct this muted tuning flaw but this quick-fix does not work in actuality. At least not for the six people I spoke to.
How many other Raddy customers have gotten similar run-arounds from Raddy, I don't know. But as I said in my prior comment below, Raddy is a company operating from Communist China and are likely owned the Chinese communist government or their military under the business banner they call, Raddy.
And so far, from what I have seen of Chinese companies who produce products with defects, they always fail to correct problems or address customer concerns. Once they have your money, they could care less.
In China, over the past 40 years, there have been a never-ending number of inferior shortwave radios being produced in China and sold from there. Only a few of them have had any merit. Most of these radios have come and gone because of inferior designs and built-in defects.
Let's see what happens with this particular Raddy radio. Let's see if Raddy takes the initiative and accepts the responsibility it should and begin not only fixing these adios but all future models of this particular radio. They need a revised schematic upon which to base refute production of this radio.
I personally will not buy this radio unless Raddy corrects the defect and markets all new versions of this radio with the problem of muted tuning eradicated. All such future models of this radio must then be sold with a new model number to reflect the fact the muted tuning defect has been corrected.
Your both right and wrong at the same time. Firstly Raddy only brand the radio and do not make it so they cannot fix the issue themselves. I ve currently got a different make of radio in for testing and its the same. Second it not actually a fault as such as its been designed that way to mute the sound. I do agree with you that its not very good for SWL as your quite right that you will miss distant stations when tuning. I think its more of a case of bring a product on to the market without proper research to peoples needs. In fairness ATS did the same thing with the little 25 radio and have pretty much fixed it. It can be fixed with software and the good thing is that the developers do read and respond to comments like yours above.
really like the look of this one....cheers
LW is gone the dinosaur of the radio spectrum.
Still R4 198 MHz
I realize I'm echoing another commenter, but I'm just here to bemoan the fact that, as impressive as that directional bar is, owning one is likely to become somewhat moot, shortly.
RTE in Ireland pulled the plug on Long Wave just over a year ago, I think, and BBC Radio 4 has seemingly put a 'Do Not Resuscitate' order on its main Midlands LW transmitter which relies on some antique, but vital valve or crystal or some such, and in any case plan to knock LW broadcasting on the head sometime this year. As a matter of fact I'm surprised they haven't switched off already, I thought they had planned on leaving the band by about now. Of course they have probably had tons of letters from older listeners particularly, or those who, like me, are listening overseas (Ireland in my case). Notwithstanding the fact that one gets the feeling that the BBC are positively hostile to foreign and ex~pat listeners, perhaps they will do like RTE and 'dwindle it out' for some months after the originally anounced switch off date - who knows, maybe until those crucial parts give up the ghost? (lets hope!)
Still, I would say, if you have this Raddy radio, you'd probably be stupid to not pick up the aerial, being free 'n all (let's hope you kept your receipt!) but otherwise, well, unless you hail from Algeria, or, I dunno, Mongolia or one of the 'Stans and wish to stay abreast of events at home (and even then, lets be frank, there's got to be easier ways), I don't know how much these retail for, but there probably isn't much point in shelling out for one of these, impressive performer that it is.
Sorry Raddy, I almost feel bad for putting the mockers on it!
Those antennas sell for £12.
@@kenharvey9714 Thanks for the 'S.P.' - and to be fair, that sounds like a pretty affordable price point, for what it is.
When you were tuning to LW in the feild what did the moving numbers where the clock is coresponds to ??
Thanks Fred
Hi. Signal to noise ratio and Field strength of the incoming radio signal.
In the uk there’s nothing much on longwave anymore. BBC Radio 4 I think is pulling the plug on its longwave service very soon and RTL ( formerly radio Luxembourg ) went silent a couple of years ago. I would like to know if this radio mutes while tuning/ scanning though? Most new radios have this issue
Hi. Yes your right LW is pretty much finished in the UK. As for the muting see the full review video for details on that. ruclips.net/video/cdAJeI-v06U/видео.html
Hi 👋…just wanted to let you know that the RF919 has a new software update as of today…26/06/24 👍
Thanks.
Hello Mr Fred, you have so many radios, can you offer me one of the ATS 25, I would be very grateful, thank you
Hi Fred👋 Just bought one on Amazon. Will I still be able to get aerial from Randy? Enjoy all your reviews, thanks, Eamonn.
Hi. I think so if you bought it at the Raddy Amazon store. Just drop them an email.
Hi did you have any luck getting the ferrite Rod antenna. I 2 bought of amazon bit back I asked @radioddity about the antenna they wouldn't send me the aerial wanted the full radio back for a exchange.
I told them i no longer have the box ect.
Confused as they've sent the antenna to others in the comments section.
I wonder if you've tried the new firmware update yet? I've seen several people have bricked their radios while installing.
Hi. Yes ive got the download but have been warned there is a problem with as you say people are bricking radios so I am holding off for now.
For in the shed I learn lot from you about bying cb radios and antennas for cb radios and power supplys for cb radios my friend
Panasonic, Sony would have done it right the first time.
Maybe but maybe not.
Will buy if fix tuning
Nope
Frid in the shed your RUclips videos are awesome my friend
Does it receive ssb?
Thanks for video Fred
Hi. Yes both LSB and USB.
@@CB-RADIO-UK thanks Fred I quite fancy one of these, I like the size of it plus it gets good reviews.
Thanks Fred for sharing your findings with all things radio related. For an amateur your sure sound like a professional broadcaster.
Well appreciated from 108 🏴🇬🇧🌎🍻
Wow!
Frid in the shed my hobbies are painting pictures 🖼 and listening to shortwave and ssb iam thinking about getting my Grms license
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whats it like of fm broadcast
Would not need to use this antenna on FM.
@@CB-RADIO-UK sorry i ment what is the radio like on fm not the antenna
Good great sound from the twin bass passive speaker set up. See more here. ruclips.net/video/cdAJeI-v06U/видео.html
Frid in the shed I wish you and your wife 73s my friend
Frid in the shed your Raddy RF- 919 shortwave receiver is awesome my friend
I see your @Greg-et2dp is still stalking your comments stream Frid, sorry I meant Fred!! 😂
He's spending a long time thinking about his Grms Licence... probably too busy Painting.
In America of course they have a GMRS licence, not sure about a Grms licence!
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