Display on this is so small it almost needs a magnifying glass. Changing modes requires multiple button pushes. SSB is off with no recalibration possible. Antenna is so thin it's just asking to be destroyed. A positive point is that this has amazing sensitivity on mediumwave.
Most DSP synthesized radio receivers has this annoying chuffing or muting between stations while tuning. Only the high end receivers features the continuous seamless tuning like the analogue radios. Wish manufacturers of all brands paid attention to correct this major flaw Cheers! New Delhi
It is very annoying indeed. I think they are all based on si4732 or similar chips, and those are not able to do continuous tuning. I guess they didn't have tunung in mind. The use case they covered is you scan for stations and use theme from memory. Too bad.
@@batica81 couldn't agree more on this. Honestly, with much expectations I had recently bought another DSP synthesised radio receiver but, sadly it is now heading to become a junk as I hate the chuffing/muting effect while tuning. It's so damn bugging that the so called RUclips radio ace radio reviewers stops short of mentioning this major flaw. I regret wating money on such junks
@@shandybrandy5407 Ah too bad. Yes, it is a huge flaw and almost nobody mentions it, like everyone got used to it being so. I can recommend Belka DX receiver, it has perfect continuous tuning and works very well. Although it is a bit expensive and mostly ham oriented so it does not have other fancy SWL features like automatic tuning and band selection. Look it up, it has plenty reviews online and still seems available although shipped from Belarus.
@@shandybrandy5407 Tecsun did an amazing job with the H501x, sounds a lot better on SSB than the PL-880,990x and S-8800 and the 4 Khz filter works on SSB on the H501x it doesn't on the 880,990x or S-8800 + the audio sounds very muffled and pretty bad distortion at the beginning of a transmission on SSB worse with strong signals. The H501x fixes the filters making the radio sound much better, still some distortion but it's not nearly as bad. Pretty much all the DSP radios have the issue of distortion at the beginning of a transmission some are worse than others. The PL-330 is a really good radio too for it's size having SSB is amazing and it supports external antenna for LW/MW same as the H501x. The H501 audio in general is really good from it's built in speakers. The PL-680 has decent audio from it's speaker too and it sounds best of all dsp radios on SSB free from any form of DSP related distortion, it's filters are a bit wide for SSB but still nice clean audio and sounds great using ECSS on an AM station, way better than the DSP radios and with external antenna there's not going to be more you will hear on a dsp radio than the PL-680.
Nice radio for about $100 to $140. Good on MW, FM, shortwave, airband and weather band (USA). VHF and UHF is a continuous 30-520 MHz. Tunes longwave with external TECSUN antenna, beacons really come in. Just give it time to read the instructions and play with it.
Is 'Frequence' even a word when it comes to radio? I love Chinese typos on equipment. One piece of gear I have has a 'CHRAGE' connector HI. 73 de G0MOH.
LW will work if you use Tecsun external antenna, 150-1710 khz. This antenna is used with ATS DP 368 and 360 radios, and can be ordered separately. I have several of them. When I put the antenna on my 747 it immediately tuned to 153 khz, and received a aero beacon on 332 khz. Also improved MW reception.
Very good review Paul. If you plug in an external antenna this radio suddenly comes alive starting at 153khz (turn it off then on again)so only then does it display Long Wave...could be the same for 160M? Maybe the successor to this (HRD-757?) will have a direct tuning numeric keypad on the front, a bit like the Tecsun PL-368 (the PL-365 was lacking a numeric keypad which was annoying). My Tecsun Pl-368 stopped working on all AM bands so now I have an ATS-100 on order at a really good sale price from Ali, hopefully will have it this coming week. 73
@@ashab1 I have it exactly 12 months and I didn't really use it that much at first..it was mostly still in its box.., only in the past 5-6 months did I start to really used it, I found the external AM antenna socket great as I could connect it to my loop and hear LW, MW and SW...the ETM function is class! Maybe it got a shot of static from me, I don't know but the AM section is completely broken. As I said I have the ATS-100 on order, got it for a good bit cheaper than the HRD-747 here...but I've seen it at much higher prices.
HanRongDa HRD-767 is like Mini Walkman of AM (522 - 1620 / 520 - 1710 kHz, 9 or 10 kHz AM stepping switch), Japanese FM band (76 - 108 MHz) and Air Band (118 - 138 MHz) but it doesn’t have MP3 player, same body as HRD-602 but no air band.
In some models, conecting an external antenna an the socket jack while radio is in MW, radio himself changes to LW band. Seems that this feature is not documented in the user manual.
Thank you. I like this radio. It is slightly bigger than my Pioneer XMP3 satellite radio and when it comes available via Radiotty, I am going to get it.
Thanks for such a comprehensive review. I am looking forward to my hrd-747. I am sure I will be able to use it without a manual by now. If it will not go astray...
I saw a video where someone plugged in an external antenna to the jack at the top and long wave frequencies appeared, I dont know about 160 Metres though, look on youtube and you will find it I think he had an Irish accent.
My inglish not very good. I speak Portuguese Brazil. As pessoas dizem que esse radio é muito bom para a Air e as outras frequências não são tão bom. Isso procede?
Hi, is this receiver an SDR receiver ? Do they release software / firmware updates for this receiver ?(Like they do for iPhone / ANDROID phones). Is there Bluetooth capabilities? Is there WiFi capabilities? This presentation was very helpful and very well done !!! Thank You. Ricky from IBM, Ret K4VMS Florida USA
Interesting review. I've bought its rebranded version the Retekess TR-110 and I'm thoroughly disappointed. In an urban environment with FM transmitters around it's completely deaf. Other, cheaper radios like the Sihuadon R-108 fare way better in the same environment. Yes, they're bigger too. I shall probably return it unless another test in a quieter environment gives completely different results.
@@OM0ET Thanks for your reply. I hadn't heard of this new beast. It looks quite interesting indeed but apparently lacking the air band, which was kind of a point for buying the TR-110 (which at this point I consider as unusable for this purpose). I will certainly look forward to your upcoming review. I've just subscribed to make sure I won't miss it.
TNX for review, but he lacks 160m, in the mode USB one cannot choose between the higher (usb) band and the inferior (LSB) band. I think that it is an attempt of making the competency to Tecsun PL-368, but neither from a distance he approaches to this. 73`s
Too distorted on 3 kHz bandwidth NFM for receiving NOAA WEATHER RADIO in Canada and the US. Suposed to be up to 15 kHz bandwidth for NFM, 25 kHz less for WFM.
Google review I have Grundig radios made in China but what can you do also have a Icom 746 Pro Ham Radio Drake receiver portable Panasonic and Sony I'ma love shortwave and ham radio pie from us happy Easter to you
I seen better radios at less cost I want a tuning knob that goes from the lowest frequency to the highest. It's ok to store frequencies because short wave stations don't play interval signals anymore. I miss all the musical sounds that came with SWL. 73
@@OM0ET I bought the 747, because its so small an pocketfriendly, and also has 2m and 70cm! - and it can store up to 1000 memories!! - actually a pretty remarkable machine for its size!😉😉
The problems with Chinese products is basically mechanical wear. They never face a quality check based on wearing, so for most of those products, if there's a costant usage, you'll have broken buttons or loosing small mechanical components in a matter of weeks/months.
@@OM0ET on the screen, the modulation list, there is NFM, WFM, ... , MONO, next to it there is CW and 2MIX The 2MIX activates on the air band... But there is no info about CW, even on the manual given with the receiver...
Thanks for a very detailed review on this radio and showing how the functions and programming works. you saved me a lot of time.
Hanrongda is considered a cheaper brand than Tecsun and this radio seems too expensive for its value.
Overall a great little radio. FM is particularly sensitive. No SSB on CB mode oddly
There is also SSB available on CB, but you have to use a SW band and the presets for CB channels ;)
@@OM0ET ah ok thanks. I'll investigate. Also have the hrd 737. Another very sensitive radio and much cheaper
ruclips.net/video/FidBLx5CJ6Y/видео.html
Yes I have a video about 737
@@OM0ET can you explain how to do this? But I can't tune in SSB mode on 27 Mhz unfortunately
Go to SW band, set SSB mod and tune some CB frequency. Then store it to memory by my video instructions 🙂
Display on this is so small it almost needs a magnifying glass. Changing modes requires multiple button pushes. SSB is off with no recalibration possible. Antenna is so thin it's just asking to be destroyed. A positive point is that this has amazing sensitivity on mediumwave.
Most DSP synthesized radio receivers has this annoying chuffing or muting between stations while tuning. Only the high end receivers features the continuous seamless tuning like the analogue radios. Wish manufacturers of all brands paid attention to correct this major flaw
Cheers!
New Delhi
It is very annoying indeed. I think they are all based on si4732 or similar chips, and those are not able to do continuous tuning. I guess they didn't have tunung in mind. The use case they covered is you scan for stations and use theme from memory. Too bad.
@@batica81 couldn't agree more on this. Honestly, with much expectations I had recently bought another DSP synthesised radio receiver but, sadly it is now heading to become a junk as I hate the chuffing/muting effect while tuning. It's so damn bugging that the so called RUclips radio ace radio reviewers stops short of mentioning this major flaw. I regret wating money on such junks
@@shandybrandy5407 Ah too bad. Yes, it is a huge flaw and almost nobody mentions it, like everyone got used to it being so. I can recommend Belka DX receiver, it has perfect continuous tuning and works very well. Although it is a bit expensive and mostly ham oriented so it does not have other fancy SWL features like automatic tuning and band selection. Look it up, it has plenty reviews online and still seems available although shipped from Belarus.
@@batica81 thanks for the information, will look into it
@@shandybrandy5407 Tecsun did an amazing job with the H501x, sounds a lot better on SSB than the PL-880,990x and S-8800 and the 4 Khz filter works on SSB on the H501x it doesn't on the 880,990x or S-8800 + the audio sounds very muffled and pretty bad distortion at the beginning of a transmission on SSB worse with strong signals. The H501x fixes the filters making the radio sound much better, still some distortion but it's not nearly as bad.
Pretty much all the DSP radios have the issue of distortion at the beginning of a transmission some are worse than others.
The PL-330 is a really good radio too for it's size having SSB is amazing and it supports external antenna for LW/MW same as the H501x.
The H501 audio in general is really good from it's built in speakers.
The PL-680 has decent audio from it's speaker too and it sounds best of all dsp radios on SSB free from any form of DSP related distortion, it's filters are a bit wide for SSB but still nice clean audio and sounds great using ECSS on an AM station, way better than the DSP radios and with external antenna there's not going to be more you will hear on a dsp radio than the PL-680.
Nice radio for about $100 to $140. Good on MW, FM, shortwave, airband and weather band (USA). VHF and UHF is a continuous 30-520 MHz. Tunes longwave with external TECSUN antenna, beacons really come in. Just give it time to read the instructions and play with it.
City Band...they always make things sound cooler!!!
Is 'Frequence' even a word when it comes to radio? I love Chinese typos on equipment. One piece of gear I have has a 'CHRAGE' connector HI. 73 de G0MOH.
With accent mark, en francais.
Excellent review, nice upgrades on the new version.
LW will work if you use Tecsun external antenna, 150-1710 khz. This antenna is used with ATS DP 368 and 360 radios, and can be ordered separately. I have several of them. When I put the antenna on my 747 it immediately tuned to 153 khz, and received a aero beacon on 332 khz. Also improved MW reception.
Nice, thank you! I d be very interested to see a field test done by you. Thank you in advance!
Your posts/clips are very rigorous, clear & concise.
I believe this radio is identical to the Retekess TR110. That being the case, it does have LW when you plug an AM antenna into it.
Thanks for this great review. Great radio for about $125, 520 khz to 520 MHz. Notice you say Middlewave, as the Germans do.
Very good review Paul. If you plug in an external antenna this radio suddenly comes alive starting at 153khz (turn it off then on again)so only then does it display Long Wave...could be the same for 160M?
Maybe the successor to this (HRD-757?) will have a direct tuning numeric keypad on the front, a bit like the Tecsun PL-368 (the PL-365 was lacking a numeric keypad which was annoying). My Tecsun Pl-368 stopped working on all AM bands so now I have an ATS-100 on order at a really good sale price from Ali, hopefully will have it this coming week. 73
How much use did you have before it stopped working? Any reason or did it just fail? Thanks.
@@ashab1 I have it exactly 12 months and I didn't really use it that much at first..it was mostly still in its box.., only in the past 5-6 months did I start to really used it, I found the external AM antenna socket great as I could connect it to my loop and hear LW, MW and SW...the ETM function is class! Maybe it got a shot of static from me, I don't know but the AM section is completely broken. As I said I have the ATS-100 on order, got it for a good bit cheaper than the HRD-747 here...but I've seen it at much higher prices.
You don't have to switch it off and on to get Long Wave. Just plug in the antenna, and the frequency drops from 522 to153 KHZ
HanRongDa HRD-767 is like Mini Walkman of AM (522 - 1620 / 520 - 1710 kHz, 9 or 10 kHz AM stepping switch), Japanese FM band (76 - 108 MHz) and Air Band (118 - 138 MHz) but it doesn’t have MP3 player, same body as HRD-602 but no air band.
@@millinchip2 antenna from Tecsun PL-360/PL-365 ??
In some models, conecting an external antenna an the socket jack while radio is in MW, radio himself changes to LW band. Seems that this feature is not documented in the user manual.
That's correct. I've mentioned it in the following video. 😊
@@OM0ET Sorry. By mistake I've answered here instead of to one user.
Np 😁
Thank you. I like this radio. It is slightly bigger than my Pioneer XMP3 satellite radio and when it comes available via Radiotty, I am going to get it.
Thanks for such a comprehensive review. I am looking forward to my hrd-747. I am sure I will be able to use it without a manual by now. If it will not go astray...
I get 747 In English manual in HRD store in Aliexpress
No 8.33 steps UK Airband
1 kHz step
Great vídeo and great radio. Congratulations.
Can you do a video on how to setup the momery setup feather there is more things about the momery it looks like it has banks please do video
They're called "Ear Buds". Rotary Encoder.
Thank you for the review. It’s very informative and to the point.
I saw a video where someone plugged in an external antenna to the jack at the top and long wave frequencies appeared, I dont know about 160 Metres though, look on youtube and you will find it I think he had an Irish accent.
Yes, that's correct. LW are available with an ext.antenna plugged in.
My HRD-747 completely discharges the battery in a couple of days while turned off 😕
LW possible with external mw antenna, such a Tecsun antenna.
My inglish not very good. I speak Portuguese Brazil. As pessoas dizem que esse radio é muito bom para a Air e as outras frequências não são tão bom. Isso procede?
Hi, is this receiver an SDR receiver ? Do they release software / firmware updates for this receiver ?(Like they do for iPhone / ANDROID phones). Is there Bluetooth capabilities? Is there WiFi capabilities?
This presentation was very helpful and very well done !!! Thank You.
Ricky from IBM, Ret K4VMS Florida USA
I donno. But it seems is not a SDR technology. I had not open it yet 😄 maybe I have to 😁 No BT no WiFi available. Thanks for the nice comment! 😊 73
Exelente radio donde lo puedo conseguir, estoy en mexico
En Amazon
Great video
Sir,can I use this radio for the mobile listening conversation?please tell me.thanks
Yes, why not? It is very small and lightweight receiver which can be put in to your pocket 😉
Ok,thankyou sir for the reply
Is that translation accurate on the user guide? "It is an entry-level toy product."
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I have an idea to get variable bandwidth in SSB modes! Just get another one, and use its local oscillator as the BFO.
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Good radio!!!! 73.
For switching between SW you can use Mode button.
Yes but only broadcast bands, not HAM bands. Memory presets are needed 😉
@@OM0ET Yes. Are you know how start scan chanek saved to memory ?
Anyway to change NFM TO WFM on VHF AND UHF BANDS ?
If you clip on an external antenna to the whip does it over load the receiver?
7.5 khz tuning step, VHF and UHF, is American and Canadian standard.
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En Amazon
Thanks for a very detailed review on this radio much better them orthers
Interesting review. I've bought its rebranded version the Retekess TR-110 and I'm thoroughly disappointed. In an urban environment with FM transmitters around it's completely deaf. Other, cheaper radios like the Sihuadon R-108 fare way better in the same environment. Yes, they're bigger too.
I shall probably return it unless another test in a quieter environment gives completely different results.
Wait for my next upcoming review of ATS120, I think you will be suprised 😉👍
@@OM0ET Thanks for your reply. I hadn't heard of this new beast. It looks quite interesting indeed but apparently lacking the air band, which was kind of a point for buying the TR-110 (which at this point I consider as unusable for this purpose). I will certainly look forward to your upcoming review. I've just subscribed to make sure I won't miss it.
Just like old times!
Identical to TR110
TR110 is actually a copy of HRD747 😉
TNX for review, but he lacks 160m, in the mode USB one cannot choose between the higher (usb) band and the inferior (LSB) band. I think that it is an attempt of making the competency to Tecsun PL-368, but neither from a distance he approaches to this. 73`s
great radio
Waiting test this radio!
It says continual tuning from 20MHz - 520MHz. Is this NFM mode only or can AM be used?
All NFM.
I want one Please I'm in Australia
Too distorted on 3 kHz bandwidth NFM for receiving NOAA WEATHER RADIO in Canada and the US. Suposed to be up to 15 kHz bandwidth for NFM, 25 kHz less for WFM.
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Where do I Buy one AUS And Do they have to be Programmed??
Google review I have Grundig radios made in China but what can you do also have a Icom 746 Pro Ham Radio Drake receiver portable Panasonic and Sony I'ma love shortwave and ham radio pie from us happy Easter to you
I seen better radios at less cost I want a tuning knob that goes from the lowest frequency to the highest. It's ok to store frequencies because short wave stations don't play interval signals anymore. I miss all the musical sounds that came with SWL. 73
Thanks for sharing this information
Did you see the ats 100 I have bought the 747 now I want the ats 100 have a look on RUclips 👀
top video production thanks for the info
can you change from NFM to AM in the UHF range ?
They charge 120euros for it here in Sweden, is it worth it? - thanks for demo! - 73 Levi
For that price also Malachit receiver is an option. 😊
@@OM0ET okido! thanks!
@@OM0ET I bought the 747, because its so small an pocketfriendly, and also has 2m and 70cm! - and it can store up to 1000 memories!! - actually a pretty remarkable machine for its size!😉😉
@Evil Robot Santa Claus 🎁 💣 💥 i know, but i never order overseas, or use creditcards over internet..😉
@Evil Robot Santa Claus 🎁 💣 💥 2 days..ordered wednesday, came friday 😉
Sounds like I’ll pass on this unit for SSB listening
What is the step in the airband?
Great vedio, can I show your vedio linker to my store, so more client can review your vedio?
Got this beauty from my uncle I'm trying to figure out how it works
It is really interesting radio
The problems with Chinese products is basically mechanical wear. They never face a quality check based on wearing, so for most of those products, if there's a costant usage, you'll have broken buttons or loosing small mechanical components in a matter of weeks/months.
anti Chinese bias...
How to select the CW filtre plz?
There is no CW filter
@@OM0ET on the screen, the modulation list, there is NFM, WFM, ... , MONO, next to it there is CW and 2MIX
The 2MIX activates on the air band...
But there is no info about CW, even on the manual given with the receiver...
Nice but way to expensive
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Thank you!
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No pmr 446 step 6,25khz 🥶 very bad
Tecsun pl 330 way better than this.
Pero no es toda banda y no llega a 144-430
Far better, but no UHF.
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It was dug out of an Egyptian pyramid chamber. Powered by the gods of ancient Egypt!
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