The best "How-To" video of this radio I've run across so far. So many videos of the RF 919 are done by people who haven't a clue how to operate a shortwave receiver. You're the only one who detailed the use of the Pre-Selector (aka: Antenna Tuner) and the antenna selection switch on the back. Thanks for this video... nice work.
Awesome video! Re-iterating, by far, this is the best video on this radio. It encouraged me to buy the radio. I should be getting it some time today. I'll have a big jump start with this radio. TNX 73, WA2WHV
By far the best review of this radio. Very well done. Thank you. U have downloaded this one for when my unit arrives this week. Really looking forward to seeing mine in action.😊
I don't understand, in 2024, making a 250€ radio witch mute on each step when you tune it. It's really something they have to upgrade. This is why reviews are good thing, thanks for your sharing !
@Stefaon If you use HeadPhones, your ears will thank you for that mute.! Nothing worse than rupturing your eardrum because of a very loud signal suddenly...
They can change the tuning mute but the poor audio quality on SSB and poor ECSS quality is a fundamental flaw in all these DSP radios/Chips and can not and has not yet been solved and one reason I have sold all but 1 of my DSP radios and do not ever intend to buy another. There are only 2 portable radios out there with the audio Quality on SSB that you can still buy new today such as the Tecsun PL-680, it offers the best available ECSS performance that blows away any DSP radios using just filters alone. The PL-680 and a good receiving antenna such as the Bonito MA305 and you have one of the best receiving stations possible today from a portable radio. The Sangean ATS-909 x2 is probably the only DSP radio that offers excellent audio quality and good ECSS performance. For the money, nothing beats the PL-680 without DSP or fancy screens it's the best out there and I wish manufacturers stopped producing DSP rubbish because it only offers cheaper radios to the manufacturer and more expensive radios to the buyer nothing more.
Basically these Chinese companies all milk the same small group of least-cost radio-on-a-chip ICs (formerly known as Silicon Labs Si473x) for at least 10 years now. They present "new" radios based on these chips almost every year and meanwhile there seems to be some competition going on who can flesh out the design the most but basically they're all some iteration of same old, same old. The only (very) fundamentally different design in the low-cost RX segment, playing in a whole different performance league is from Belarus (Belka).
@@gerdpfeil Yes, there's not much effort put into circuit design, they don't need coils and don't have to tune up everything using a chip. As I said, very hard to beat the Tecsun PL-680 and it's a pity they don't improve on their analogue radios but that's not going to happen The belka is exceptional only it's not a nice radio to use, so I don't use it and only used it briefly, I should have sold it. If it was in a larger box with buttons and knobs I'd be a lot happier. There's just no enjoyment in using it like I get from a real radio.
Hello Paul, Thank's for detailled Test, very fine. I just ordered this RX because I paid for it in 4X without cost via PayPal. I live in France and I had 48.91€ in taxes on top. It hurts the wallet ! You have to treat yourself, I hope I will not be disappointed. 73's, Kind regards to the House of F-15413 Bernard & SWL Flamby. See you soon.
Very good review, but I miss the example of reception of civil aviation frequencies. You mentioned that you managed to hear some air communication even better than on the Quansheng K5, so I would like it if you could make and show some other comparison of these communications (Air-Band). Thank you🙂
❤ Love your vids, thank you! Extraordinary video quality 🎉 Love the Military, oldish design. I'm an SWL since the 90's, have a Sangean ATS-909, from 2001! 😊 How is this compared to the Malahit DSP-2, please? I learned, that the quality of the SSB isn't the best on the Raddy / Retekess? Cheerz from the neighbourhood, from Hungary 🇭🇺
Thanks for the very comprehensive demo. Seems to be a very nice radio. Only odd thing is the antenna tuning.... why does it not know what frequency it is on and select the band itself with the microprocessor ? Why is there a manual switch ?
I notice that you have not mentioned and negative points about this radio. like someone else mentiomed that wobbly click stop main dial, is also very off putting Pavol, De Ray, M0RAY.😊
I just got mine yesterday,pulled out the Antenna, and it came off completely from the case,No retaining screw,great quality control! Didn’t expect this from a high quality radio😢
Thanks for the review. I was considering this owing to its wide frequency coverage and no touch screen, and the app control might have been a bonus if the app wasn't terrible with VoiceOver or Talkback, but that soft mute. ... Not a fan at all. Looks like my sights are set back on a Tecsun PL990.
Fantastic radio with a ton of features! Eagerly awaiting for mine to arrive. What is your verdict ? Does it have a recording feature ? And a random mp3 play feature ?
Was thinking of buying this radio but now when i see the 1 KHz mute it very much turns me off. I allready have a smaller radio with same rx chip that acts like that. It has great rx but its so annoying with the mute.
Hi great interesting video, I wonder how the rxer performs with external antenna in the bands . Ie if overloads at all , love the idea of the antenna trim knob , last time I saw that was in the Sony icf2001 . 73 mark
Paul I received mine last week from Radioddity like the radio but hope for both a manual and firmware update that will null the soft mute tuning and give me the ability to use any démod mode in any band like my Belka (All mode) also the ability to access all Eq bands on AM mode not just WBFM. I love the backlight keyboard as I tend to use mind outside at night. Why they skipped the 160M band is a head scratcher. Well enough with the gripes once I found out how to set-up my MW antenna, plus use the LNA and band pass filters something the manual needs an improvement on it started to impress me on MW, and now SW on I figured what setting to choose, besides Default Antenna settings. I still haven’t really tested on VHF/UHF bands except WBFM (broadcast) were it is very good. Well this is not a turn on a play radio, it is a radio one needs to read and understand the manual radio to challenge my tired old brain ….😊! 73! Have a great day!
No firmware upgrade will remove the soft muting, that seems to be an inherent limitation of the 47xx radio chips if not paired with external VFOs like some of the Tecsuns. Like most of those radios it doesn't mute in fine-tuning mode tho.
What a pity of radio! 1KHz soft-muting overshadows all its good qualities like their magnific audio, antenna matchings,. filter settings, backlight keys... The developer should have to had realize of it, because scanning the bands without muting is a must for any radio worth its salt. specially in a medium-high price range .. If the manufacturer corrected it, it would be a radio to take into account., Thanks Paul for this complete review! 73s, Pedro.
Good Sir, this has got to be The Most Extensive tutorial online about this radio! THANK you, ever so much! Seriously! You've covered nearly everything in such informative and very helpful detail! I have only one question: While the part of the (manual?) which charts all of the channels available for this radio's reception (AM, FM, SW, SSB, etc.), it seems that CW (Continuous Wave/Morse Code) is not included in the list - HOWEVER, many have said that it can be achieved at 500 HZ (MHZ? KHZ?) - is this true? Can you hear Morse Code at such frequencies, or any frequencies that this radio can pick up? Do, Please, let us know! And again, THANK YOU, for the internet's most in-depth review on this piece of equipment! 🙂
It looks amazing, but from your video, I think it isn't worth the money. For this price, you can get new Malahite, Belka, and Tecsun radios, which are more refined, have no audio cut-out, have a better encoder, etc. Also at first it looks rugged, but there isn't any IP protection from water or dust, so this ruggedness is just eye candy. The tuning encoder looks loose too, not as sturdy as an Icom's. In the case of functionality, that's amazing. Maybe the next one with a decent encoder and without this cut-out will be better. But last but not least, I'm happy, that the SWL world gets new RIGs and isn't so forgotten as the shortwave broadcast bands.
Thank you for the very long detailed review, looks and sounds better than I expected ❤. Can it do ECSS reception of the Mediumwave band??? Many times, a very strong station will be right next to a weak one and splatter the weak signal.
Děkuji za představení tohoto zajímavého receiveru. Malá poznámka - píšu během sledování videa. Při dvoumetru a PMR jste neměl přepnuto na WT anténu, jel jste na teleskop. Ono to vypadá, že každé nastavení tlačítkem ozubeného kola (settings) a nastavení vstupní antény (sel.ANT) je v každém pásmu individuální a některé kombinace nejsou možné. Na VHF UHF povolí jako vstup WT anténu (máte našroubovánu), na jiných pásmech nikoli atd. Velice zajímavý přístroj! Moc díky a 73 😉
Áno, máte pravdu. Teraz som si všimol, že nebola prepnutá WT anténa. Máte skvelý postreh, klobúk dolu! ;) Áno pri VHF/UHF to dovoľuje prepínať medzi WT a teleskop. 73
They really packed a lot into this radio. It's impressive. A question for you: Does it allow stepping in 5KHz steps in SSB mode? The VFO change muting is a "problem" with all of these new generation SSB radios, because of the IC they all use. But stepping in 5Khz jumps makes it less painful for signal hunting. (I can do this on my CountyComm GP7 which shares much of the same HF /SSB design.).
Yes, it does 5kHz step also 😉 Yes, those IC's are truly problem with mutes. But in the ATS receivers doesn't mutes. Different chip or they somehow obey this problem?
@@OM0ET The "high-end" (lol) Tecsuns do not use the internal VFO contained in the 473x chips but added their own VFO circuitry (with a number of other downsides coming with that). I believe the Sangean ATS 909... does not use a SiLabs radio-on-a-chip IC at all, or like aforementioned Tecsuns only parts of it. Also, the very old PL660/680 are conventional designs that do not use these particular chips at all.
It feels like this radio is having something of an identity crisis with the bass booster, aux in, and other stuff that feels inherently music-related. It looks great and it certainly seems more than capable, I just wonder how useful deep bass is when most of spoken voice is in the mid tones. Hell, most of music is in the mids, too, so it's not even very good even if it did want to cater to the music audience. Everything else seems capable, as I already said, that was just my immediate criticism.
Is there a great all around radio that does everything well. I mean am, fm, lw, wb, ab, cb, vhf, uhf, ssb, sw, ac, does great without getting lots of expensive, equipment or antennas etc. I wanna listen to everything around the planet, ham radio, radio stations etc. Thank you
That speaker grill... Jeeesh! It looks like a cheap 1970's radio. I'd love to see the inside of the radio because I bet it could be a lot smaller. It's not like OM0ET to not open it up, so I bet he was asked/told not to.
The tuning knobs look like deal breakers. They need to be mechanically solid and to use optical encoders. Also the sensitivity on SSB does not look good - 20μV compared to 0.20 μV on an IC-705.
Yep, me too. I was interested to find out if it would be easy to operate for blind ops, especially with the remote control from a smartphone, but the muting on tuning steps really is a deal breaker for me. I'm also a dial spinner and that would drive me to distraction.
the buttons all wiggle when you touch one , the dials are off balance and wiggle with slightest touch in the video... I cant buy this of those visuals alone.
Quite a good radio but dont think its worth the price point it currently sits at. There are other versions of this radio floating around with different badges. You tune to 624 khz is there a station there and not on 621khz or were you off-channel?
@@OM0ET If I understood that right it does only NFM in that band (actually in all bands above the air band), so that hardly qualifies as "satcom" RX, that frequency range is more or less just a gimmick with the only actual benefit being FM coms on 2/70.
I really hate the tuning mute but the poor audio quality on SSB and poor ECSS quality is a fundamental flaw in all these DSP radios/Chips and can not and has not yet been solved and one reason I have sold all but 1 of my DSP radios and do not ever intend to buy another. There are only 2 portable radios out there with the audio Quality on SSB that you can still buy new today such as the Tecsun PL-680, it offers the best available ECSS performance that blows away any DSP radios using just filters alone. The PL-680 and a good receiving antenna such as the Bonito MA305 and you have one of the best receiving stations possible today from a portable radio. The Sangean ATS-909 x2 is probably the only DSP radio that offers excellent audio quality and good ECSS performance. For the money, nothing beats the PL-680 without DSP or fancy screens it's the best out there and I wish manufacturers stopped producing DSP rubbish because it only offers cheaper radios to the manufacturer and more expensive radios to the buyer nothing more.
@o00scorpion00o I get your point, and its valid. You do realise that you can bypass/ bridge out the DSP with old school style circuits, components, etc. Using Ardiuno or Pi, you could write a small bit of code that can be changed, updated at will in real time. DIY it man. Your Phone is full off DSP, in the RF RX & TX section, the Audio section, etc. You're demonizing a device you use every day. btw, I don't have a phone, nor computer, and never will.
@@snakezdewiggle6084 My phone works as intended, that's the difference, these DSP radios are just horrible on SSB. But for the rest, that's way above my head. I am more than happy with my trusty old Tecsun PL-680 and if it died tomorrow I would get a new one.
I agree . I hate dsp tuning . The only one I have is a pl330 and it drives me nuts . I normally use a Tecsun s2000 and 501x . The 501 works well but battery drain is insane . It spends more time charging than being used . The s2000 is not perfect but is an excellent all rounder and suits me fine .
@@snakezdewiggle6084 Ah come on now, I just want a radio that performs like it should for the money out of the box. Thankfully we can still get new, the wonderful Tecsun PL-680 which has wonderful SSB audio and ECSS performance.
@o00scorpion00o I don't buy radios, I learned how to make them.! This way, I can include the features I prefer... My current portable is a hybrid, digital + analog. AM, SSB, DSB, FM, NFM, FT8, etc. Cost less than 100. Get your Amateur radio license. It allows you to experiment and develop.
The best "How-To" video of this radio I've run across so far. So many videos of the RF 919 are done by people who haven't a clue how to operate a shortwave receiver. You're the only one who detailed the use of the Pre-Selector (aka: Antenna Tuner) and the antenna selection switch on the back. Thanks for this video... nice work.
Awesome video! Re-iterating, by far, this is the best video on this radio. It encouraged me to buy the radio. I should be getting it some time today. I'll have a big jump start with this radio. TNX 73, WA2WHV
By far the best review of this radio. Very well done. Thank you. U have downloaded this one for when my unit arrives this week. Really looking forward to seeing mine in action.😊
the very best review i has ever get from any one making reviews
Thank you! 😊
I don't understand, in 2024, making a 250€ radio witch mute on each step when you tune it. It's really something they have to upgrade.
This is why reviews are good thing, thanks for your sharing !
@Stefaon
If you use HeadPhones, your ears will thank you for that mute.!
Nothing worse than rupturing your eardrum because of a very loud signal suddenly...
It sounds just like the ats-20+ thats a 5th the price and smaller, makes me think its just an ardunio inside like it...
They can change the tuning mute but the poor audio quality on SSB and poor ECSS quality is a fundamental flaw in all these DSP radios/Chips and can not and has not yet been solved and one reason I have sold all but 1 of my DSP radios and do not ever intend to buy another.
There are only 2 portable radios out there with the audio Quality on SSB that you can still buy new today such as the Tecsun PL-680, it offers the best available ECSS performance that blows away any DSP radios using just filters alone.
The PL-680 and a good receiving antenna such as the Bonito MA305 and you have one of the best receiving stations possible today from a portable radio.
The Sangean ATS-909 x2 is probably the only DSP radio that offers excellent audio quality and good ECSS performance.
For the money, nothing beats the PL-680 without DSP or fancy screens it's the best out there and I wish manufacturers stopped producing DSP rubbish because it only offers cheaper radios to the manufacturer and more expensive radios to the buyer nothing more.
Basically these Chinese companies all milk the same small group of least-cost radio-on-a-chip ICs (formerly known as Silicon Labs Si473x) for at least 10 years now. They present "new" radios based on these chips almost every year and meanwhile there seems to be some competition going on who can flesh out the design the most but basically they're all some iteration of same old, same old. The only (very) fundamentally different design in the low-cost RX segment, playing in a whole different performance league is from Belarus (Belka).
@@gerdpfeil Yes, there's not much effort put into circuit design, they don't need coils and don't have to tune up everything using a chip.
As I said, very hard to beat the Tecsun PL-680 and it's a pity they don't improve on their analogue radios but that's not going to happen
The belka is exceptional only it's not a nice radio to use, so I don't use it and only used it briefly, I should have sold it. If it was in a larger box with buttons and knobs I'd be a lot happier. There's just no enjoyment in using it like I get from a real radio.
Thanks for this extensive review of the 919. This is a very interesting feature-packed receiver
Hello Paul,
Thank's for detailled Test, very fine.
I just ordered this RX because I paid for it in 4X without cost via PayPal.
I live in France and I had 48.91€ in taxes on top.
It hurts the wallet !
You have to treat yourself, I hope I will not be disappointed.
73's, Kind regards to the House of F-15413 Bernard & SWL Flamby.
See you soon.
Good to know SSB is quality - so many mid priced ssb radios have horrible tuning issues.
Informative publication, thanks!
Amazing review! Many thanks for your effort! I have one ordered❤
Great comments! I don't have to watch the one hour long video. ;-)
Thank you, Paul. :-)
Absolutely agree! It can be made much shorter - therefore, I declined to watch it😅
Excellent review, very comprehensive.
Very good review, but I miss the example of reception of civil aviation frequencies. You mentioned that you managed to hear some air communication even better than on the Quansheng K5, so I would like it if you could make and show some other comparison of these communications (Air-Band). Thank you🙂
Another great presentation by you. Always enjoy your informative videos. Keep up the good work and best 73, W2FKN
Very interesting and thorough review. Subscribed.
Great detailed video, thank you.
It puzzles me why this radio has "soft " muting when the potential buyers this type of radio is aimed at don't like muting.
Thank you for the review, very nice
Great detailed review but the price is crazy, far too expensive
Pls let me know something similar to this radio but cheap price
@@European_Roaming_Diaries I Think the Xhdata D-808 is similar but yes no UHF
Could be rather that you are far too poor to afford one ?😮😢
@@cipheroth No I'm too sensible not to buy one. This radio has many flaws
@@cipheroth there is nothing shameful in making a financially wise purchase.
going to read the manual and see how usable for a blind operator. Thank you for your review.
Hahahahahaha
Я теж сліпий. В руках не тримав але замовив. Польські незрячі друзі користуються.
Děkuji Pal'o za informace. Jarda K. Sydney AU a nyní Kařízek CZ.
Glad I watched This Excellent
Video The Low Pass Filter
Is Obviously Very Important
Any Help In Reception Is Good😊😊😊
❤ Love your vids, thank you!
Extraordinary video quality 🎉
Love the Military, oldish design.
I'm an SWL since the 90's, have a Sangean ATS-909, from 2001! 😊
How is this compared to the Malahit DSP-2, please?
I learned, that the quality of the SSB isn't the best on the Raddy / Retekess?
Cheerz from the neighbourhood, from Hungary 🇭🇺
velmi zaujimave radio....od om0et
Diky Jany! :)
Thank you for the nice test. Best 73 de IK2RGV 👋👋
Thanks for the very comprehensive demo. Seems to be a very nice radio. Only odd thing is the antenna tuning.... why does it not know what frequency it is on and select the band itself with the microprocessor ? Why is there a manual switch ?
I notice that you have not mentioned and negative points about this radio. like someone else mentiomed that wobbly click stop main dial, is also very off putting Pavol, De Ray, M0RAY.😊
Retekess TR113 is very similar to this product and has corrected all the defects you mentioned, but it was launched later. Now on pre-sale.
I just got mine yesterday,pulled out the Antenna, and it came off completely from the case,No retaining screw,great quality control!
Didn’t expect this from a high quality radio😢
Thanks for the review. I was considering this owing to its wide frequency coverage and no touch screen, and the app control might have been a bonus if the app wasn't terrible with VoiceOver or Talkback, but that soft mute. ... Not a fan at all. Looks like my sights are set back on a Tecsun PL990.
Я замовив. чекаю. Додаток поставив виглядає нормально працює з китайським screenreader. Може щось знаєш з доступного для нас SDr?
@ Good to know. If it works well with the Chinese screen reader, I expect other Android ones will work well also.
The click of the rotary encoder suppression is very disturbing🤯
No RDS in FM? Even in app cannot be shown?
Fantastic radio with a ton of features! Eagerly awaiting for mine to arrive.
What is your verdict ?
Does it have a recording feature ? And a random mp3 play feature ?
Recording yes, random play - I don't know yet :)
@@OM0ET Ok, I'll check on my side :)
But anyway, it seems like it's an outstanding radio. I'm pretty sure I won't be disappointed.
Thank you for review! Hanrongda HRD-C919 is same, or Raddy RF919 are better? Thanks for positive answer.
Was thinking of buying this radio but now when i see the 1 KHz mute it very much turns me off.
I allready have a smaller radio with same rx chip that acts like that. It has great rx but its so annoying with the mute.
Very good review. Thanks. I would like to know more about the MP3 playback.
Thank you for the video that's great! I am curious if the main display screen on the upper left is dimmable. Or is it set to one level brightness?
Excellent video, thanks a lot!!
The 1Kz muting is no big deal, its an incredible radio!
Thank you as always for your clear explanations. I am always interested in Chinese products, and this is a very attractive radio without exception.
communist
@@bigbone88 Lazy Americans, who are interested only in profits and not whose are dealing with. Make better, cheaper products and don't whine about it.
@@bigbone88 руский. В нього грошей на нормальне радіо нема.
Hi great interesting video, I wonder how the rxer performs with external antenna in the bands . Ie if overloads at all , love the idea of the antenna trim knob , last time I saw that was in the Sony icf2001 . 73 mark
I have this receiver and is really amazing, the only thing bad was the price😂
Thanks Paul for your good in depth review.
But the 1kHz tuning muting and the overall looks of the unit means a hard pass from me.
Paul I received mine last week from Radioddity like the radio but hope for both a manual and firmware update that will null the soft mute tuning and give me the ability to use any démod mode in any band like my Belka (All mode) also the ability to access all Eq bands on AM mode not just WBFM.
I love the backlight keyboard as I tend to use mind outside at night. Why they skipped the 160M band is a head scratcher.
Well enough with the gripes once I found out how to set-up my MW antenna, plus use the LNA and band pass filters something the manual needs an improvement on it started to impress me on MW, and now SW on I figured what setting to choose, besides Default Antenna settings. I still haven’t really tested on VHF/UHF bands except WBFM (broadcast) were it is very good. Well this is not a turn on a play radio, it is a radio one needs to read and understand the manual radio to challenge my tired old brain ….😊!
73! Have a great day!
No firmware upgrade will remove the soft muting, that seems to be an inherent limitation of the 47xx radio chips if not paired with external VFOs like some of the Tecsuns. Like most of those radios it doesn't mute in fine-tuning mode tho.
What a pity of radio! 1KHz soft-muting overshadows all its good qualities like their magnific audio, antenna matchings,. filter settings, backlight keys... The developer should have to had realize of it, because scanning the bands without muting is a must for any radio worth its salt. specially in a medium-high price range .. If the manufacturer corrected it, it would be a radio to take into account., Thanks Paul for this complete review! 73s, Pedro.
Good Sir, this has got to be The Most Extensive tutorial online about this radio! THANK you, ever so much! Seriously! You've covered nearly everything in such informative and very helpful detail! I have only one question: While the part of the (manual?) which charts all of the channels available for this radio's reception (AM, FM, SW, SSB, etc.), it seems that CW (Continuous Wave/Morse Code) is not included in the list - HOWEVER, many have said that it can be achieved at 500 HZ (MHZ? KHZ?) - is this true? Can you hear Morse Code at such frequencies, or any frequencies that this radio can pick up? Do, Please, let us know! And again, THANK YOU, for the internet's most in-depth review on this piece of equipment! 🙂
Good informative review Thanks
Excellent piece ,but for the tagged price it should include at least SSB in VHF/UHF and 6mts band. BTW the review is awesome...thanks a lot 73's
I like that it uses a pair of 18650 cells and it has many great features but the 1khz muting is a big deal breaker for me.
I think all the modes should be available on all the bands. In the U.S. we have an Air band in the 200 MHz range using AM mode.
I was sold until I noticed the DSP chipped mute on tune; that was a deal breaker for me.
Is there a radio like this that you can transmit on those channels too?
Are you listening to this radio with a backyard antenna or just the built-in whip
999Mhz, but not 23cm band... Why? 😢
Hm... Looks nice! How is it compared to the Sangean ATS-909?
I donno. I don't have the Sangean radio.
It looks amazing, but from your video, I think it isn't worth the money. For this price, you can get new Malahite, Belka, and Tecsun radios, which are more refined, have no audio cut-out, have a better encoder, etc. Also at first it looks rugged, but there isn't any IP protection from water or dust, so this ruggedness is just eye candy. The tuning encoder looks loose too, not as sturdy as an Icom's.
In the case of functionality, that's amazing. Maybe the next one with a decent encoder and without this cut-out will be better.
But last but not least, I'm happy, that the SWL world gets new RIGs and isn't so forgotten as the shortwave broadcast bands.
Pěkné video. Existuje nějaká varianta, která umí také na daných frekvencích vysílat?
Its design reminds me of the old Videoton Pluto.
interesante equipamento.
What is “1kHz mute”?
Great video - many Thanks
Hi Poul, can you tell me the name of the ferrite antenna you use for the Raddy 919? Thank you
Application android????
Yes indeed
How many names is this being marketed under? Help me understand...
MMMmmm pity you didn't demonstrate the AM VHF Airband that what would interest me about this radio am yet to find one thats any good out of China.
Thank you for the very long detailed review, looks and sounds better than I expected ❤. Can it do ECSS reception of the Mediumwave band??? Many times, a very strong station will be right next to a weak one and splatter the weak signal.
Thats what iyou use the bandwith switch for.
Děkuji za představení tohoto zajímavého receiveru. Malá poznámka - píšu během sledování videa. Při dvoumetru a PMR jste neměl přepnuto na WT anténu, jel jste na teleskop. Ono to vypadá, že každé nastavení tlačítkem ozubeného kola (settings) a nastavení vstupní antény (sel.ANT) je v každém pásmu individuální a některé kombinace nejsou možné. Na VHF UHF povolí jako vstup WT anténu (máte našroubovánu), na jiných pásmech nikoli atd. Velice zajímavý přístroj! Moc díky a 73 😉
Áno, máte pravdu. Teraz som si všimol, že nebola prepnutá WT anténa. Máte skvelý postreh, klobúk dolu! ;) Áno pri VHF/UHF to dovoľuje prepínať medzi WT a teleskop. 73
@@OM0ET 1:05:39
They really packed a lot into this radio. It's impressive. A question for you: Does it allow stepping in 5KHz steps in SSB mode? The VFO change muting is a "problem" with all of these new generation SSB radios, because of the IC they all use. But stepping in 5Khz jumps makes it less painful for signal hunting. (I can do this on my CountyComm GP7 which shares much of the same HF /SSB design.).
Yes, it does 5kHz step also 😉 Yes, those IC's are truly problem with mutes. But in the ATS receivers doesn't mutes. Different chip or they somehow obey this problem?
@@OM0ET Thanks! Ok, very interesting about the ATS receivers. I wonder what their solution to the problem is.
@@OM0ET The "high-end" (lol) Tecsuns do not use the internal VFO contained in the 473x chips but added their own VFO circuitry (with a number of other downsides coming with that). I believe the Sangean ATS 909... does not use a SiLabs radio-on-a-chip IC at all, or like aforementioned Tecsuns only parts of it. Also, the very old PL660/680 are conventional designs that do not use these particular chips at all.
It feels like this radio is having something of an identity crisis with the bass booster, aux in, and other stuff that feels inherently music-related. It looks great and it certainly seems more than capable, I just wonder how useful deep bass is when most of spoken voice is in the mid tones. Hell, most of music is in the mids, too, so it's not even very good even if it did want to cater to the music audience. Everything else seems capable, as I already said, that was just my immediate criticism.
Amazonで以前 似たようなのがありましたが、
それの新しいモデルですか？
Im wondering how this compares to a Degen De 1103 which has already great sensitivity and selectivity.
Is there a great all around radio that does everything well. I mean am, fm, lw, wb, ab, cb, vhf, uhf, ssb, sw, ac, does great without getting lots of expensive, equipment or antennas etc. I wanna listen to everything around the planet, ham radio, radio stations etc. Thank you
Buy an internet "radio"
This just gave me an idea. It would be cool to have an RF box that's modular. Think like a modular synth. This is cool, but far too expensive for me.
No AM on UHF for military airband. That's bad.
Is there AM reception between 20 and 30 MHz?
Yes, there is a CB band range in AM demod.
That speaker grill... Jeeesh! It looks like a cheap 1970's radio. I'd love to see the inside of the radio because I bet it could be a lot smaller. It's not like OM0ET to not open it up, so I bet he was asked/told not to.
I agree . Looks like a cheap Hong Kong radio from the 70s . That horrible muting dsp tuning is a deal breaker also . I will stick to my Tecsun s2000 .
You are correct. I have seen the insides..... Terrible quality.
mw sw1 sw2 switch nearly falling apart already
Very nice
Jangkaunya berapa kilo meter..?? Mohon infonya bosss.??
Adding lug connections for a 12VDC external power source would be the only mod I'd make to improve its usefulness during a disaster.
hi paul does it feel cheap it does look good it reminds me of the SONY ICF5900W but more modern version
Hi. Not at all. It doesn't feel cheap. Nice features. Plenty antenna connectors. LPF, HPF, LNA... I would love if don't mutes every 1kHz step.
Mate, does it come with BT music geature, I.couldn't find thus info ??🎉 thanks for showing us another fantastic radio, that's dope
Yes, it is on the end of this video.
Nice Review. Thank you.!
That price, not so good.
The tuning knobs look like deal breakers. They need to be mechanically solid and to use optical encoders. Also the sensitivity on SSB does not look good - 20μV compared to 0.20 μV on an IC-705.
You know, I'd probably buy that if it didn't have the annoying cut-out as you tune around. I like to spin the dial.
Thumbs up for having a dial to spin! I like that too.
Yep, me too. I was interested to find out if it would be easy to operate for blind ops, especially with the remote control from a smartphone, but the muting on tuning steps really is a deal breaker for me. I'm also a dial spinner and that would drive me to distraction.
Apakah SSB" ini bisa di gunakan tanpa sambungan ke antena luar..?? Dan apakah SSB" ini bisa kami pesan
It'spitty that there is no IF shift, or BPF/BPT to get rid of other interfearing stations like you have on most of the ICOM radios.
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If it also had Internet streaming it would be the ultimate
the buttons all wiggle when you touch one , the dials are off balance and wiggle with slightest touch in the video... I cant buy this of those visuals alone.
Is it possible to program in Repeater Tones in this device.
I think no
@Lego-fs2de
Download the user manual - and read it.!
I would have liked a 9, 10, 16KHz bandwidth when you listening to a shortwave station with no interference.
Has 160 Meters?
Unfortunately no. 2.3MHz is the minimum frequency on SW. On MW I can't go higher than 1710kHz.
@@OM0ET In both of these matters Paul these shortcomings are very important for radio amateur's. When they build them, they should ask us SV2YJ
I agree 👍
@@OM0ET Oh wow, not that I care that much about 160m but this is kind of yet another letdown, also for yachters.
The body is plastic or metal ?
The 6KHz sounded good for shortwave but I would have like a 8 or 9 or even higher for nice sounding fidelity when there is no QRM
your video will be manual for this maker
Quite a good radio but dont think its worth the price point it currently sits at. There are other versions of this radio floating around with different badges. You tune to 624 khz is there a station there and not on 621khz or were you off-channel?
Im sorry but i got put off by seeing how flimsy the dial nobs are, not a quality build in my eyes.
Satcom receiver?
yes, also.
@@OM0ET If I understood that right it does only NFM in that band (actually in all bands above the air band), so that hardly qualifies as "satcom" RX, that frequency range is more or less just a gimmick with the only actual benefit being FM coms on 2/70.
@@gerdpfeil I have never heard anything else beside FM on satcom.
muito legal
Скажите пожалуйста сколько стоит радиоприёмник,?
$269.00 in Amazon.
'These Chinese ' are always finding legitimate reasons to be in my pockets . I want one
T/C/E
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Thank you 😉👍
I really hate the tuning mute but the poor audio quality on SSB and poor ECSS quality is a fundamental flaw in all these DSP radios/Chips and can not and has not yet been solved and one reason I have sold all but 1 of my DSP radios and do not ever intend to buy another.
There are only 2 portable radios out there with the audio Quality on SSB that you can still buy new today such as the Tecsun PL-680, it offers the best available ECSS performance that blows away any DSP radios using just filters alone.
The PL-680 and a good receiving antenna such as the Bonito MA305 and you have one of the best receiving stations possible today from a portable radio.
The Sangean ATS-909 x2 is probably the only DSP radio that offers excellent audio quality and good ECSS performance.
For the money, nothing beats the PL-680 without DSP or fancy screens it's the best out there and I wish manufacturers stopped producing DSP rubbish because it only offers cheaper radios to the manufacturer and more expensive radios to the buyer nothing more.
@o00scorpion00o
I get your point, and its valid.
You do realise that you can bypass/ bridge out the DSP with old school style circuits, components, etc.
Using Ardiuno or Pi, you could write a small bit of code that can be changed, updated at will in real time.
DIY it man.
Your Phone is full off DSP, in the RF RX & TX section, the Audio section, etc.
You're demonizing a device you use every day.
btw, I don't have a phone, nor computer, and never will.
@@snakezdewiggle6084 My phone works as intended, that's the difference, these DSP radios are just horrible on SSB.
But for the rest, that's way above my head.
I am more than happy with my trusty old Tecsun PL-680 and if it died tomorrow I would get a new one.
I agree . I hate dsp tuning . The only one I have is a pl330 and it drives me nuts . I normally use a Tecsun s2000 and 501x . The 501 works well but battery drain is insane . It spends more time charging than being used . The s2000 is not perfect but is an excellent all rounder and suits me fine .
@@snakezdewiggle6084 Ah come on now, I just want a radio that performs like it should for the money out of the box.
Thankfully we can still get new, the wonderful Tecsun PL-680 which has wonderful SSB audio and ECSS performance.
@o00scorpion00o
I don't buy radios, I learned how to make them.!
This way, I can include the features I prefer...
My current portable is a hybrid, digital + analog.
AM, SSB, DSB, FM, NFM, FT8, etc. Cost less than 100.
Get your Amateur radio license. It allows you to experiment and develop.