Congratulations are in order! All hail the SWL King! 📻🙇🙇♀🇿🇦🌍 How can I even try to outdo Doctor Andre with his HQ-129X even if I bought a Tecsun H-501x? The latter isn't even close when it comes to sheer mass and awesomeness! 😨 I've lots of questions regarding boat anchors like this, but I'll just begin by casually mentioning that your Hammarlund sounds just like my Malachite DSP1 V3! It's a kind of compressed sound with the usual SW interfering noises blanked out. The level of restoration is amazing, it looks like it was bought back in '46! Any idea if those tubes are made by GE Sylvania, Sovtek or Tung-sol? Vacuum tubes aren't really dead as there is still a small demand for valve amplifiers in the Hi-Fi world today. I also find the choice in frequencies for the band spread dial fascinating. The band spread includes LW, but in most cases the LW stations are far apart (9 kHz) that a receiver doesn't really need fine tuning or a LW band spread for 153-279 kHz. Also of interest that the HQ-129X provides a 10m band spread for amateur radio use back in the day. Oh, don't forget to monitor your household power consumption too! I hope the HQ-129X's power draw doesn't approach that of a typical bitcoin mining rig! 😀
Very interesting about the Malachite and the sound. It is something that I noticed immediately on my Hammarlund, the sound is clean and almost noise-free, with very little interference. Unfortunately my mic did not really do justice to the sound here, I wasn't able to record the sound in my usual way, digitally through my Tecsun ICR-110, as the headphone jack on the Hammarlund is quite big. I don't know if I will find a cable or adaptor that would fit there. I don't know who manufactured the tubes, unfortunately. You are right about the power consumption, I have heard that this Hammarlund is very power-hungry. Such a giant machine needs a lot of power 🙂
@@swlistening I think the Hammarlund is your best purchase of any radio so far, bru. This beats your Barlow Wadley and the Kenwood R1000 put together! I've seen vintage solid state Panasonic and Sony shortwave receivers (from the early 80s, of course) in immaculately restored condition on offer, but none of them were priced at a mere $65! 📻😨 Unless this boat anchor uses a proprietary headphone socket, I assume it uses the industry standard 1/4" jack. That's used on virtually all karaoke and recording microphones, guitar amps, hi-fi equipment, etc. The good news is that you can easily find a 1/4" to 1/8" (3.5mm) adapter for your ICR-110 on the usual marketplaces. 🙂 _"Such a giant machine needs a lot of power..."_ If there's an unscheduled power outage in Johannesburg, I hope it's not due to a certain radio enthusiast having so much fun with his Hammarlund! 😀 🔌💡
@@StratmanII Luckily our loadshedding has ended, but, yes, maybe I will knock out the entire neighbourhood with the power demands of the Hammarlund 🤣 Thank you for your comments about the headphone socket, I think it does use the 1/4 inch one, and I have found various shops here selling the correct adaptor. I'll try to get one this coming weekend. Until then I will use my Retekess V115 for recording the Hammarlund sound, it seems to work well. I think I agree with you, this is probably my best radio buy so far. A real bargain price for a receiver that is very special indeed. I was lucky 😀
Beautiful radio! I am pretty sure your main dial inaccuracy (left dial) is because the right dial (band spread) needs to be all the way to one side. If it is like my HQ180 the band spread needs to be fully counterclockwise. Just try it fully to one side, then the other to test main dial accuracy
Thanks for the tip, I tried it. But this doesn't seem to be the issue on mine. The left-hand dial is 450 kHz off. Doesn't bother me too much though, I just deduct 450 kHz now from what I see on the dial, and then it is pretty accurate :-)
I have a Olson RA-48 and a Knight Span Master II, I bought them because they are the smallest (shortwave) vacuum tube radios I have ever seen. They are so small that's difficult to believe they're tube radios.
@@swlistening The usual voltage is 120 in the U.S., but some versions were designed for the U.K., which I believe has similar voltage requirements to South Africa.
Hi Andre, you have a beauty in the Hammarlund do enjoy it, amongst other radios I have a fully working Eddystone 840C tube radio I think they were from the mid 50's to the early 60's I also have a full set of new tubes for this radio, it was given to me by the son of a radio officer who worked on the Castle mailships which plied between Durban and the UK this radio was his personal radio in his cabin that he would listen to in his off duty hours, its not as new looking as your Hammarlund but its completely original, I might think of selling it.........
Hi Robert, thanks for your comment! What a nice radio to have, with such an interesting story attached to it. You are lucky to have the extra set of tubes.
Thanks Andre I have two vintage radio s in storage a Hammarlung Sx 71 which I never have tested but I have the external speaker and a built in clock , and a Halicrafters model which I don’t remember but looks nice outside. Both are bigger than my shack at the moment so they sit and wait. I remember growing up in the 1960’s when waiting for the radio and TV was the norm. I could not hardly wait for my 1st solid state radio and TV when you just had to wait for a picture tube to heater to warm up. Who’d a trunk that I want to wait again as I got older….😂! 73! Have great day and enjoy your radio!
My pleasure! Those Hallicrafter radios are quite famous, I think they were extremely popular in their day. You, know here in South Africa we only got TV in 1976, so I still remember sitting there waiting for programming to start. No warming up of the set was needed, but programming started at 6pm if I remember correctly. So we would start looking at the screen long before that, in anticipation!
These old radios are really special, I agree. I have a feeling this Hammarlund might end up becoming one of my favourites for DXing. It seems to be very sensitive, and not noisy at all.
That's a beautiful radio mate, I hope you enjoy using it. I have been given and air zone radio from 1935 to restore so busy with that when I get the time.
Hey André, congratulation for this purchase and glad that this old marvelously restored gem has found a loving home. The price you paid for it is almost incredible. It would certainly sell for much, much more here. South Africa is heaven for radio fans 😁 Also, it probably will help heating up your house during the cold days! 😉 More seriously, I see a "beat oscillator" knob. Does this mean that it can receive SSB too? So many more knobs and labels that make me curious: - I see a send/rec[eive] selector? is it a transceiver too? - why two displays? bands spread across the two sets of scales, I presume? - what does the knob just under the s-meter do? You seem to have a pretty good control of it already, juggling with the different knobs...
Hi Alain, thanks, and I do sometimes feel like I live in radio heaven, but only when it comes to second-hand and vintage sets. New radios are expensive here, with our very high import duties. I basically need to add almost 50% of the price to every new radio I buy. Only Amazon includes the duties. The knob under the S-metre is an antenna compensator. It is similar to the antenna tuner on my Barlow Wadley, it helps tune the antenna to each specific frequency. The radio does receive SSB, the beat oscillator is, indeed, the BFO knob. The display on the left is the frequency display, and the one on the right is the band spread. The MAN/AVC/BFO switch is an interesting one, the AVC stands for automatic volume control. When set to AVC the set adjusts the volume automatically so that it remains more or less the same as you tune to different frequencies. When set to MAN you are meant to adjust the volume manually as you tune. BFO is for SSB listening. The manual says the send function "allows operation of a transmitter with a minimum of noise from the receiver". Not sure what that means.
Thanks Garth, I thought it might have been that, but I wasn't sure. It reminded me of the antenna tuner function on my Barlow Wadley. I do adjust it all the time on the Hammarlund as I change frequencies, it certainly makes a big difference.
How fortunate to have this opportunity. It’s very fascinating to feel how radio receivers were in the 1940s and 1950s. Some of the settings were very much flexible to deal with frequency changes and interference. It’s more complex in appearance until get deeper in understanding how radio works and we have the easier way, with transistors and signal processing. I always like these kind of radio if you got a place to use it conveniently and be able to repair if some component fails. Enjoy it well, André. I got my XHDATA D-368 and I like it very much. Thanks for keeping my love of radios strong. Have a nice Saturday.
Thank you so much for your comment Ísleif. You are right, I feel very fortunate that I am finally able to hear and experience a tube radio myself. It is a whole different experience, the reception seems to be much less noisy than on modern radios. I am very happy that you are enjoying the D-368. It is actually one of the least noisy radios currently available, in my opinion :-) Very sensitive and very clear.
When you show the size of these various radios the technology differences between them are tremendous. That said, that old receiver looks great and sounds nice with the big speaker.
Very true this. In the old days tech was still cumbersome and big, now everything is on a small chip. I was quite surprised by the performance of this old technology though, it can easily hold up to modern radios.
Unfortunately, the audio doesn't make much sense due to the noise reduction and noticeably low bitrate from the USB/wireless mic. Recording with at least a smartphone (built-in) mic would make much more sense, IMHO. Looking forward to more videos about this great vintage receiver and comparisons. 👍🏻
Thank you so much for your comment! I actually did record with the smartphone mic first, but the sound was very poor that way. Then I tried the wireless mic. Usually I record all my videos to a digital recorder via the earphone jacks out from the different receivers, but this one has an unusually large earphone jack. As soon as I find the right adaptor I will also record this one directly to my digital recorder. I have found it is the best way to reproduce the original sound. Stay tuned 😀
@@swlistening Yes, I know how much effort you normally put into recording those audios, but I just couldn’t keep it 🤐-I wanted to hear that warm sound in all its beauty, even with all the white noise, hissing, and fading already 🥹. Thanks!
Excellent restoration of this vintage receiver, kudos to that physics professor! 🤩👍 Now if you took a photo of yourself listening to this radio, it's gonna look exactly like those AI-generated images you put on thumbnails of your radio news videos 😅 swap them 1:1 😂 And is it really that quiet on open frequencies, or is that a noise reduction in your phone mic? Hope you enjoy this Hammarlund 📻
Thanks Arnie. You are right about that picture, AI must have been taught to use these old sets as models when rendering radios 😂 It really is that quiet. Very surprising to me, a great feature.
Hi Henry, I can imagine that, in the US. But I think there just isn't enough demand for radios like this in South Africa. The market for vintage radios is very small, unlike in the US or Europe.
@@swlistening Well, sometimes bidding gets a little insane on eBay. I have seen vintage stereo receivers sell for thousands on eBay. These are not shortwave receivers but $5,000, $10,000 or more sounds a little high. I know someone who paid $15,000! (Technics SA-1000). There seem to be "seasons" for these things.
@@Henry-d9d You just need two bidders who really want something and there you go, sky-high prices 😀 I have been to some art auctions and seen this happen.
Thank you! Yes, unfortunately when I record via my external mic the radio sound is always distorted, so I don't use it anymore. These days I record the radio sound on all my videos digitally through the earphones jacks. The earphone jack on this one is a different size though, so I need to find a proper cable.
@@swlistening It is strange what happens to the sound.. I have recorded analog and digitally with lots of different equipment and never experienced anything like it. It sounds fine if the input is not turned up to clipping. Your own voice however always sounds very good. Maybe try to make a video where you record the radio with this equipment and remember you need to turn the volume on the radio lower than you may think. Thank you for your interresting videos and news.
Oh not to forget.. I want to add... The knop labeled ant.comp. (antenne compensation) is actually an antenna tuner if you change the antenna it may often be able to compensate for that using the antenna as optimal as possible A thing new radios are missing. Very nice to have.
@@migsvensurfing6310 It is weird indeed, it also happened in the past when I recorded sound from other radios via an external mic. No idea why it sounds like this. I experimented a bit today, if I use my smartphone with the mic placed close to the radio speaker (so not holding the phone in front of the radio), it records the radio sound quite well. That is what I will do until I get an adaptor for the earphone jack, so that I can also record this one via a cable from the earphone jack to the Tecsun ICR-110. It remains the best way to get quality audio.
@@migsvensurfing6310 Thanks for the explanation. I thought it might have been that, but I wasn't 100% sure. My Barlow Wadley also has this. Very useful indeed.
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That is an AMAZING Radio Andre congrats on the find! $65 dollars for a radio like that and restored is an unbeatable price!
Thanks Liam! This was quite a bargain indeed. I have never had a valve radio, this is a whole new experience for me.
Congratulations are in order! All hail the SWL King! 📻🙇🙇♀🇿🇦🌍
How can I even try to outdo Doctor Andre with his HQ-129X even if I bought a Tecsun H-501x? The latter isn't even close when it comes to sheer mass and awesomeness! 😨
I've lots of questions regarding boat anchors like this, but I'll just begin by casually mentioning that your Hammarlund sounds just like my Malachite DSP1 V3! It's a kind of compressed sound with the usual SW interfering noises blanked out. The level of restoration is amazing, it looks like it was bought back in '46!
Any idea if those tubes are made by GE Sylvania, Sovtek or Tung-sol? Vacuum tubes aren't really dead as there is still a small demand for valve amplifiers in the Hi-Fi world today. I also find the choice in frequencies for the band spread dial fascinating. The band spread includes LW, but in most cases the LW stations are far apart (9 kHz) that a receiver doesn't really need fine tuning or a LW band spread for 153-279 kHz. Also of interest that the HQ-129X provides a 10m band spread for amateur radio use back in the day.
Oh, don't forget to monitor your household power consumption too! I hope the HQ-129X's power draw doesn't approach that of a typical bitcoin mining rig! 😀
Very interesting about the Malachite and the sound. It is something that I noticed immediately on my Hammarlund, the sound is clean and almost noise-free, with very little interference. Unfortunately my mic did not really do justice to the sound here, I wasn't able to record the sound in my usual way, digitally through my Tecsun ICR-110, as the headphone jack on the Hammarlund is quite big. I don't know if I will find a cable or adaptor that would fit there.
I don't know who manufactured the tubes, unfortunately. You are right about the power consumption, I have heard that this Hammarlund is very power-hungry. Such a giant machine needs a lot of power 🙂
@@swlistening I think the Hammarlund is your best purchase of any radio so far, bru. This beats your Barlow Wadley and the Kenwood R1000 put together! I've seen vintage solid state Panasonic and Sony shortwave receivers (from the early 80s, of course) in immaculately restored condition on offer, but none of them were priced at a mere $65! 📻😨
Unless this boat anchor uses a proprietary headphone socket, I assume it uses the industry standard 1/4" jack. That's used on virtually all karaoke and recording microphones, guitar amps, hi-fi equipment, etc. The good news is that you can easily find a 1/4" to 1/8" (3.5mm) adapter for your ICR-110 on the usual marketplaces. 🙂
_"Such a giant machine needs a lot of power..."_
If there's an unscheduled power outage in Johannesburg, I hope it's not due to a certain radio enthusiast having so much fun with his Hammarlund! 😀 🔌💡
@@StratmanII Luckily our loadshedding has ended, but, yes, maybe I will knock out the entire neighbourhood with the power demands of the Hammarlund 🤣
Thank you for your comments about the headphone socket, I think it does use the 1/4 inch one, and I have found various shops here selling the correct adaptor. I'll try to get one this coming weekend. Until then I will use my Retekess V115 for recording the Hammarlund sound, it seems to work well.
I think I agree with you, this is probably my best radio buy so far. A real bargain price for a receiver that is very special indeed. I was lucky 😀
Beautiful radio! I am pretty sure your main dial inaccuracy (left dial) is because the right dial (band spread) needs to be all the way to one side. If it is like my HQ180 the band spread needs to be fully counterclockwise. Just try it fully to one side, then the other to test main dial accuracy
Thanks for the tip, I tried it. But this doesn't seem to be the issue on mine. The left-hand dial is 450 kHz off. Doesn't bother me too much though, I just deduct 450 kHz now from what I see on the dial, and then it is pretty accurate :-)
I have a Olson RA-48 and a Knight Span Master II, I bought them because they are the smallest (shortwave) vacuum tube radios I have ever seen. They are so small that's difficult to believe they're tube radios.
Hi Henry, this is very interesting! I looked up these radios now, I like the look of the Olson very much!
@@swlistening The usual voltage is 120 in the U.S., but some versions were designed for the U.K., which I believe has similar voltage requirements to South Africa.
@@Henry-d9d Indeed, our voltage is the same as in the UK, so I guess my Hammarlund is a UK version.
They somehow remind me of the past, the Great Depression and World War II. I should get a Echophone EC-1 when one becomes available in good condition.
Hi Andre, you have a beauty in the Hammarlund do enjoy it, amongst other radios I have a fully working Eddystone 840C tube radio I think they were from the mid 50's to the early 60's I also have a full set of new tubes for this radio, it was given to me by the son of a radio officer who worked on the Castle mailships which plied between Durban and the UK this radio was his personal radio in his cabin that he would listen to in his off duty hours, its not as new looking as your Hammarlund but its completely original, I might think of selling it.........
Hi Robert, thanks for your comment! What a nice radio to have, with such an interesting story attached to it. You are lucky to have the extra set of tubes.
Thanks Andre I have two vintage radio s in storage a Hammarlung Sx 71 which I never have tested but I have the external speaker and a built in clock , and a Halicrafters model which I don’t remember but looks nice outside. Both are bigger than my shack at the moment so they sit and wait. I remember growing up in the 1960’s when waiting for the radio and TV was the norm. I could not hardly wait for my 1st solid state radio and TV when you just had to wait for a picture tube to heater to warm up. Who’d a trunk that I want to wait again as I got older….😂!
73! Have great day and enjoy your radio!
My pleasure! Those Hallicrafter radios are quite famous, I think they were extremely popular in their day. You, know here in South Africa we only got TV in 1976, so I still remember sitting there waiting for programming to start. No warming up of the set was needed, but programming started at 6pm if I remember correctly. So we would start looking at the screen long before that, in anticipation!
A beautiful radio. As much as I like the modern stuff, these old receivers are my favourite.
These old radios are really special, I agree. I have a feeling this Hammarlund might end up becoming one of my favourites for DXing. It seems to be very sensitive, and not noisy at all.
Hello Andre, That is great radio. It is a fabulous restoration and at a good price, too.👍
Hi John, thank you very much. I agree, the restoration work on this is quite incredible.
That's a beautiful radio mate, I hope you enjoy using it.
I have been given and air zone radio from 1935 to restore so busy with that when I get the time.
Thanks Keith. Good luck with your restoration project.
Hey André, congratulation for this purchase and glad that this old marvelously restored gem has found a loving home.
The price you paid for it is almost incredible. It would certainly sell for much, much more here. South Africa is heaven for radio fans 😁
Also, it probably will help heating up your house during the cold days! 😉
More seriously, I see a "beat oscillator" knob. Does this mean that it can receive SSB too?
So many more knobs and labels that make me curious:
- I see a send/rec[eive] selector? is it a transceiver too?
- why two displays? bands spread across the two sets of scales, I presume?
- what does the knob just under the s-meter do?
You seem to have a pretty good control of it already, juggling with the different knobs...
Hi Alain, thanks, and I do sometimes feel like I live in radio heaven, but only when it comes to second-hand and vintage sets. New radios are expensive here, with our very high import duties. I basically need to add almost 50% of the price to every new radio I buy. Only Amazon includes the duties.
The knob under the S-metre is an antenna compensator. It is similar to the antenna tuner on my Barlow Wadley, it helps tune the antenna to each specific frequency. The radio does receive SSB, the beat oscillator is, indeed, the BFO knob. The display on the left is the frequency display, and the one on the right is the band spread.
The MAN/AVC/BFO switch is an interesting one, the AVC stands for automatic volume control. When set to AVC the set adjusts the volume automatically so that it remains more or less the same as you tune to different frequencies. When set to MAN you are meant to adjust the volume manually as you tune. BFO is for SSB listening.
The manual says the send function "allows operation of a transmitter with a minimum of noise from the receiver". Not sure what that means.
The knob that you turned is to tune the antenna for maximum signal. You will probably need to adjust it when you change frequency.
Thanks Garth, I thought it might have been that, but I wasn't sure. It reminded me of the antenna tuner function on my Barlow Wadley. I do adjust it all the time on the Hammarlund as I change frequencies, it certainly makes a big difference.
How fortunate to have this opportunity. It’s very fascinating to feel how radio receivers were in the 1940s and 1950s. Some of the settings were very much flexible to deal with frequency changes and interference. It’s more complex in appearance until get deeper in understanding how radio works and we have the easier way, with transistors and signal processing. I always like these kind of radio if you got a place to use it conveniently and be able to repair if some component fails. Enjoy it well, André. I got my XHDATA D-368 and I like it very much. Thanks for keeping my love of radios strong. Have a nice Saturday.
Thank you so much for your comment Ísleif. You are right, I feel very fortunate that I am finally able to hear and experience a tube radio myself. It is a whole different experience, the reception seems to be much less noisy than on modern radios.
I am very happy that you are enjoying the D-368. It is actually one of the least noisy radios currently available, in my opinion :-) Very sensitive and very clear.
@@swlistening Thank you for your response, André. Likewise.
When you show the size of these various radios the technology differences between them are tremendous. That said, that old receiver looks great and sounds nice with the big speaker.
Very true this. In the old days tech was still cumbersome and big, now everything is on a small chip. I was quite surprised by the performance of this old technology though, it can easily hold up to modern radios.
@@swlistening in some cases the amplification was better but not very durable.
That is absolutely beautiful. Use it in good health.
Thank you, I will!
Mooie Radio uit een andere tijd, toen lange afstand verbindingen heel bijzonder waren. 📻🇳🇱
Inderdaad Albert, 'n radio uit 'n tyd toe die wêreld heel anders was!
That's a great radio. Nice find.
Thanks! I really like it.
That's more fun than the newest anything. Great find.
Thanks James. These old finds really are fun!
Beautiful. If it has oil filled caps and they ever leak, it can be a potential health concern. Also be careful with voltages on the vintage gear
Thank you so much for the advice Sean!
Very cool. My dad had a Hammerlund when I was a child. It got me addicted to radio.
I can see how these sets can get one addicted to radio!
Wow, what a great price for that radio, it appears to be meticulously restored. How lucky to come across this.
Thank you for your comment Jackie! I was very lucky with this one 😀
Wow, that looks fantastic. I've never had one that nice. Beautiful!
The symmetry is perfect!
Thanks Tim! I am really impressed, I have never used a valve radio and the almost noise-free reception I experienced tonight is just incredible!
wow. this is real radio and good voice, sound *
Thanks for your comment!
A great classic radio
A real bargain as well the price you paid
Am sure you will have many hours of listening pleasure
Thanks John. I am very happy with my find, looking forward to some great listening on this one.
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Makes my mouth water 👍🍻
I can understand why :-)
@@swlistening 👍🍻
Unfortunately, the audio doesn't make much sense due to the noise reduction and noticeably low bitrate from the USB/wireless mic. Recording with at least a smartphone (built-in) mic would make much more sense, IMHO. Looking forward to more videos about this great vintage receiver and comparisons. 👍🏻
Thank you so much for your comment! I actually did record with the smartphone mic first, but the sound was very poor that way. Then I tried the wireless mic. Usually I record all my videos to a digital recorder via the earphone jacks out from the different receivers, but this one has an unusually large earphone jack. As soon as I find the right adaptor I will also record this one directly to my digital recorder. I have found it is the best way to reproduce the original sound. Stay tuned 😀
@@swlistening Yes, I know how much effort you normally put into recording those audios, but I just couldn’t keep it 🤐-I wanted to hear that warm sound in all its beauty, even with all the white noise, hissing, and fading already 🥹. Thanks!
@@barmaley-division Sure! I will get the appropriate cable as soon as I can, then you will be able to hear what I hear. It is warm and beautiful 😀
Please compare with Xhdata D808
I will do that Dilip. And I will compare it with the Qodosen DX-286 also.
Excellent restoration of this vintage receiver, kudos to that physics professor! 🤩👍 Now if you took a photo of yourself listening to this radio, it's gonna look exactly like those AI-generated images you put on thumbnails of your radio news videos 😅 swap them 1:1 😂
And is it really that quiet on open frequencies, or is that a noise reduction in your phone mic?
Hope you enjoy this Hammarlund 📻
Thanks Arnie. You are right about that picture, AI must have been taught to use these old sets as models when rendering radios 😂
It really is that quiet. Very surprising to me, a great feature.
I would expect to pay at least $1,000 U.S. dollars for this; in this condition, a few thousand...
Hi Henry, I can imagine that, in the US. But I think there just isn't enough demand for radios like this in South Africa. The market for vintage radios is very small, unlike in the US or Europe.
@@swlistening Well, sometimes bidding gets a little insane on eBay. I have seen vintage stereo receivers sell for thousands on eBay. These are not shortwave receivers but $5,000, $10,000 or more sounds a little high. I know someone who paid $15,000! (Technics SA-1000). There seem to be "seasons" for these things.
@@Henry-d9d You just need two bidders who really want something and there you go, sky-high prices 😀 I have been to some art auctions and seen this happen.
Nice find. Very good condition.
Your recording equipment however does not work well with the radios. Very distorted.
Thank you! Yes, unfortunately when I record via my external mic the radio sound is always distorted, so I don't use it anymore. These days I record the radio sound on all my videos digitally through the earphones jacks. The earphone jack on this one is a different size though, so I need to find a proper cable.
@@swlistening It is strange what happens to the sound.. I have recorded analog and digitally with lots of different equipment and never experienced anything like it. It sounds fine if the input is not turned up to clipping.
Your own voice however always sounds very good. Maybe try to make a video where you record the radio with this equipment and remember you need to turn the volume on the radio lower than you may think.
Thank you for your interresting videos and news.
Oh not to forget.. I want to add...
The knop labeled ant.comp. (antenne compensation) is actually an antenna tuner if you change the antenna it may often be able to compensate for that using the antenna as optimal as possible A thing new radios are missing. Very nice to have.
@@migsvensurfing6310 It is weird indeed, it also happened in the past when I recorded sound from other radios via an external mic. No idea why it sounds like this. I experimented a bit today, if I use my smartphone with the mic placed close to the radio speaker (so not holding the phone in front of the radio), it records the radio sound quite well. That is what I will do until I get an adaptor for the earphone jack, so that I can also record this one via a cable from the earphone jack to the Tecsun ICR-110. It remains the best way to get quality audio.
@@migsvensurfing6310 Thanks for the explanation. I thought it might have been that, but I wasn't 100% sure. My Barlow Wadley also has this. Very useful indeed.