I just bought this radio a couple of days ago, i think is just a danm good radio for the price. the recording feature i tested and records in stereo ONLY when you have the headphones attached, from FM or AUX. If you use it with speaker only records in mono. Other issue i seen is with the AUX, the channels are switched, so if you are connecting with RCA for example you can correct that very easy, but with audio jacks, it's another story. Beside that is pretty good radio for the price. Good review!
Bought this little dude to keep in the car for adventures & emergency purposes. Had a lot of fun with it today, and what a great sound for an inexpensive little radio!
Madam, thank you for this content. I listen to this radio from it all the time. It is excellent and has a very small defect in that it does not cover a short wave length of 11 meters. Other than that defect, it is a wonderful radio for the price. Omar from yemen
I have had this little radio for a while and have not really paid much attention to it. After watching your video, I decided to fire it up and have a look around. I found the AM band amazing; it was picking up stations that my Grunding Satelit 750 and Tecsun PL-990X couldn't hear at all. Made me wonder why the hell did I pay so much money for the other two, 😅 👍👍
I added a Fiio E7 DAC to the headphone output. The change was incredible. The sound was perfect. Pair this radio with a good DAC and you have great sound.
The tab on the plastic thing on the strap fits into a slot on the back of the radio to prop it up a little bit for a better viewing angle sitting on a table.
I have one...I like it too. Especially the great sound that comes out of the small speaker. Two things I think would make this a better radio: 1. Make it so the radio can play while it charges the battery via USB. Currently, it refuses to play the radio when it is charging. 2. Make the antenna thicker so a C. Crane style retractable SW antenna would clamp onto it. Currently, the antenna is too thin to clamp onto it securely. I wrapped a paper clip tightly around it at the base so I could use my C. Crane Shortwave Reel antenna.
I’m the person in charge of Retekess of eBay. Regarding that the radio station cannot be used in USB charging mode, you can enter my channel. There is an operation video to solve this problem. Thank you for your support to Retekess
@@retekessebay7662 I have had one for a few years and like it. One thing that really makes this radio stay in the drawer is noise from the lcd entering the am section of the radio. It needs a grounded screen plate/foil behind the lcd. Noise level is so high that it mostly makes sw unusable. Searched and found the video you taked about but why is it age restricted ?
@@migsvensurfing6310 I’m not good at operating TH-cam video settings, I don’t know how to watch without setting age Can you email me and elaborate on your question? We have not received similar feedback for the time being. You know, many people don’t like to share their feelings.
@@retekessebay7662 Hi. According to the information from Retekess in Amazon customers questions, a microphone can be plugged into “line in” jack to record from external microphone. Ive tried several microphones with ts and trs jacks... no way to get this radio working with an external microphone :( Maybe an amplified signal is needed, anyway, no info about this from Retekess. Could you please help me with this? Thanks in advance. Regards!
It does work with the unit plugged int with the USB C Cable. I know because I was charing it, and tried to play after it was charging ovenight, and it didn't play. I plugged it in and it played. I thought there was something wrong with it, so while investicating and opeing up the battery compartment, I found the battery was wrapped in plastic. I removed that plastic and reinstalled it and after it was charged up, all was fine. Good video though. By the way. That little plastic peice is not to remove the SD card, it fits in a slot by the battery compartment to elevate the unit so that the surface is not blocking the Bass speaker out the back. ☺
Great to keep in the car or bug out bag. I tend to buy cheapish items and have in different places and then have a good one close by. We'll done DJ Ria :)
Thank you Ria, wow, what a comprehensive review, my compliments. I have a Tecsun PL-880 (awesome radio) for swl but want a small cheap pocketable radio for am emergency purposes. Subscribed, and bought one. Thanks!
Be careful when using earphone and aux jacks, do not push the jacks in all the way, Tecsun products are the same. This is a mild inconvenience, I have two of these they work great but the earphone and AUX sockets no longer work so exercise care.
Its a great radio. I have one and highly recommend it. On the Short Wave side of things, you'll need an external antena to get decent reception. But, on AM and FM, the reception is excellent.
In a nutshell I am pleasantly pleased with the overall sound quality of the Retekess V-115! The mp3 player is adequate! It has AM coverage with FM & the FM is in stereo via headphones! Shortwave is average... Thanks...
I should note that the Micro SD card reader feature when you hook this up to your computer is VERY SLOW. Yeah, not recommended unless you have no other option. It works, but you will wait for a while. But one more feature: This is a USB SPEAKER! Yup, if your laptop has tiny speakers, this will let you drive it via the USB cord.
I make one voice recording to the memory card saying, "memory cards is playing" to remind you to press the pause button. Otherwise I would only record emergency radio announcements, or instructions, which is why I bout this radio. I would like other digitasl receivers, like the Tecsun, to have the ability to record as well.
The newer version of the Retekess V-115 has a major refinement in thatt it now has 320 bit MP3 recording where the earlier model only had 128 bit recording!
One of this radio's hidden features is the ability to tune in to VHF/UHF frequency. To access it, tune to any AM or SW frequency, then press and hold the REC button to begin recording. Next, press the AM/FM button and then the MODE button. This will allow you to tune to the VHF frequency corresponding to the AM or SW frequency you selected. You can listen to frequencies ranging from 52 to 218.5 MHz. And after tuning to VHF press any number
I have one an use it during my Side projects and the Stock battery last at least 6hrs of playing time before it will stop working.. So overall I feel its a good portable FM Radio. California USA
Aloha Ria, I actually enjoyed watching this video and broke out my HAPPY FM STERO/AM/SW DSP Receiver CS-106 that I paid like $18 years ago. I also have a Sangean ANT 60 Portable SW 23’ Antenna that I attach to the antenna of my SW receiver. Works well and still available on eBay but my Happy CS-106 could not find anymore. So I will follow your link and buy this one for $18.99, which is over $2 cheaper than my eBay app. Thanks!
I was the second person in the past hour that purchased this radio but your seller link wouldn’t ship to PO Boxes and when I changed my address, wouldn’t ship to Hawaii but I was able to buy it on eBay for only $22.
Hi from Spain. Thanks for your review. Ive recently bought this radio and is really good, but I have a question, hope you can help me. According to the information of Retekess, A microphone can be plugged into “line in” jack to record from external microphone. Ive tried several microphones with ts and trs jacks... no way to get this radio working with an external microphone :( Maybe an amplified signal is needed, anyway, no info about this from Retekess. Did you tried this? I would love some help. Thanks in advance. Regards!
I should be getting mine mailed this weekend i am excited for it! Currently using a XHDATA D-328 & i really like it alot but my dog chewed off the faceplate ugh
4:48 Looks like a passive radiator! I have NEVER seen that before in such a cheap unit - cool! Only seen some more expensive ones have a tiny bass reflex port.
I bought mine mainly for the FM and SW bands. The FM band works great but, so far, I have not been able to receive any stations on the SW band and the AM band is noisy. Are you saying that I need a long piece of wire to receive SW stations? If so, how is it connected? Does the TF card need to be formated as I do not seem to be able to get mine to work.
I have an audiomax srw-710. It's exactly the same at this retekess v115. I had no idea it had shortwave functionality for the first 5 years i owned it i bought it because i could record and play back sounds via the SD card (use it as a digital cassette recorder, we wanted to use it to drive halloween spooky sounds outside in our yard!)
The price is good and it would be great for someone vacationing who wants music and news. But for wider use, including disasters, not being able to tune in SSB makes it of little value. Apart from broadcasting, almost everything on HF is SSB. There are portable radios that do tune SSB, although probably not this cheap.
For the average person listening to broadcast radio, AM (including DSB SW AM) and FM are all they need. I agree that SSB is more useful for ham radio and those kinds of use. But you're not getting a radio with SSB in this price range at all. If you know of one, link it because I'd like to review it. The cheapest SSB radio I've seen is the Tecsun PL-330 which is $80 ($75 if you have it shipped from China). I may review that one as well.
@@n2rj I'm much older than you, and I remember when there was plenty of AM on SW including ships, airplanes, Ham radio, and numerous government and some private broadcasting. Back then not having SSB wasn't much of a loss, but now even with SSB there is just a few % of the former activity and at best 1% of AM transmissions so an AM-only SW receiver is of little use.
@@P_RO_ I wouldn’t say so at all. Actually I was a SWL in the 1980s and 1990s. There is still plenty of AM shortwave around and in fact there are broadcasters in the USA, such as WBCQ that didn’t exist back then. It is less than before but I wouldn’t say an AM only SW radio is useless. That said if you have the money for SSB, get SSB. I will be showing a BFO that you can use to make any radio receive SSB.
@@n2rj My SWL days go back to the mid 70's and began when Dad occasionally brought out his Hallicrafters which we listened to together from the mid 60's. With the internet coning of age allowing international "broadcasts" to be done at a fraction of the cost while still reaching almost everyone saw most of the national broadcasts switch to online only, and saw the scheduled radio broadcasts become fewer and shorter. SW broadcasting went from trying to reach the whole world to being aimed only at current and former colonial areas, and timed accordingly. It was easy to 'catch' 50 different nations on the air in a week of evening listening. I logged over 100 and had QSL's from many of them. There aren't even 50 nations broadcasting internationally now on the SW bands. Ham's have almost abandoned AM as well since SSB gear became widely factory-made and common in our shacks. Even 'pirate' radio has waned significantly, and all the commercial messaging stations have gone to digital modes or satellite. The few private broadcasters are mostly religious oriented, few have anything interesting going on anymore. You can still find something to hear but it used to be hard to not find something interesting and different. It used to be hard to not become bored with what you could find; now it's such that my listening sessions usually falter in under an hour unless listening on SSB where Hams and maritime traffic can be found. If all you have is AM SW it's better than nothing but not by much; normal broadcast bands (MW and FM) are nearly as good. If your goal is like Ham "contesting' just to see how many stations you can hear, AM SW will still deliver there, and at an equal rate of being of value in any other way. Yes you can still hear far-away stations but there's no longer much worth listening to. As someone with a deep love of radio it's been heartbreaking but the world changes and moves on to other things; the 'golden days' of radio are over and save for specific purposes radio is dying of old age. An off-board BFO is technically interesting, but begs the question of why when SSB RCVRs are cheap and readily available, and probably at an equal or lower cost with less fuss involved. If you have another superhet RCVR then you already have an off-board BFO if you know what to do with it; harmonic interference isn't always your enemy. It's more of a 'neat trick' than a useful technique but it does actually work when it's all you've got to work with. 73 and happy airwaves to you!
I am able to play music while charging the battery on my device. But with the micro SD card inserted, my Win 10 PC does not detect it as a memory device, until I started the Device Manager stuff to scan for it . Then press the Power button to access it.
That plastic is also a kick stand. I heard this radio has another secret feature, you can listen VHf and UHF, including air band try this first choose an OEM frequency for example 1225 KHZ press and hold record you must have a memory card inserted when it starts recording press FM slash AM and the mode keys that's all now tune it to 122.50 MHz it works by tuning shortwave as well the frequency is in kHz goes to VHF or UHF enjoy
I bought two pieces, one works on the battery as well as without and on the power supply, while the other works on the power supply but only when the battery is present. The second problem that appears after a few days of use is that after some time on a given radio station there is such a noise that drowns out the sound.
This radio sounds really really good. trouble with playing music on sd card, its complaining about the formatting. I've tried several different formats. no luck. any suggestions. love the radio
hi, i bought v115 a few days ago. radio is good but when I put sd card screen says WAITING... 1 seconds than screen says CAN NOT FIND DEVICE. I used 2gb and 16gb sd cards. both of them is working on laptop and on my dslr camera. What can I do? please send me a solution
Been searching to see if it will read exFAT formatted sdcards, can't find out anywhere, but that could be the problem. Reader in my car only accepts Fat32 not exFAT so limits the amount of files it'll hold :-(
Thank you. I have had that radioo for some years but its lcd induces a lot of noise into the am section making it mostly unusable on especially sw. Looking forward for part two... outdoor test am/sw.
There's a mod that involves taking it apart and shielding the LCD with copper foil there's a vid on how to do it improves it immensely look for the comparison vid after mod comparing it to the XHDATA 808
@@ashab1 Isn't there a "ground" to be made into the copper shield to the circuit board somewhere? I am under the impression that it is RFI noise due to the fact that it is a DOT MATRIX LCD? Digital LCD is much quieter & the standard as a display?
Hi Ria. A question : How much of a reception bump can you expect to get if you use a long wire clipped on to the antenna? A hard question to answer definitively but just wondering if it’s worth getting a long wire for this radio.
I believe it is meant to use the memory and advance that way. But, I would guess...that if you erase the memory...the advance will go manually with out it. Otherwise...direct entry is the only way I know of.
The plastic thing on the wrist strap is the kick stand ….it inserts in the battery cover slot.
Wooooooooooooaaaaa thank you!
I just bought this radio a couple of days ago, i think is just a danm good radio for the price. the recording feature i tested and records in stereo ONLY when you have the headphones attached, from FM or AUX. If you use it with speaker only records in mono. Other issue i seen is with the AUX, the channels are switched, so if you are connecting with RCA for example you can correct that very easy, but with audio jacks, it's another story. Beside that is pretty good radio for the price. Good review!
If you want you can save the mono recorded file in stereo after you have opened and edited the file in DAW.
Bought this little dude to keep in the car for adventures & emergency purposes. Had a lot of fun with it today, and what a great sound for an inexpensive little radio!
Madam, thank you for this content. I listen to this radio from it all the time. It is excellent and has a very small defect in that it does not cover a short wave length of 11 meters. Other than that defect, it is a wonderful radio for the price. Omar from yemen
I have had this little radio for a while and have not really paid much attention to it. After watching your video, I decided to fire it up and have a look around.
I found the AM band amazing; it was picking up stations that my Grunding Satelit 750 and Tecsun PL-990X couldn't hear at all. Made me wonder why the hell did I pay so much money
for the other two, 😅 👍👍
The plastic square fits in the battery compartment to angle the radio when on its back to use aiming towards you. 73's Andy M6APJ
I added a Fiio E7 DAC to the headphone output. The change was incredible. The sound was perfect. Pair this radio with a good DAC and you have great sound.
The tab on the plastic thing on the strap fits into a slot on the back of the radio to prop it up a little bit for a better viewing angle sitting on a table.
Thanks! Joe K0NEB told me that as well. I'm going to mention it on the live show this week as well. :)
Yes I had to laugh at the very creative explanation tho!
The original factory model is the Hanrongda K-603, it's exactly the same but cheaper and has Bluetooth.
There's an option in the FM band settings for 87-108MHz or 64-106MHz bands, so it can tune the Japan FM band.
Great video. This is a good little inexpensive radio. When they went on sale last spring I bought a few to gift people who liked mine.
I have one...I like it too. Especially the great sound that comes out of the small speaker.
Two things I think would make this a better radio:
1. Make it so the radio can play while it charges the battery via USB. Currently, it refuses to play the radio when it is charging.
2. Make the antenna thicker so a C. Crane style retractable SW antenna would clamp onto it. Currently, the antenna is too thin to clamp onto it securely. I wrapped a paper clip tightly around it at the base so I could use my C. Crane Shortwave Reel antenna.
I’m the person in charge of Retekess of eBay. Regarding that the radio station cannot be used in USB charging mode, you can enter my channel. There is an operation video to solve this problem.
Thank you for your support to Retekess
@@retekessebay7662 I have had one for a few years and like it. One thing that really makes this radio stay in the drawer is noise from the lcd entering the am section of the radio. It needs a grounded screen plate/foil behind the lcd. Noise level is so high that it mostly makes sw unusable.
Searched and found the video you taked about but why is it age restricted ?
@@migsvensurfing6310 I’m not good at operating TH-cam video settings, I don’t know how to watch without setting age
Can you email me and elaborate on your question? We have not received similar feedback for the time being. You know, many people don’t like to share their feelings.
@@retekessebay7662 Hi. According to the information from Retekess in Amazon customers questions, a microphone can be plugged into “line in” jack to record from external microphone. Ive tried several microphones with ts and trs jacks... no way to get this radio working with an external microphone :(
Maybe an amplified signal is needed, anyway, no info about this from Retekess. Could you please help me with this?
Thanks in advance.
Regards!
It’s a line in signal not mic. Let me test though
Winamp, it really whips the llama's hiney. Nice little extra receiver for under 20 bucks. Good piece of kit even if you only use it for recording.
You brought me way back when you said Winamp. Damn I'm old. 😂
It does work with the unit plugged int with the USB C Cable. I know because I was charing it, and tried to play after it was charging ovenight, and it didn't play. I plugged it in and it played. I thought there was something wrong with it, so while investicating and opeing up the battery compartment, I found the battery was wrapped in plastic. I removed that plastic and reinstalled it and after it was charged up, all was fine. Good video though. By the way. That little plastic peice is not to remove the SD card, it fits in a slot by the battery compartment to elevate the unit so that the surface is not blocking the Bass speaker out the back. ☺
Great to keep in the car or bug out bag. I tend to buy cheapish items and have in different places and then have a good one close by. We'll done DJ Ria :)
Thank you for the instructions on how to set a radio station😊
Thank you Ria, wow, what a comprehensive review, my compliments. I have a Tecsun PL-880 (awesome radio) for swl but want a small cheap pocketable radio for am emergency purposes. Subscribed, and bought one. Thanks!
I got a a shortwave radio from tesco for £10 works just fine Alec from Scotland
It's a great little radio for the price! An external antenna - like one of those clip on reel antennas - really opens up the shortwave!
Be careful when using earphone and aux jacks, do not push the jacks in all the way, Tecsun products are the same. This is a mild inconvenience, I have two of these they work great but the earphone and AUX sockets no longer work so exercise care.
Its a great radio. I have one and highly recommend it. On the Short Wave side of things, you'll need an external antena to get decent reception. But, on AM and FM, the reception is excellent.
I saw john live on stage when I was a kid and he was brilliant
In a nutshell I am pleasantly pleased with the overall sound quality of the Retekess V-115! The mp3 player is adequate! It has AM coverage with FM & the FM is in stereo via headphones! Shortwave is average... Thanks...
What amazes me is that a $20 radio offers on-air recording, yet high-end units like the Tecsun H-501x make a big deal about having playback only.
The tab on the cord also inserts in the back to make a stand.
GOD Bless you and your family
I should note that the Micro SD card reader feature when you hook this up to your computer is VERY SLOW. Yeah, not recommended unless you have no other option. It works, but you will wait for a while. But one more feature: This is a USB SPEAKER! Yup, if your laptop has tiny speakers, this will let you drive it via the USB cord.
That is true, the SD is VERY basic.
I make one voice recording to the memory card saying, "memory cards is playing" to remind you to press the pause button. Otherwise I would only record emergency radio announcements, or instructions, which is why I bout this radio.
I would like other digitasl receivers, like the Tecsun, to have the ability to record as well.
I bought two of these lil radios! Satisfied!
The newer version of the Retekess V-115 has a major refinement in thatt it now has 320 bit MP3 recording where the earlier model only had 128 bit recording!
I bought two of these. I love it! Sounds GREAT, for what it is!
The best review of this receiver thanks
Excellent review, thanks.
One of this radio's hidden features is the ability to tune in to VHF/UHF frequency. To access it, tune to any AM or SW frequency, then press and hold the REC button to begin recording. Next, press the AM/FM button and then the MODE button. This will allow you to tune to the VHF frequency corresponding to the AM or SW frequency you selected. You can listen to frequencies ranging from 52 to 218.5 MHz. And after tuning to VHF press any number
I have one an use it during my Side projects and the Stock battery last at least 6hrs of playing time before it will stop working..
So overall I feel its a good portable FM Radio. California USA
Aloha Ria,
I actually enjoyed watching this video and broke out my HAPPY FM STERO/AM/SW DSP Receiver CS-106 that I paid like $18 years ago. I also have a Sangean ANT 60 Portable SW 23’ Antenna that I attach to the antenna of my SW receiver. Works well and still available on eBay but my Happy CS-106 could not find anymore. So I will follow your link and buy this one for $18.99, which is over $2 cheaper than my eBay app. Thanks!
I was the second person in the past hour that purchased this radio but your seller link wouldn’t ship to PO Boxes and when I changed my address, wouldn’t ship to Hawaii but I was able to buy it on eBay for only $22.
@@digitaldreamer5481 I will let them know that. Thanks.
You can email ebay@retekess.com and they can solve the ordering issue for you.
Tenks from Brazil
Hi there, is MW steps changeable on this radio? I mean 10 to 9 khz and vice-versa ?
the thingamagigy little tool also fittes nicely in the top screw hole slot as a stand.
Hi from Spain. Thanks for your review. Ive recently bought this radio and is really good, but I have a question, hope you can help me. According to the information of Retekess, A microphone can be plugged into “line in” jack to record from external microphone. Ive tried several microphones with ts and trs jacks... no way to get this radio working with an external microphone :(
Maybe an amplified signal is needed, anyway, no info about this from Retekess.
Did you tried this? I would love some help. Thanks in advance.
Regards!
I should be getting mine mailed this weekend i am excited for it! Currently using a XHDATA D-328 & i really like it alot but my dog chewed off the faceplate ugh
I am a subscriber and I like this video.
4:48 Looks like a passive radiator!
I have NEVER seen that before in such a cheap unit - cool!
Only seen some more expensive ones have a tiny bass reflex port.
The sound is BEATING my Tecsun PL-330 I didn't even know it was a shortwave radio until AFTER i bought the Tecsun!
I bought mine mainly for the FM and SW bands. The FM band works great but, so far, I have not been able to receive any stations on the SW band and the AM band is noisy. Are you saying that I need a long piece of wire to receive SW stations? If so, how is it connected?
Does the TF card need to be formated as I do not seem to be able to get mine to work.
Titlu foarte bun, comentariul la fel si documentat. Era de dorit mai mult despre shortwave. Succees !
This is NOT an emergency radio. Any radio that runs only on a rechargeable battery is NOT suitable for use as an emergency radio.
I have an audiomax srw-710. It's exactly the same at this retekess v115. I had no idea it had shortwave functionality for the first 5 years i owned it i bought it because i could record and play back sounds via the SD card (use it as a digital cassette recorder, we wanted to use it to drive halloween spooky sounds outside in our yard!)
Hi there a very good review because of it I bought one of those v115
The price is good and it would be great for someone vacationing who wants music and news. But for wider use, including disasters, not being able to tune in SSB makes it of little value. Apart from broadcasting, almost everything on HF is SSB. There are portable radios that do tune SSB, although probably not this cheap.
For the average person listening to broadcast radio, AM (including DSB SW AM) and FM are all they need. I agree that SSB is more useful for ham radio and those kinds of use. But you're not getting a radio with SSB in this price range at all. If you know of one, link it because I'd like to review it. The cheapest SSB radio I've seen is the Tecsun PL-330 which is $80 ($75 if you have it shipped from China). I may review that one as well.
@@n2rj I'm much older than you, and I remember when there was plenty of AM on SW including ships, airplanes, Ham radio, and numerous government and some private broadcasting. Back then not having SSB wasn't much of a loss, but now even with SSB there is just a few % of the former activity and at best 1% of AM transmissions so an AM-only SW receiver is of little use.
@@P_RO_ I wouldn’t say so at all. Actually I was a SWL in the 1980s and 1990s. There is still plenty of AM shortwave around and in fact there are broadcasters in the USA, such as WBCQ that didn’t exist back then. It is less than before but I wouldn’t say an AM only SW radio is useless. That said if you have the money for SSB, get SSB. I will be showing a BFO that you can use to make any radio receive SSB.
@@n2rj My SWL days go back to the mid 70's and began when Dad occasionally brought out his Hallicrafters which we listened to together from the mid 60's. With the internet coning of age allowing international "broadcasts" to be done at a fraction of the cost while still reaching almost everyone saw most of the national broadcasts switch to online only, and saw the scheduled radio broadcasts become fewer and shorter. SW broadcasting went from trying to reach the whole world to being aimed only at current and former colonial areas, and timed accordingly. It was easy to 'catch' 50 different nations on the air in a week of evening listening. I logged over 100 and had QSL's from many of them. There aren't even 50 nations broadcasting internationally now on the SW bands. Ham's have almost abandoned AM as well since SSB gear became widely factory-made and common in our shacks. Even 'pirate' radio has waned significantly, and all the commercial messaging stations have gone to digital modes or satellite. The few private broadcasters are mostly religious oriented, few have anything interesting going on anymore. You can still find something to hear but it used to be hard to not find something interesting and different. It used to be hard to not become bored with what you could find; now it's such that my listening sessions usually falter in under an hour unless listening on SSB where Hams and maritime traffic can be found. If all you have is AM SW it's better than nothing but not by much; normal broadcast bands (MW and FM) are nearly as good. If your goal is like Ham "contesting' just to see how many stations you can hear, AM SW will still deliver there, and at an equal rate of being of value in any other way. Yes you can still hear far-away stations but there's no longer much worth listening to. As someone with a deep love of radio it's been heartbreaking but the world changes and moves on to other things; the 'golden days' of radio are over and save for specific purposes radio is dying of old age.
An off-board BFO is technically interesting, but begs the question of why when SSB RCVRs are cheap and readily available, and probably at an equal or lower cost with less fuss involved. If you have another superhet RCVR then you already have an off-board BFO if you know what to do with it; harmonic interference isn't always your enemy. It's more of a 'neat trick' than a useful technique but it does actually work when it's all you've got to work with.
73 and happy airwaves to you!
I have an old Grundig! I think I need an upgrade! 73s
I am able to play music while charging the battery on my device.
But with the micro SD card inserted, my Win 10 PC does not detect it as a memory device, until I started the Device Manager stuff to scan for it . Then press the Power button to access it.
Winamp was the gold standard
That plastic is also a kick stand. I heard this radio has another secret feature, you can listen VHf and UHF, including air band try this first choose an OEM frequency for example 1225 KHZ press and hold record you must have a memory card inserted when it starts recording press FM slash AM and the mode keys that's all now tune it to 122.50 MHz it works by tuning shortwave as well the frequency is in kHz goes to VHF or UHF enjoy
I have to try this. Thanks!
Some people say that this didn't work for them.
I couldn't get this feature to work either.
when I press mode during FM receiving the receiver do not goes in sd card mode ??
I bought two pieces, one works on the battery as well as without and on the power supply, while the other works on the power supply but only when the battery is present. The second problem that appears after a few days of use is that after some time on a given radio station there is such a noise that drowns out the sound.
Two pieces. Lol that sounds like a wish or Temu listing
Hi Ria. Thanks for your review. Yor app to measure decibels and specter is fantastic! Coul I know which one is it? Thanks again.
dB meter in the app store
@@n2rj Thanks! ❤️
the tool sticks in the back to make a radio prop/stand
How do I improve SW reception with my wire antenna? I live in a cold winter climate so I can not string the wire outdoors.
Any other tips ?
I read an article where someone strung up a wire loop around their room. That may work.
@@n2rj thank you. I will try it!
This radio sounds really really good. trouble with playing music on sd card, its complaining about the formatting. I've tried several different formats. no luck. any suggestions. love the radio
Fat32
@@n2rj Tried FAT32. Keep on saying unsupported file system
hi, i bought v115 a few days ago. radio is good but when I put sd card screen says WAITING... 1 seconds than screen says CAN NOT FIND DEVICE. I used 2gb and 16gb sd cards. both of them is working on laptop and on my dslr camera. What can I do? please send me a solution
Been searching to see if it will read exFAT formatted sdcards, can't find out anywhere, but that could be the problem. Reader in my car only accepts Fat32 not exFAT so limits the amount of files it'll hold :-(
I am no expert in US copyright laws, but internationally you may broadcast anything which is less than 15 sec duration.
I didn’t want TH-cam to take down the video so I played non copyright music.
Thank you. I have had that radioo for some years but its lcd induces a lot of noise into the am section making it mostly unusable on especially sw.
Looking forward for part two... outdoor test am/sw.
Thank you. AM seems fine here even with weaker stations, and SW works. I’ll do a test outside even with a long wire.
There's a mod that involves taking it apart and shielding the LCD with copper foil there's a vid on how to do it improves it immensely look for the comparison vid after mod comparing it to the XHDATA 808
@@ashab1 Yes true. Havent taken it apart yet, but shielding is the way ahead. Thanks.
@@ashab1 Isn't there a "ground" to be made into the copper shield to the circuit board somewhere? I am under the impression that it is RFI noise due to the fact that it is a DOT MATRIX LCD? Digital LCD is much quieter & the standard as a display?
@@johnbeckham1483 you know more than me buddy
Hi Ria. A question : How much of a reception bump can you expect to get if you use a long wire clipped on to the antenna? A hard question to answer definitively but just wondering if it’s worth getting a long wire for this radio.
Longer is better. Best if it’s resonant at the frequency or close. It makes a world of difference.
@@n2rjExcellent. Thanks for the fast reply!
How can I get your QSL card, Ria? Thanks...
Great review! Question: Can I record music from TH-cam vids? How would I do so? Please inform and many thanks! 🙏👍♐
You can. I believe via usb cable but also with an audio cable output,
How do you connect to PC. I have to take TF card out to edit my files.
Just a USB cable.
No SSB? Shame. Real nice radio otherwise. Thanks for the content. 73
Hy, it is possible to mount an external antenna?! Thank you, bye
Only a clip on. Otherwise no
How do you manually step the MW all it does it goes to the next memory slot ?
I believe it is meant to use the memory and advance that way. But, I would guess...that if you erase the memory...the advance will go manually with out it. Otherwise...direct entry is the only way I know of.
Had this radio since 2018. The battery is for replacement.
I want/need one of those qsl cards. I still don't have one from the NJ and am going for 50 cards from 50 states. Should I email you about a sked?
Let me know what your preferred band and mode is
Blue tooth is not given need of time
👍 Good video
How can I keep the screen light on during use?
This crap damaged SD Card
Please in Hindi every indian can understand
Sorry I don’t speak Hindi. You can use the translate on TH-cam.
eeeeeee???? Where is the HIDDEN FEATURE??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Has to do with the USB port. Use the radio as a card reader and even a usb speaker
@@n2rj It's a USB 1 speed reader ! You're better off with a $1 Dollar Shop card reader !
@@edwardfletcher7790 true but it works in a pinch, if you have nothing else.
There's an option in the FM band settings for 87-108MHz or 64-108MHz bands, so it can tune the Japan FM band.
Excellent review! Thanks!
NO FUNCIONA EN SW