Raddy RF760. The Most Compact AM/FM/CB/HAM/AIR/SW Radio I've ever seen, and it even has SSB Mode!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2022
- I honestly don't know how they pulled this radio off. I imagine a lot of work went into stuffing all these modes and features into a literal pocket radio. Years ago a radio this size would be AM only, and if you were lucky you might get FM as well.
But this game changer gets the entire radio broadcast spectrum as well as all the modes needed to hear it, and it even comes with a long wire antenna to help with reception.
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I’ve been looking for something just like this. Perfect timing
Great timing. I was thinking about these as gifts for family members. I could program them from what I understand with "frequencies of interest". That was in an emergency they could tune into information quickly.
It’s pleasing that you can get all this in one elegant package. You can use it to listen to the football in the garden, the pirate stations in London, the numbers stations from the intelligence services. If also has DAB and satellite reception, it could be a world beater.
Maybe Raddy will listen to your suggestions and make you the perfect radio- Take care my friend
Very cool radio. Lots of good features packed into that small case. Price looks fair too.
I bought mine months ago and I use it every day it's a good radio very flexible and I like the cell phone battery lasts a long time
That's a neat little radio.. I have a yaesu FT3DR which I use everyday. I like that it picks up CB bands.
Greetings from New Zealand. This is amazing thanks
Just got mine today. Excited.
I hope you are enjoying it
I'd probably put it on cb to see if people are still talking on that band, cool review
thanks for reviewing this.... I just ordered one !
Great video Eric. I bought my RF760 back in May. It was out of stock but I was put on a priority ship list once the radio was back in stock. I received it 3 weeks later. It's a real dynamo packed in a very small footprint. Perfect for carrying in a backpack or EDC kit. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts as I value your opinion. Keep up the great work and God Bless you and the family. (Largo, FL)
Thank you.
Can you provide me the name of the place you purchased from? Everywhere I look it's sold out and "don't know if it will return". Waiting list is fine. Many thanks.
@@markfannin3975 Mark, I ordered my RF760 directly through the U.S. Radioddity site. As I had mentioned it was out of stock at that time, but I was put on a list and then patiently waited until they had a resupply. That may be your best bet if you can't find it any where else. Good luck !
I picked up one of these for a friend who is interested in getting into shortwave. I might play around with it before I gift it. If I like it I might buy one for camping on the motorcycle.
You’re almost there to the 60K subscriber mark ✅ . Congrats on that !!!
Just got one (the HanRongDa version) and... for all the problems, it is pretty cool. Neat that it can get the local Skywarn net ham repeater, which is nice during weather. I have some HTs but they are heavier... well, except for the Icom IC-Q7A, which has wide RX coverage including FM BCB and WX. No SW, of course, or other AM/SSB.
I've had one of these for a while and love it. Best shirtpocket radio I've ever owned, though at my age I've had to memorize the display through a magnifying glass so I could interpret what in some cases look like tiny blurs through my reading glasses. 🤣
LOL, yeah, right? Some of those USB current meters strain the capabilities of reading glasses, too.
Nice I gotta get one of these.
It’s the HanRongDa HRD 747, relabeled. I saw this exact radio on a few different TH-cam channels, but with the “HanRongDa” labeled in it. The readout is really resolute and very tiny.
17855 is currently REE from Spain.
The 747 doesn`t have SSB though. I have a rebranded one. Crazy little radio. This one has a better battery.
@@baneverything5580 Yeah, the 747 does (are you confusing the 747 with the HRD-737?), and both have the BL-5C battery. the 747 is the exact same radio as the one in the video.
@@patriot_in_nm they do, both of the radios (the 747 and the one in the video) are the exact same except the name.
@@madmax2069 I`m holding my 747 in my hand. Perhaps it`s a Chinese fake like the guitar strings I got such a deal on. I`m calling the Governor!
@@baneverything5580 That's the only thing I can think of, because the HRD-747 does have SSB, and the radio in the video is the HRD-747 just renamed to sell in different markets.
27.025 -- those stations run so much power no wonder it could pick it up :)
Nice review! Cool little radio.
I am really liking it!
@@FarpointFarms I'll bet! I also saw the Raddy RF750 with the light-up analogue dial, which is also very cool little radio. I would like to see the RF760 come down a bit in price before I bite. I bit on the Tecsun PL-880, which I love, but it's about all I can handle for now.
Aug 2022: I see the "750" model is half the cost (at least on Amazon) but might not include CB reception. Thanks for the review!
Nice little radio
Wow that is really impressive !!
17855 is from Spain. I have it on my IC-7410 and listen to soccer games at times; news mostly.
Would be interesting to compare the performance of this one with the Tecsun PL330.
Interesting radio.
Got to get me one of these 73 love the vids
good to see you made a new video! Keep them coming
Just order mine, will be here in 5-7 days
3:15 How nice they use old Nokia BL-5C back from 20 years ago common almost all Nokia models!
It is a surprise how that has become sort of a standard flat battery, lately. I just wish there was a trustworthy name brand version. I don't think Nokia makes them any more, though I have seen "new" old stock ones. XHDATA brand is good enough for me but even then gotta watch out for them swelling. Lotta people don't like them but I kinda do. I might prefer a single 14500 but, hey, some advantage to flatness.
I swore not to buy another SWR that didn't have an sdr waterfall/spectrum display, but this little guy might change my mind, especially if the price comes down a bit.
The takeaway is not to expect miracles, but Raddy looks nifty. A tiny radio with digital tuned direct sampling and no preselector electronics for HF isn’t going to handle overload situations very well. The problem is you could have a very strong signal in an adjacent band to where you’re listening that kills sensitivity. Also strong FM stations can be an issue, which using a a low pass filter on the HF antenna input will help solve.
I think I’d also consider the Eton Elite Executive. Yes, it is larger and runs on four AA cells. The price is about $155 as of August 2022, but it is still in the ballpark price range of the Raddy and it has a much larger display and direct entry keypad. Using AA batteries is helpful because you can keep some lithium cells on hand to pop in for emergencies where recharging is not an option. The SSB clarifier on the Eton lets you hone in for natural sounding speech output, but you get squelch chuffing when making 1 KHz steps in SSB. I’ve got a 40 year old Radio Shack/Sangean which chuffs - you’d think designers would have found a fix for inexpensive radios by now. No respectable amateur or commercial radio chuffs.
Radio shack sangean 👍
@@harveypost1841 The radio I have in a Radio Shack DX-440 made by Sangean which originally belonged to my parents who bought it about 40 years ago. It is only a BFO, so no LSB/USB, no AM aviation band. The service manual can be downloaded, so I am set if I ever want to give it a tune-up on the bench. It is a nice radio for casual listening thanks to the fairly large speaker.
OTOH, I've picked up the Eton and the nearly identical Xhdata D808, for under $100... I'll live with chuffing at that price. The PL660/680 don't chuff... but much heavier. None do VHF (apart from air), either. I wish more portable SW radios would throw in 144 and 440 ham bands.
@@radellaf Thanks for the observations and information. I agree. In the modern world, it should be very inexpensive to include the VHF/UHF amateur snd public service bands.
DX 440 is an icon in my opinion
I just bought one because of this video, thanks Eric!
Nice little radio...I would try it out.
Bought it in Han Rong Da name directly from China. 17.855 is Spain, a long with 15.520, in afternoon. Nice radio for price and features. Oh, it receives from 150 or 522 to 1710 khz and 3.20 to 520 MHz. Battery is common, sold by many stores.
Good to know!
Yeah that's a nice find I'm liking that!!
Love to try one👍📻⚛
Raddy RF760! so cool.....🤗
i just got the raddy rf 750 man i should have waited lol
The model number sounds like something from one of the Strongbad videos like “Compy 386” :)
I WANT THIS RADIO SOO BAD !!!
Nice I gotta pick one of these up! It would definitely be perfect if it had a keypad
That's awesome
Thanks- I thought it was pretty cool for the size
Cool video, those pesky mice, they like 71 novas also.
The radio seems to have disappeared from the market for purchase. Amazon doesn't have it. eBay doesn't have it... Can you provide any suppliers? Great video and reviews.
I know those guys on channel 6 (27.025) i listen to them all the time and talk to them sometimes too
I have a degen1103 that I bought 15-20 years ago...and it is the only portable radio I own, that will get certain FM channels in my area. Unfortunately, I think the radio is a bit to complex and large . Can you suggest another radio that has the sensitivity/ ability to pull in hard to get FM channels, like the degen 1103 but is smaller and simple to use ? Id prefer something that can run on AA or AAA batteries. Ty
I like the xhdata radios- I have some and they are good.
Cn we program using he USB ... and computer? that would be sweet. (I almost never use slag and custom terms ... so it means something here). I'll go buy one. It would be interesting to see if I connect my ham radio lone wire type of antenna ... thanks for the video and time to put this together and post ...
I think that your Ham Radio long wire will definitely overload it. I'm not sure if it has an attenuator or not, but you could always use an external attenuator whilst listening at home.
Off'-topic . Does continental North America have DAB broadcasting or equivalent ?
Looks very interesting. Thank you for the review. Was going to pick one up but the discount code doesn’t seem to work.
Sorry to hear that
99.9% of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh,PA) Police, fire and EMS comms are on analog UHF-FM . This radio would work to receive them!
That is surprising on such a large county that they would have that. Our county is small (population not land area) and it is digital
@FarpointFarms There are numerous small municipalities in Allegheny County including the City of Pittsburgh. I believe that the cost to upgrade the literary 1000s of radios and the hundreds of radio support systems (repeaters etc) would be too high and the loss of interoperability among them would be lost if even one major municipality switched to 100% digital would be something not worthwhile. Even NYC uses a lot of analog frequencies (trunked and conventional
.)for the same cost reasons. It's stuck In the 70s, but nice for scanner fans as a sub $50 Beofeng UV-5R is a useful "scanner" here.
Who does the song for the intro of this video?
Ordered. What would make this the perfect radio for me is replace the soeaker with a keypad. Install blue tooth to stream to a soeaker if needed. cheers.
Great 👍
I was excited until I saw it was out of stock like everything else these days. Crazy. Thanks for the review! Dave - KU9L
The shortage of everything continues!
What’s the battery life like?
Tenho um radio desse porém ele está mudo no SSB não sintoniza nada chia muito baixo.
Não consegui fazer ele pelo menos chia alto.
Does each band have it's own set of saves,like 100 each.
Most of those people on 6 are running a good size linear.
If you were to choose between this and the Tecsun 368, which would you choose? (If you were going yo gauge it simply on sensitivity/reception)
I would have to play with them side by side to give a better answer- Maybe check the reviews on both to see if you can get a better answer
My Raddy rf760 is not bad as a small all in one receiver. However, a local, less than 10
miles away, higher power FM station on 99.5
overloads the receiver above and below the
frequency.
BL-05C, excellent
Wow, something smaller than ATS_20!??? SSB,, it's a keeper😏
Where did you buy the RF760?
I have a radio like that but it's mute on the SSB, it doesn't tune anything, it's very low. I couldn't make him at least hiss loud.
Hello, cool video. Thanks for making this. Also dog the song in the intro. Who's the artist and song? Cheers!
Marky Shaw did the song, he has a cool youtube page, Please check it out
Is there another model or manufacturer that offers similar features? This is out of stock everywhere i look
How could we get one like this please !
quite little radio like that you can plug an external antenna
There isn't much variety in general SW radio to listen to these days. I mostly hear Spanish, from Cuba, mostly, except for Radio
Amazonas from Brazil on 11780 MHZ, in
Portuguese. and religious programming from the US, as it showed in the video. Is
Brother Stair deceased? CB is a mess too.
Thank you.
That's so true. Both SW and CB are largely wastelands. But, they both may be needed in the future and shouldn't be surrendered to corporate bidders pressuring Congress.
Alex Jones Show evenings on 4.840.
I bought this after watching your video. the only thing I can't figure out is the USB, LSB. I tune into 40m, set the BW to 2.5, set it to LSB and the sound goes off. Am I missing something?
I have the Radio, and it is a bit akward to tune in SSB! - first of all, the bandwith does not work in SSB! - and the tuning goes a bit "backward" compared to most other radios! - it is hard to explain, but you will evetually figure it out, - if you wount get it to work, contact me here over TH-cam, Levi in Sweden
(and yes, the sound can "go off" sometimes, but just wiggle the tuning knob at the side a bit, and it will come back!)
Great video. How long will the battery stay charged if radio is played continuously? Can the battery be charged while in the radio? And will the radio play while charging? Is it Bluetooth accessible? Thanks.
Good questions, all! I hope he responds.
Nice Review of this radio/ Radiology!!!👍
FYI: that rod antenna is NOT used for AM (MW). There is an internal ferrite bar antenna for that band.
It seems to be pretty sensitive too on AM for a (probably) small ferrite antenna
does this have a mars mod?
we want the radios used in DIE HARD 2
Those ones were cool
I’m gonna get one
It's a good little radio.
Can you open that radio, want to see what's inside
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Good to hear.
Cool
I will have to get me one
Selectable sidebands? BFO? Smallest step increment 5kc or 1kc? Selectivity? Sensitivity seems good however a strong nearby station could wipe out a weak signal. Hundred dollar bills don't exactly grow on trees ya know.
MrRadio,
Ham since 1962 & Ch19 CB mobile while travelling, I bought the Tecsun PL-330 to see if I'm now in a radio dead zone or if I should bother putting up an antenna in my transplanted QTH.
I have found the Tecsun works very well on the HF ham bands even with a simple indoor long wire and I will some day put up my G5RV & fire up my keys, keyer and tube shack.
The PL-330 receives FM (stereo with headphones) better than any radio in my house and has a long life battery, chargeable with my phone charger.
Since my only ham hobby is CW, I wonder if this unit has selectable VFO settings or ANY VFO at all?
I'd like to see an evaluation of this unit by some other hams.
---73 W8IMP Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
@@j.d.schultzsr.9215 I think for CW you'd just select SSB and the lowest bandwidth, dial in a frequency 1kHz or whatever off from the signal.
Does it have a scanner on the air band?
I believe that it does
If you plug in an external LW/MW antenna (Like the one from a Tecsun PL-368), you may discover another band - longwave. Kind of useless in the United States, unless you're into listening to NDBs (Non-Directional Beacons for aircraft), but an interesting Easter egg nontheless.
Thanks for sharing that, there are some that love to listen to the aircraft band
You can also get a little Bluetooth device off of Amazon that plugs into the headphones socket and allows you to use your Bluetooth buds which would be even more handy!
no you cant as the bt transmitters have no way to pair as the creen has to be on the receiver and earbuds dont have them,been there done that!
@@paul.alarner6410 apparently you haven't a clue of what you're talking about. The Bluetooth dongle works independently of the radio so it wouldn't need to use the radios screen (and Bluetooth doesn't need a screen anyways). I do the exact same as the OP a 3.5mm Bluetooth dongle so I can pair some wireless headphones to it.
@@madmax2069 i was talking about pairing earbuds to the bt transmitter!,how you gonna see what to pair with then as earbuds dont have a screen!
ive been there done it,even spoke to the bt trx supplier,even he said it cant be done!
unless you know of a 3.5mm bt transmitter that has a screen?,ive never seen one!
@@paul.alarner6410 you don't need a screen. Most just have a button you have to hit when you are going to pair the headset. And some have a button and a switch to go between receive or transmit modes. No screen required. Plenty of them on Amazon.
i wish it could transmit on all those frequencies!! ;-) haha
Watched the entire video and I was excited to buy it but not it is not able for purchase from Amazon
You can order it from the link in my description.
Should have an internal ferrite antenna for the medium wave.
It does according to the manual, and how it is behaving for me. The long wire hooked to the antenna jack, also, may not be _wired_ to the MW circuit, but enough crosstalk happens that it does help some. Ferrite coupler is better, homebrew or the C. Crane.
Where get radio shack
The Tecsun PL-360 (good) PL-365 (better) PL-368 (best) I've bought each of them for under Cdn$100 each, shipped. They're far superior to this one, and not that much bigger. VHF-Air band not included. On my next trip overseas, I'll be bringing the PL-368 as it does everything I need.
If it wasn't for the bad receive performance, and a few issues the radio in the video would be far better that any of those receivers for the simple fact it is a handheld, supports AM/FM/SSB, and covers Medium Wave 520KHz all the way up to UHF 520MHz
Well, as an owner of the Tecsun radios you mentioned (plus others) I have to disagree with you regarding the size of of this compared with the Tecsuns. It is substantially smaller. I have no doubt that it won't have the performance of the Tecsuns, but what else can you expect at this size?
If I can get one in the UK then it will definitely join the radio family.
The Euro freq separation is different... did I miss the GoodGuys/BadGuys setting?
@Klaus Sperger no, not really, it's good, but not "the best". No radio is "the best" there will always be a compromise in something.
So it's probably something like a pie clone coupled with a RTL-SDR RTL2832U. Anyone looking for a cheaper option can buy a SDR toggle and use an app to run it on their phone. Like SDR touch (on Android)
I like your phone idea is that possible an Apple phone can I iPhone do that with an external dongle?
Absolutely beautiful however we won't get this here in South Africa 😏☹️
Manufacturers should use AA batteries in electronic devices, because the batteries are easy to find.
good point
@@FarpointFarms I wish manufacturers would not make specially sized batteries for their devices. I wish they would make AA size batteries. I wish they would NEVER make AAA size batteries.
Pass this message to other peole and to the manufacturers.
Yeah, these oddball batteries are a pain in the a__.
Looks pretty sweet! BTW, "MW" stands for "Medium Wave" (aka the AM broadcast band), not "Mid-Wave".
It's unlikely the radio uses the whip antenna to receive AM broadcast. There's likely a many turns loop antenna inside. The wavelength at 1000 kHz is just too long to use that little whip. Very effective on VHF/UHF, though. Pretty full-featured for the price.
How’s NOAA WEATHER RADIO BANDS ?
Even if I am not able to purchase this unit, ... I do have my General .... I think a thumbs up is good. Good approach to the review. ... neat audio ... I dig the idea of pocket radio and I like to "listen" at night... I will listen but not transmit such as this ... this unit sounds interesting. I may pick it up but the price is a bit on top .. but if it works ... that seams reasonable. I wonder what the warranty is.
So how is that used as a CB
I never could figure out why they say all mode when it doesn't cover all HF modes.
I guess they meant virtually all mode.
This would hit on ALL marks if it used traditional readily available batteries. It's been my experience that rechargeable batteries fail when you need them most. If you know of a portable all band all mode receiver radio that uses something like AA or AAA or even 9v or C batteries, I am very interested.
They do offer models that use the more common flashlight batteries.
@@FarpointFarms which models do you know of?
most compact for the price maybe, it's not going to be able to compete with the Alinco DJ-X11 in terms of coverage though.
Will this pick up walkie talkies