Please list which radios "can do it better and cheaper", Thanks!😀😀😀😀

@ifell3

4 ай бұрын

Plus 1

I have had one for quite a while, and it is quite versatile with the many bands covered. I do find some overload adjacent to a strong fairly nearby FM radio 📻 station.

I just returned one of these a few weeks ago. Really struggled to tune stations that are just "right there" with other radio. Wish I had seen this earlier. I was looking for something much smaller than my larger radios. Oh, well. But thanks for the great video. 73

I see this being included in a survivalist go bag along with one of those solar phone chargers. In such a situation there would be errr... much less QRM and perhaps no nearby broadcast stations to overload it. Those saying there are better options please include an external antenna connection, SSB mode and VHF, UHF, Airband in your alternative examples. Its market is that does everything in one compact device. Question, can it receive SSB on the VHF amateur bands?

Very much like your clear calm and relaxed review

Yo te tengo el mismo radio y si cuesta trabajo sintonizar en SSB pero en las demás modulaciones cómo AM, FM funciona perfectamente, es mi radio preferido para viajar

looks nice wee bit of kit that Matt ... and its picked me up quite well on 40m from Scotland

My Tecsun radios (PL-880 and PL-398BT) also use a 3.5mm jack for an external antenna.

Well, it is amazing to find all this in such a small radio. The size of the radio obviously makes the number of knobs and switches has to be limited. As far as I can tell by watching your video, the radio does a great job as it pulls in amateur stations with ease, of course mainly due to your outside antennas. It surely takes some getting used to how operate the radio in order to get the most out of it. But isn’t this what it’s all about? I’m sure hobbyists will like to find out all about it, I’d like that no doubt and spend time with it. This is not a radio for the average listener, it is for the traveller and enthusiasts who want to see what still is on the airwaves and don’t want to pay too much. In the EU Aliexpress asks around €80,- for it. Which would be reasonable yet the maximum what I would want to pay for it. Willem, Hekelingen, Holland.

A good pocket receiver for HF is the Tecsun PL360 or 368. The 360 is AM only, the 368 has SSB.

Would you consider a future video on what you perceive to be the best police/fire/EMS (emergency services) receiver? Thank you.

There are other receiver units out there, which one picks up the most ham bands?

I have a Sangean DT200-X radios that I use almost daily. If this Retekess had an AUX or SD/SDmicro input I would buy one. I contacted Sangean and suggested they add an AUX port. That way I could also listen to the numerous podcasts that I listen to daily and put on a Sansa Clip. I like the convenience of either speaker or earbuds instead of earbuds only.

Thanks for the insight to this radio. What would you recommend instead of this TR110? I like the fact that the coverage includes AIR, VHF and UHF and the Wx and Ham bands. But what others do this better in such a compact unit?

@davidgarza995

10 ай бұрын

C crane ssb 2 but 169$ and tecsun-pl330 but not as much coverage

For its price a really good spy gadget on the go on camping trips and having with you all the time. I even would have liked it to have no speaker at all and being half smaller using less battery.

I had the HanRongDa HRD-747 version and unfortunately my experience with it was a complete failure. I had 2 weeks of use with initially good results, at first then suddenly it went completely def. My guess is, there's a glitch in the ATT signal strength adjustment menu and now it just blocks all signals. I don't know if this problem is common or not , but I was very disappointed with the radio. I did get a refund.

I received mine last week. How do you go about adjusting the squelch?

3.5mm antennae jack is common for the tecsun longwave wire

@jamesslick4790

Жыл бұрын

Yep!

Is the display for the frequency as dim as it looks in the video?

i just ordered 1 from ali. where can i connect the antenna cable? to tv cable ?

If it was slightly cheaper it could be a goodish gift for the kids to play with and listen to short wave for the first time if there interested upgrade to a Belka DX, a stealth way to get the Belka with out the other half knocking your block off 😁

Thanks for all the great videos. Do you know the model number of the DSP chip in this radio?

@TechMindsOfficial

Жыл бұрын

I'm not entirely sure, I know it has the Si4732 I believe.

Can I use a BNC female to 3.5mm adapter and a Radioworld R 881 Super Gainer Scanner Antenna 25 1900Mhz antenna for this radio?

Does it set to WFM mode for VHF bands ??

This Is Really Cool FRR. I WANT IT, But Can`t Afford It :(

Maybe you didn’t adjust the “tuning step”. I have this radio and it took me a while to figure that out

how to change att to normal? my radio can only local and dx ? please help

What's different of the HDR747?

BL-5C battery is a Nokia 1100 battery so pretty common, a plus i'd think.

Trekker radio. For when size/weight matters.

I'm a causal viewer of your channel, so I seem to have missed important videos that you've done previously. You mention that there are better alternatives. Could you post links to your reviews of those better alternatives?

@cottonfoo

Жыл бұрын

Tecsun or Sangean would be a good place to start.

@eurekat

Жыл бұрын

@@cottonfoo Also so small? Which models? Thanks

@cottonfoo

Жыл бұрын

Some are comparable yes. PL-365? I don't know what country you're in, but just do a search to see the model ranges, there are a few from cheaper to much more expensive than the above.

@stevenemert837

Жыл бұрын

@@cottonfoo PL-330. Less expensive than this, has SSB, MW, FM, SW to 30 MHz. Slightly larger, but still very small. No air band, however.

@cottonfoo

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenemert837 Yeah perhaps, I think I have one somewhere. I have a PL-310ET, a missing 330, and two PL-880s (which sound amazing).

NICE handy 👌

I recall this fad in the early 70’s when there was a plethora of large transistor radios that claimed you could tune in to police / emergency services etc. Sounded great but once you have heard a few or even the local taxi cabs I did have to ask , what’s the point ?

just got one cant program it manula too unclear so i cant se it to scan bands i want to for 10 meters and

SSB sounds unlistenable with this radios baked-in automatic gain control. I’d like to see these manufacturers add in some user adjustable AGC settings.

is that true with the receiver overload, unusable agc etc. about this radio people say ?? from what i hear from this this radion in this video it sounds ok, no problem. how come there is this much discrepancy between this and what other people say about it ?

Can it receive 29.6Mhz FM? All mode doesn't mean all mode. ICOM made that mistake years ago.

Thanks for this superficial first review. Since it is a tiny mux, it will not sound great if not using heasphones and the question ism does it have a lot of birdies and what about intermod when on a wideband antenna ... how soft is the squelch gate and why did you not use it on the air band? How is the difference on the air band when listening to a weak (far away) ATIS with different bandwidth settings and how does it compare to other receivers. The beauty is that it is even smaller than the XHData D-808, so it is ideal on the go and you can listen to UHF as well. An A/B comparison with the XHData-D808 on an antenna splitter would be nice ... they cost almost the same but this one goes up to 520MHz and is even smaller. It seems the PLL locks very slow, which can be annoying when tuning into sideband signals, but since you didn't even try to get them tuned on the beat, it doesn't seem to matter anyway. I wonder if some people think that sideband has to sound off the frequency and distorted like hell ... they secretly like Mickey Mouse voices? ... it really doesn't have to be like that. When you set the AGC to slow and keep the RF gain low, people can sound spot on, just like AM BC or FM BC ... very clear and dynamic. Since we live in the GPS age, we can calibrate our transmitters to be spot on without tuning 100Hz up or down for hams who don't know and don't care. Do any of these radios / or this specific one support synchronous AM? Do they/this offer a USB sound card feature when connected, or is the USB power (charging) only? If it had an USB I/Q interface, running an external SDR program would open the world to various digital modes. But I guess that is wishful thinking?

@TechMindsOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Superficial? I want people to watch my videos not fall asleep with every bloody detail. 🫶

@-The-Darkside

Жыл бұрын

@@TechMindsOfficial I know you took his comment as an insult but as a fan, I think you could get extra content doing A/B comparisons with some items, maybe a techminds 2 channel for longer form videos or something like once a month Tuesday Test blowout. I dunno, just throwing shit out there, you've got the gear and the knowledge and some of us would watch it. Doesn't have to be 4 hours long. 10 mins of A vs B - same conditions - which do you think is the winner? etc

@TechMindsOfficial

Жыл бұрын

@@-The-Darkside brilliant idea Frank! Thanks for your comment, I’ve been toying with the idea of a second channel which would be more specific. Thanks again, watch this space :)

I ordered one of these, and had to send it back as it was as deaf as a doorpost. Couldn't pick anything up on it on any of the bands.

Can't it received tv frequency's ?

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do you think this is a Sangean under the hood? the icons/screen functionality and tuning behaviour makes me think of my 909x2

@edwardfletcher7790

Жыл бұрын

They've copied the Sangean features because it's the benchmark. It shares NOTHING in common.

@brettuk

Жыл бұрын

@@edwardfletcher7790 the icons for sleep looks identical. and the mute behaviour on changing frequency is something sangean users don't even want, so to say they replicated it ! lol

how do you get it to ssb,,,please,,,,,help,,,,its doing my head in

@alasdair4161

6 ай бұрын

Mode button, scroll down. Sorry so late, your head will be well done by now..

Not too shabby for the price.

We Need A Knob Tuner Thats Bluetooth For ANY SDR For Androoids And Windows.

Fantastic review again ! Shame that is crap for hundred :\ did anyone know good all band reciver but with better reception and small size ? I will appreciate any answer....

@christiankreps5920

Жыл бұрын

Tecsun Pl-368 or Belka

@-The-Darkside

Жыл бұрын

​@@christiankreps5920Belka is like 4 times the price lol.

@christiankreps5920

Жыл бұрын

​@@-The-Darkside no it isn't. If you are happy to buy direct from the manufacturer it currently sells for approx £130.

@pawekocur8961

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for reply. I can pay whatever for good reception and small size. That is for project, maybe You will see rewiev someday on this chanel..... Anyway,.God bless You guys

@pawekocur8961

Жыл бұрын

@@christiankreps5920 thanks so much. I haven't heard about this recivers. According to description that is what I was looking for. !🥹🥳🥳🥳

I got one of these just because of this video, i have wanted something this size with these features and its a good radio but with terrible software and shielding. I find on ssb that everything is 10hz low but the 1hz adjustment is actually 15hz so thats why people are having issues getting the tuning just right. The wheel only adjusts the frequency on 1hz sometimes 10 just doesn't work The controls are pretty confusing too, i wish the mode button changed the modulation and not the tune destroying freq bump. Im going to try put copper tape on the inside of the case to shield things as it works so well in the middle of nowhere

It looks like my Radioddity.

Missed the old intro music

@TechMindsOfficial

Жыл бұрын

You didnt watch till the end then! lol.. Ive bought back the now "old" intro music but at the end of the videos. It was just too generic and used by lots of other youtubers, so I needed to change. :-) Still, doesnt effect the content, I hope lol..

@TJVergerII

Жыл бұрын

That’s good to hear. I do regard your reviews as one of the best and often look for them. 73 KT3P

I have one of these. It's garbage. Reception on anything other than the broadcast bands is horrible. Go a bit bigger and get the XHData D-808 or the Tecsun PL-330 which are much much better.

@-The-Darkside

Жыл бұрын

Pl330 often gets pushed but it has issues too imo, I have one. Using the same antenna into a malahite and then a Pl330, the Pl330 often is weaker, more noise and generally poor. Good for a beginner but I soon outgrew it. I do love its scan features though. Also it doesn't cover airband and cb and marine etc. Just shortwave, mw, standard fm

@PavloD9

Жыл бұрын

Are there any good pocket-sized receivers on the market?

More info required... AM select on 136-143MHz? 225-399.975? All mode but is it? Looks like junk but interesting junk. Needs a bit of modding. Price ridiculous.

Хороший приемник, использую уже два месяца. Ловит много чего при определенных обстоятельствах. За это время ручка энкодера благополучно отвалилась-там очень, тоненький стержень. После вскрытия дисплей стал показывать восьмерки вместо цифр. Хотя работает, настраивается двумя кнопками на слух. В общем превратился в угадай мелодию-волну... И это все за 8 тыр. И опять качество....

Had one a few years ago. Total crap. Buttons stopped working.

@nrd515

Жыл бұрын

Since it wasn't available a couple of years ago, you must be a time traveler. Or.....

In Norway everything is dead in the year 2023. :(

Why not just get a uv-k5

I bought one it is very fragile !!!

For the money I'd rather get a SDR based receiver.

The joke is the SSB sounds 100 times better than TECSUNS PL-990 that cant even do SSB over 21 MHZ

I've bought one and returned it. Maybe I have received a defective unit but it was basically deaf compared to much cheaper radios. Even on the air band, my old TR-105 was beating it by far. On SW, the cheapest Xhdata D-219 was doing way better. Very fragile antenna, complex to use, mediocre battery usage time, all of this for almost 90 euros? no way. My worst radio purchase, ever.

@TechMindsOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Not worth the money imo.

@F4LDT-Alain

Жыл бұрын

@@TechMindsOfficial Most definitely not. For the same price one can buy a Xhdata D-808 which is a great radio. Of course, one loses the tiny gadget effect. But IMO the TR-110 is a failed attempt at packing up too many features (and bands) in such a small radio.

Not bad but, cost a little too much

gosh, the microphone is almost too sensitive. I don't need to hear like my ear is pressed up against the fellas jiggly neck while he speaks. 😒

Be OK at $19.99 😉

A review using External Antenna?! This is Useless.

@TechMindsOfficial

Жыл бұрын

It was to point out that the internal antenna is shite!

@TechMindsOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Just like the radio tbh

what's the point of a receiver only?

@TechMindsOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Does your car stereo transmit? 🤪

No way is it worth £90

@-The-Darkside

Жыл бұрын

47 on aliexpress if you look around. Still a bit much