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Thanks again to Zhiwhis for funding the purchase of this radio/player. The ZWS-A330 arrived via USPS just one day after I ordered it from Amazon. I confess that I’m excited about the potential of this radio. It has a ton of features, and specifically SSB.

Unboxing

Now I have the Zhiwhis-branded version of the product manual, and here’s the PDF version. The PDF is a little newer than the HanRongDa variant I uploaded a few days ago.

It’s not important, but I like the design of these Zhiwhis product boxes.

The Zhiwhis ZWS-A330 multiband radio with app control is now available on Amazon US for $89.77, less a current $10 coupon. I got my order in before 8AM today, and they’re promising delivery tomorrow!

I’ve already included what usually accompanies an “incoming radio” post in my Anticipated Incoming Radio article, but I can now show the official product photo, and of course I now have the price.

Sort of.

I have a 20-foot wire diagonally running up to a tree that I called it my WUP antenna for (Wire UP tree). The Internet said no — not a proper acronym. So I changed it to WUT.

Now, I have just installed a new antenna; it runs under the floor joists of my back porch. It is a a true WUP antenna (Wire Under Porch). It replaces my WOW (Wire Out Window) antenna which has been taken down.

It turns out that the old WOW antenna was broken. Its earth ground wire had been cut probably when gardening activity occurred, and that whole BALUN thing was probably doing nothing. But, I digress.

Zhiwhis sent me an email in reply to some manual corrections I provided them about their ZWS-802 radio and they thanked me for my input and reviews with a gift card. They also included a note about a new radio they said would be available soon on Amazon (hint, hint). Well of course I’m going to use the gift card to buy the radio.

They included this product photo: