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Daily Driver Weather Radio: HRD-908 or ZWS-2514?

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Getting to Know You: HanRongDa HRD-908

I took my new HRD-908 outside at around sunset local time (00:39 UTC) to see what it could do. It hits the ball out of the park on FM. The speaker is great, MW sucks and so does the manual. … Continue reading

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Exceeding Expectations: HanRongDa HRD-908

There is no hint in the Amazon product description that this emergency radio has app control, but it does. The same Radio-C/Radio-CT app that I’ve enjoyed with other radios like the HRD-757 and Raddy RF75A, also works here. Unboxing

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Incoming Radio: HanRongDa HRD-908

Update: There is a less expensive edition of this radio sold under the Zhiwhis brand, the ZWS-908. Update 2: It disappeared from Amazon. This one caught me by surprise. I have a LiJiANi Rd908 emergency weather radio. My wife is … Continue reading

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Santa’s Nice Radio list for 2025

Unlike my “Top Ten Portable Shortwave Radios for 2025,” these are not necessarily the best you can buy, but ones that I think bring something worthwhile to the table, and are good value. They’re ones that I personally use and … Continue reading

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Size Matters?

A snippet of discussion occurred on the OfficialSWLChannel YouTube channel. Someone commented in the chat that the Zhiwhis ZWS-C919 had a telescopic antenna almost a meter long! I replied, to some surprised reactions, that the Tecsun PL-990 telescopic was the … Continue reading

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Zhiwhis ZWS-C919 Product Review – Part 2

Performance MW/FM The Daytime Band Scan had surprising results: Given the nearly 1-meter long telescopic antenna, I fully expected superior FM performance, and I was not disappointed — it delivered a top scoring 88 stations, but given the radio’s size … Continue reading

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