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Battle of the under $50 shortwave radios
The market has certainly changed since 2011 when I wrote my article, What’s the best shortwave radio under $50? Today we’re looking at my current bottom-tier radios, ones with shortwave coverage that I could buy new today (July 16, 2023) … Continue reading
Posted in Product Reviews, Radio, Technology
Tagged Baijiali BJL-166, budget shortwave radios, Degen DE28, HanRongDa HRD-701, Kaito KA29, Kaito WRX911, Mesqool CR2015, Prunus J-429SW, Raddy RF75A, Rysamton YK-M03, Shortwave Radios, Tecsun DR-920C, XHDATA D-109, XHDATA D-219, Zhiwhis ZWS-603
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Rysamton YK-M03 FM/AM/SW Pocket Radio
In an attempt to give each of my radios at least a little love, I pulled down my Rysamton YK-M03 from the shelf today and gave it a whirl. Features For something with this basement price it has quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Product Reviews, Radio, Technology
Tagged Pocket radios, Rysamton, shortwave radio
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SSB!
I’ve owned a radio with SSB and CW reception at least since I was 17 years old back in 1967, starting with the Lafayette Radio Electronics KT-340 I built from a kit. I got into collecting shortwave radios a decade … Continue reading
Posted in Product Reviews, Radio
Tagged Eton Elite Executive, RDL-SDR Blog, shortwave radio, SSB, Tecsun PL-330, Tecsun PL-660, Tecsun PL-880, XHDATA D-808
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Tecsun PL-660 vs PL-880
I’ve owned my Tecsun PL-660 since 2011 (12 years). It’s not the newest version of that radio –there have been firmware updates since then — but it works well, and is arguably the best radio I own. More recently the … Continue reading
Posted in Product Reviews, Radio
Tagged shortwave radio, Single Sideband, Tecsun PL-660, Tecsun PL-880, WWV
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Blog or Die: The Movie
Subscribers to the Blog or Die! YouTube channel expect to see radios doing the talking, with some occasional titles to give context. In large part, those videos supplement the detailed reviews of radios and discussion of shortwave listening that appear … Continue reading
Posted in Radio, Social Media
Tagged Music 4 Joy, Shortwave, Tecsun PL-880, video, YouTube
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PL-330 or D-808?
Someone asked me on my Blog or Die! YouTube channel which radio I would recommend to someone just getting started with the shortwave listening hobby, the Tecsun PL-330 or the XHDATA D-808. Both were briefly featured in the video, and … Continue reading
Posted in Product Reviews, Radio
Tagged OfficialSWLChannel, Sihuadon D-808, Tecsun PL-330, Testing radios, XHDATA D-808
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Music (?) 4 Joy
Music 4 Joy is a broadcast carried by a commercial station in Nauen, Germany, that consists of an hour of what some have called “techno” music with no announcements. It’s like random notes accompanied by a drum machine. The audio … Continue reading