Category Archives: Radio

What You See Is What You Get First, obviously, it is an SDR with a frequency span of 192 kHz and a waterfall display. Frequency is displayed to a precision of 1 Hz Most radios have settings buried in menus … Continue reading →

Surprise The earliest projected delivery date was a week from today, but there it was in my mailbox. It arrived in a plain cardboard box that opened up to reveal:

After weather delays, my shiny new red Sunflash RD-666 receiver / music player is finally in my hands. I bought it at TEMU for $14.73, delivered. Woo hoo!

This is a semi-blind experiment, to try something new after bypassing the new Tecsun PL-520 and MLite-880 SDR. The price from Banggood is $72.99 including shipping, plus tax. They’re also available on Amazon for (gasp) $150 plus tax.

There’s been quite a stir with questions on social media about a new radio model from Tecsun, the PL-520. At first glance, it looks like a PL-330 with rounder corners, gray instead of black.

If at first you don’t succeed, order, order again. After returning the QFX R-333BT that I paid around $30 for because it was defective, I looked around on TEMU to reorder what I hoped to be a fully working model … Continue reading →

This thing is HUGE. The second thing is that it reminds me of my Evche EVCHE EC-2110BTS radio, although the latter is considerably smaller and less colorful. Both are MW/FM/SW radios that can be powered by D-cell batteries, both have … Continue reading →