My old man has had one of these sitting in the basement unused the last 30 or so years, maybe even longer. My wife and I have property in Maine that we hope to start building on in a year or so, I'll have to take his and either put it in the house, or in the workshop. Can't beat a free woodstove!

i got one from amazon ,mrcartool F118 has helped my works well ,and the amazon customers service also well done

whats you thoughts on CB & Ham iv all ways had a CB but not for several yr im thinking the combo would be golden OOO ya therea a jurk every wair its a internet thing sit behind your computer an rank some stranger out i dont get it thank you for the video

What is the black thing at the top?

Having problem downloading the app for Android. It says "downloading pending" for ever 😡

Now I've got to buy another radio 😮

Ciao, è possibile sostituire il display con uno più grande? Grazie mille

30 years of being a Ham I have always kept a CB in my vehicle, I love 10 / 11 & 12 meter and I am now in New York and 2M/70cm are all but dead, the contacts I make on those bands seem to be Canada LOL, when I was in the south you could call out mobile and monitoring on national simplex and someone would come back to you, not up here LOL the ch that seem to be most active for skip are 6 / 11 / 16 / 21 / 38 the mexican farmers hang out on Ch 9 now days R.E.A.C.T has all but died anyway everyone monitors 19 so if you need help LOL

I have a dream of owning one!

Thanks for the review. I like everything about this stand, but is the seemingly small height adjuster pin really rated for 3/4 tons, since that's all that's preventing the whole thing from collapsing? The one I have also has a pin for rough height ajdustment, probably smaller, but I only use it as a "helping hand" for things like hitch or ehxaust removal/installation.

So I bought a retektes shortwave. I’m wondering if this would work well. I want a passive listening shortwave option for emergency situations I have ham and gmrs license as well.

Thank you so much. About to attempt to fix my mower.

this page is so helpful as a beginer cb user 👍

I have a MLA-30+ indoors but i needed an outside antenna a bit sturdier to withstand the Wisconsin winters so I purchased a WV-601 for $189 and received it about a month ago. I installed it atop a 20 foot mast. So far I am VERY pleased. It is a low noise antenna and impressively sensitive. DX-ing is greatly improved on both Shortwave and SSB . It matches up well with my ICOM R75 and other portables such as the Tecsun 990X. I should also like to mention that while i did not obtain the antenna for MW listening the WV-601 is a stunning performer on the 540-1710 khz band as well. I'm looking forward to connecting the loop to my Whistler scanner and checking out UHF frequencies. For $189 it is a highly recommended bargain.

I was wondering I just got a new Striker 955 for my outbuilding set up as a base and I have the solarcon 18 ft antenna it doesn't seem like I'm able to really reach anybody I'm wondering do I need a little bit better power supply right now I've got the 13.8 but do I need to get something that I can adjust to be about 14.5 in order to be able to reach out there

I am glad you did a video on this. I was looking at these , I have a dx 302 and a dx 394 also. I really like realistic products, I like to see how many am radio stations I can pick up late at night always looking for better antennas to do that. How would you say it compares to the mla 30+? If you raise up into the air some more would you do another video showing how it does? I am envious of you moving out on a farm, I would have liked to have done that 30 years ago but I am to old now, do not like in town living but at least I do have a nice size garden that I really enjoy. Love watching you'r videos thanks for doing them

Fantastic I tell you that right now

Moral of the story, never trust a 500$ car to be anything else than a liability

50,000watts and 50 listeners. Shortwave is dead.

so you can't have a car battery indoors because of the gasses it emits. Can you use a Lithium Ion battery? Do they emit off gasses?

What if you aren’t able to get on your roof to mount an antenna? What alternatives are there?

Loved radio shack too..in canada they were replaced with the source...slowly the little project stuff was being dropped pretty well sucks now ..that a nice short wave radio

Are you a pilot by any chance? You sounded like one when you first started transmitting and saying how far away you were.

Also, you're saying "REE-TREE-VISS", but it's "RETEVIS" (Rêta-Viss. "You're welcome"

Hey neighbor, fellow North Carolina dude here, near the NC/VA line right about at the midpoint of our northern state-line in Rockingham County. Hope you weren't hit too bad by Helene. Nice video, I'm looking at a pair of these on ebay. The price is almost too low, so I'm skeptical of the real capability.

i have one bought brand new at sears- 1994----2595.00 best riding mower ever made-18 hp magnum-kohler-still use it today- i have the craftsman electric lift on mine still works great for implements - has over- 6000 hrs on it- runs perfect --/parts replaced over the years-///seat/starter/carb/battery/mandrals for blades/tires/fuel pump/blades/used it today---yes steering bushing is wore out fixing to replace it very sloppy steering-wish i could buy it again new

That's a cool receive antenna with some ears. 3.6-3.99 MHz LSB is the 80 meter ham band. 10.1-10.15 MHz is the 30 meter ham band - 30 meters is for data & morse code only. The real test would be seeing how the antenna handles 27.385 MHz LSB (CB channel 38).

also replaced fuel pump-/has a very strong trans -

hi i have one of these - craftsman 6000 bought brand new- in 1992 --2595.00-at sears -- i still have it and used it today -has a 18 hp-kohler magnum best motor ever made-/mine was a 44 cut- replaced starter / carb/ battery /---amazing trans and motor-i wish i could buy another one - love it

That a great loop antenna. They great for low noise ! Some times with them you can tune out noise by Turning them. Nice radio ! I miss Radio Shack ! They had great stuff ! I have the DX 440 one. WBCQ has a 250 KW transmitter they get out ! one of WMRI transmitters is 250 KW as well. Big tubes . Water cooled ones. Getting great recepting ! That could be fun at night for AM Dxing . I have tuned AM broadest 100's miles away . Even outher countries.

How is it powered ? or is it strictly a passive loop ?

Thank you for this fine review! I do have the Deshibo GA800, but that's mainly an indoor antenna. The 26cm circle can be used outside, but it needs to be kept from rain. The GA800 is an active antenna. It works fine on the lower frequencies when powered (active), but my experience on the higher frequencies (where, according to Deshibo, it's designed to be used passively) is not good... So I was very interested in your video. Though it's a passive antenna, it'll work better, since it's an outside antenna... If you buy it rightly (depends on the shop), you can get it for about 70 Euro (about 80 USD) here in Belgium. Though the screen of your radio was not readable very well (for us the viewers), I saw a lot of good reception. I would like to hear the difference with the MLA30+...

Thank you, Erik, for this great video! As a side question, do you have an advice for a Radio Shack DX-394 replacement, now in 2024? Maybe a scanner of some kind? Being older stuff, Radio Shack is not easy to find (second hand) outside USA... Thank you!

Erik, that antenna certainly has some potential for everyday and emergency communications. And, as you noted, a very quiet noise floor that beats the little loop I have :)

I know its an old video i just got one on amazon for 29 bucks they have five left as of this post.

Although I prefer outdoor long wire antennas up as high as I can get them, this is a solid solution for anyone with space constraints. Even if someone uses wires outside like myself, I might recommend setting up one of these small loops in an attic for a backup solution. Snow, ice, wind storms, etc. can take down outdoor antennas when you want/need them. An antenna like this can receive communications when you may need it most, and the outdoor antennas are down. With the wide frequency range of this antenna, pairing it with an inexpensive SDR receiver can also provide hours of entertainment.

I was gonna pick up an MLA today! Would you say this is better?

Link to purchase????

Mount it horizontally and it will receive well in all directions. BTW, I own the same receiver and it needs refurbishing. Any good leads?

I'm shocked, I know you were able to get 18 miles from a 4 watt radio on AM with the Tram 3500.... so I thought Side Band would be much further than 17 miles???... maybe the rain did play a factor... LOVE YOUR RANGE TEST VIDEIO"S ...I really appreciate you doing them.... I was able to do a 20 mile Tram 3500 video on AM .... but my radio puts out 11 watts dead key from the factory... now you have me thinking of doing a SSB range test.... thanks again!

I have one on my cobra built-in, but I still use external

Loop antennas are the way to go. This one looks amazing, I've an MLA 30 on my ATS25X1 and I swear I have 3 times the stations all over the band. Been watching your vids long enough to know if you can actually get more than one MW station... that's really something! Love that receiver. Great vid.

I have a mag loop antenna and it's directional for sure. Mine isn't rugged enough to leave it out in weather so I just set it up on the table when I use it. This one looks nice.

Shortwave radios are something I know little to nothing about. Not sure what I would do with one? Perhaps I need to check into them and find out their value a little better. I did enjoy the video,, and I learned a little something. Thank you Eric. May you have a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Reception sounds good, I only wish I could see what band you were listening to. You can’t make out what the display on the receiver says.

Thanks for the review. I'm still working on finishing my commo preps.

I thought you lived out in the stick factory? The sticks are more civilized, lol . Nice antenna! I’m sure with a little more elevation it will be outstanding.

thats a great short wave radio . usb/lsb. I miss Radio Shack.

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I made a loop aerial of my own for LW and MW. Made out of old floor boards, a broom handle and a metal tube set in a block of wood to support the broom handle. U was able to receive MW stations that were supposed to be out of range in Derby. Radio Wales was received without background hiss.