MIDLAND ER310 Bad News / Good News (Bonus Antenna Tips)

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@peterbaugh51 Ай бұрын

Your second method of collapsing the antenna for storage is the correct way. That is the way I have done it since I was 8 years old and got my first radio. To me it was common sense. Don't do what they do on TV and movies, that's just for show. Also I want to note that I have the Midland ER-210, a lower price, and has never failed. These Midlands are Great radios. Forget air band and weather band on your little short wave portable, get one of these Midlands and use the power port to power the other radios. If you want to record sources, you can get a Tascam handheld digital recorder for $119 and record from any source you want. Including stereo audio from microphones built-in or external, or line in. Thanks for the video.

@cfldriven Ай бұрын

Peter, I learned the correct way after the TV way resulted in a broken antenna. Was just a kid so I had to live with it since I didn't the money to fix or replace. I agree the Midland is the best emergency radio around, with the CCRadio Solar a close second, although more expensive. While I have a few of the shortwave radios those are more for entertainment. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share.

@peterbaugh51 Ай бұрын

@cfldriven You are very welcome, Sir. Have a very merry, healthfull and happy Christmas to you and yours. God bless us all.

@ruubski Ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. Concerning the antenna... Can't you just spray wd50 on it to make it smooth?

@cfldriven Ай бұрын

I didn't want to coat the antenna with WD40 or any other lubricant, and a properly constructed antenna just shouldn't have this issue. My $7.35 XHDATA D-219 has a great antenna. Of course that fact that it came apart shows this one antenna was defective.

@ibabnormally4752 6 ай бұрын

Bad news? Seriously? Now you have two radios. I have the same ER310 and I love it. If anything, I would say that it's over built, and I mean that in a good way. I have compared it to others in the same category and they all fall short at some point. The rechargeable battery is easily replaceable and is huge compared to similar radios. They are cheap and I bought a spare. Plus, six AA batteries is hard to beat. Reception is very strong. Go Midland!!

@cfldriven 6 ай бұрын

I would have rather not have the antenna fall apart, but at least Midland stands by their product. I agree it a well built and designed ready beating out most of the competition. Thank you for sharing.

@BobSmith-x3p 2 ай бұрын

Why don't you lubricate the aerial with a dry formula like PTFE?

@cfldriven 2 ай бұрын

I did think of using graphite, but not Teflon. It would not have helped with the antenna separating as that just came apart. Thank you for the tip.

@Valle_roni 3 ай бұрын

Thanks bro greetings from central america, this was a great video, I´m currently thinking about buying it to my mom, she likes to listen the radio everyday in the morning and I think this is a good device. Best regards Man!

@cfldriven 3 ай бұрын

Just realize the weather bands are set for the USA freqs. The AM and FM should work fine.

@centralcaliforniaman 3 ай бұрын

thanks a lot for this advice! may try to get my hands on a ER310 during late fall-early winter, so this video for sure came in handy for future advice!

@cfldriven 3 ай бұрын

We just experienced Helene and this radio was great to have.

@grahamcracker659 2 ай бұрын

this is very scare, my cat is sad

@cfldriven 2 ай бұрын

@@grahamcracker659 Maybe your cat needs a Midland for music and weather reports.

@enricofermi67 2 ай бұрын

The antenna is a weak spot on this radio. It's in too tight but must be pulled out slowly and carefully. Insert it the same way to prevent damage.

@cfldriven 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience with this radio. On my replacement radio the antenna operates a lot smoother than the first radio. I'm still careful to slowly push each section into the base.

@Viperbob 6 ай бұрын

Still trying to get the antenna out an find the swivel. Don’t want to break the antenna. Any suggestions without extra force being used? Thanks bob from New Jersey.

@cfldriven 6 ай бұрын

Bob, I would try placing it in the refrigerator and allow it to cool down and check if the metal contraction allows the swivel point to come out. Afterwards maybe a bit of graphite to lube the base element.

@Viperbob 6 ай бұрын

@@cfldriven what I did was put a real small tad of my knife 10 weight oil on it an opened it up to that point. Placed it up so the oil may go down an opened an closed it a few times. It worked. Now I’m afraid to completely close it. It’s open with the antenna up but all but the last closed. Oil wiped off, mostly. Your suggestion was going to be next. Thanks for your suggestion. Bob from New Jersey

@cfldriven 6 ай бұрын

@@Viperbob As you saw in the video the new radio antenna is stiff so today I applied a tiny amount of lock graphite and it made it smoother without making it too loose. Let us know how your experiment goes.

@Viperbob 6 ай бұрын

@@cfldriven well the oil apparently worked. I’m kind of not placing it back in at least for the near future. I’ve cleaned all the oil off the antenna hopefully. The radio just sits in the windowsill almost fully charged. The few time it’s been thunderstorms it’s worked well. Don’t get much else here but the very rare hurricanes. Once again thanks for your tip. Bob from New Jersey

@cfldriven 6 ай бұрын

@@Viperbob Congrats on the fix. My ER310 also sits on the window sill, although on occasion when working outside I will run it all day long without a care about the battery running low.

@if5566 3 күн бұрын

@1:58 why would I listen to a guy who just got done telling us he broke his antenna @1:20? Har har!

@cfldriven 3 күн бұрын

LOL, as a kid I did break an antenna doing the Hollywood push it down from the top move, lessen learned. On the Midland the antenna came apart as I was extending it. Fortunately they took care of it. Thank you for watching and writing in.