Nicely done. Good thorough explanation of performance of the individual bands and excellent camera work. The Terk is hard to beat, for sure. Thanks for posting!
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
You're welcome, and thank you for watching. Have a good weekend.
@DG-zp2wz5 ай бұрын
I have the radio and I’m enjoying it very much. I am receiving FM stations my other radios do not pick up. Just a few hours after I received the radio, I upgraded it to version 2.00.1. What a difference! The AM can be selected to default to 10 kHz stepping and stations can be received to 1710 kHz. The RDS can be set to the America region instead of Europe. Auto scan works for all bands. I found that for AM, the telescoping antenna works well when the radio is outside, away from household interference. A few frequencies have noise from the radio’s display. The noise goes away when the radio display is turned off.
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
Thank you for the feedback. When you upgraded, did you do it on Windows 10 or 11? I have Windows 11, and the CH340 driver that is needed only says Windows 10, so I don't know if the driver would work on 11.
@DG-zp2wz5 ай бұрын
@@tvradio1972 I used Windows 11. I had no problem upgrading.
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
@@DG-zp2wz Thank you. I upgraded to v2.00.6 after finding out that it's a stable version of the firmware. There's lots of good additional features in version 2.
@winexprt5 ай бұрын
I only have a Mac. Is this upgradable via Mac? Also, where did you find the update for this?
@andysrandomness5 ай бұрын
Basically if you don’t live near the AM towers your reception needs the Terk Antenna is necessary I see the FM is stellar which is very good
@plls55 ай бұрын
The display is quite excellent.
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
I think so too.
@RadioWhiz2 ай бұрын
This radio amazes me its one of the Smartest radio I've ever seen it's like a cellphone but as a radio its the closest as a SDR
@box429294 ай бұрын
I bought this radio last month and received it a few days ago, but the high-frequency noise is serious when receiving AM radio. So, I purchased a ferrite core and when I receive it, I plan to attach it to a telescopic antenna and test whether it is effective in eliminating noise.
@tvradio19724 ай бұрын
That sounds good to me. I hope the setup works out for your Radio. Have a good day.
@joevalente89575 ай бұрын
wall warts ( low power adapters) affect am signals... for short wave a ground to the radio will improve it immensely.
@raymondmartin67375 ай бұрын
Good, I just ordered it on Amazon, should be here soon, for that price. I have several of these SDR type receivers. They usually do receive FM well. I would like to see HD more on receivers. Back in the early 2000's, I had a JVC receiver installed in my 2001 Camaro, which had HD, CD, and an ipod input. No blue tooth or thumb drive input back then. I have a few receivers with HD such as Insignia, Sangean and my new ETON multiband receiver😊
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
Cool! I hope you enjoy the new radio.
@raymondmartin67375 ай бұрын
@tvradio1972 😊 Thanks, it will be interesting to compare with my other SDR and standard receivers. We have a good FM location at about 300 feet, in the clear, about 30 miles NW of Boston, MA in Southern NH. My wife and I are both amateur radio operators and still go back to Westchester County NY, where we have mostly lived before. I have DXed FM and TV many times in the past. In the 1960's, I would take Black and White Polaroid, instant film, from reception far away, around a 1000 miles away, on TV, such as Florida, the and around the South Eastern US, even out west to Kansas, such as Channel's 3 and 6, not used in NYC. We do the same on amateur radio on the 6 meter, 50 Megahertz band, and on 10 meter, around 29 Megahertz repeater. On a 10 M repeater in Switzerland, I was able to reach Lebanon, briefly, last Thanksgiving.
@elmofx095 ай бұрын
I should add HDRadio to this radio in the next update
@RJDA.Dakota5 ай бұрын
How do you do that?
@raymondmartin67375 ай бұрын
I don't think adding HD fm is on a firmware update, but rather built in Hardware, on my Insignia, and other receiver with HD FM.😊
@RJDA.Dakota5 ай бұрын
@@raymondmartin6737 much what I thought.
@elmofx09Ай бұрын
@@RJDA.Dakotaby using a TEF6688 and SAF3607EL
@kayleemartinez88445 ай бұрын
What is your location? Are you on Long Island? If so, is it Hempstead, Brentwood, etc.. Picking up WAEB is quite the DX, but it also depends on your location and how high you are. Same with K104, most of the northern section of long Island can receive K104 out of Poughkeepsie, with a good antenna. If you are on the southern end, this is more difficult.
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
In Clifton, New Jersey, I can get WSPK "K104", but I have to point the antenna north/south. Pointing the antenna east/west gets me W284BW. That's just under regular conditions. When there's tropo, either WELJ or WQHQ will come in depending on propagation. Thank you for watching, and have a good weekend.
@skinnyblinddude16 күн бұрын
Hi Michael. Regarding the mediocre at best MW reception on the whip versus the passive tuned loop, the whip is receiving omni-directionally signals and RFI in your environment. Whereas the passive tuned loop is directional and can null RFI and focus on signals directionally. Take the set outdoors away from RFI sources and then try MW. How does it compare with the QODOSEN DX-286?
@tvradio197213 күн бұрын
I like the MW better on the DX-286 because it has a ferrite bar antenna, unlike the TEF6686 receiver. Both are great when using a passive loop, though.
@allisonegea18 күн бұрын
Olá não estou achando essa versão v1.18 poderia me passar onde posso baixar
@TheSecretVault5 ай бұрын
doesnt sound very FULL BAND to me... misses airband out... misses DAB for UK which is in the 200mhz range... and why doesnt it have 27 to 88mhz...
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
I don't know, but I guess that's the way the radio was made. I would have loved to have seen it go up to 30 MHz to cover all of the HF frequencies, though.
@AlexTheAudiogen2 ай бұрын
The 3.5 version is out
@winexprt5 ай бұрын
Hi Michael. Would one of those SMA Donut antennas work with this radio to improve AM station reception?
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
I don't know. I don't have one of those donut antennas.
@winexprt5 ай бұрын
@@tvradio1972 Thanks. How is the stock antenna on AM?
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
@winexprt Not very good. A passive loop antenna with a 3.5 mm to SMA adapter produces better results.
@user-dd2gq2qb1f5 ай бұрын
199:799
@jojojeep15 ай бұрын
The radio doesn’t have side band
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
No, it doesn't have single side band.
@paulziminskin2ghr2825 ай бұрын
What you mean is it doesn't have a product detector or a BFO so you can tune in SSB. Im sure it receives SSB @@tvradio1972
@jojojeep15 ай бұрын
Hello Michael, jojojeep Long Island
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
Hello jojojeep.
@colindoyle98765 ай бұрын
Looks likely get fm really
@MarioMania055 ай бұрын
How Good is the sound though Headphones?
@tvradio19725 ай бұрын
It sounds good on headphones. No low level hiss, and the FM is in stereo.
@ackroydaiackroyd93945 ай бұрын
No SSB so it's useless.
@digitalmediafan5 ай бұрын
Not exactly. The FM performance is outstanding and a must for any DXer. SW and AM also very good