Retekess radio roundup: a range of receivers reviewed rigorously

[@vwestlife]

If you want to see what's inside the TR604 radio, Fran Blanche did a teardown of it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sITPmplqpZKIgq8

[@kyrengorkian]

She revealed that the audio IC is a D2822M. Radio IC - 16 pins - was not identified. Anyone know what it is? Speaker is 3.5 inch round (metal construction) with a decent sized magnet. Tuning is achieved by a 100K variable resistor which lends itself to an easy modification to create a radio with 4 or 5 presets (as I proved to myself recently when assembling an FM radio kit).

[@MiiMaker]

No, I want my sandwich!

[@ltfringr]

The V115 is a steal for its price. I bought it for college and made some great memories listening to community radio at night. It's also a passable aux speaker for being with friends.

[@kevinlee9247]

It's nice to hear WQXR clearly.

[@md-1988]

A new VWestlife vid pretty much right as I got done preparing midnight snack. Gotta like that

[@passager01]

I have just bought the Retekess TR604. Good reception and strong, clear sound. I don't understand some people criticizing its bad AM reception , my other radios ( Panasonic 2400, Philips TAR2506 and Grundig Music 60 ) don't do better on AM.

[@TheTapeDiscMan]

3:04 I want my sandwi-

[@upliftingsiren]

Lol

[@z1power]

One interesting thing about the V115 is that if you plug it into a PC it turns into a USB sound card and plays PC sounds. Good if you need to prop up the sound from a laptop.

[@StevenS757]

Some interesting radios, especially the 4th one. Retekess is certainly trying to make a name for themselves.

[@cata_s2020]

I didn't expect a new video today ... nice one like all the others!

[@That_RandomNerd]

Which company is gonna copyright strike VWest first? Place your bets now

[@vwestlife]

I already got a copyright claim from WMG for the few seconds of bumper music that NPR played. I disputed it as Fair Use.

[@und4287]

So, WMG won, I guess.

[@bobadkins7377]

Nice string of “Rs” in that title. Good patient review of several radios. Your reference to the GE Superradio reminded me of how great that one is, hard to find a genuine one. I operate a Part 15 station here in my area, on AM, I purchased a Panasonic 2400D for my daughter to listen in. The large AM FM radio looks very much like the one I bought. It also has a very good receiver. Thanks for posting.

[@CoreyDeWalt]

I got one at a yard sale for 5 bux. Like new :)

[@stevenk195]

C Crane EP is a good replacement.

[@velvetpilot2008]

3:04 I WANT MY SANDWI----

[@uxwbill]

It would be interesting to know if Retekess actually watched this review and might make some of the mentioned improvements. I suspect they have at least watched it. The audio from that PR12 radio was really crisp, almost too much so!

[@zach7175]

I just noticed that the autofocus and the auto exposure is different than normal. Also, KZbin says it’s 720p.

[@vwestlife]

I was using a JVC standard definition camera.

[@stonent]

Yeah it looked almost like Hi-8.

[@breakcoregirlxd]

I love the look of it, last SD camera I used was a Sony DVD handycam from early 2000s but the quality of videos that produced is way worse. I'm not sure if that was a restriction of the dvd format or the camera itself

[@yetanothersubscriber5070]

Looks great. Never understood the fuss about FHD, 4K... on videos that don't require it. :-)

[@DVINTHEHOUSEMAN]

That comic sans at 12:53

[@und4287]

welcome

[@Alexis_du_60]

Hello Comic Sans my old friend... (lol)

[@SlinkyStoney]

Also don't forget on the Times New Roman.

[@vincentliew9763]

Dad has the 2nd radio, identical but different brand & it's in white colour. The aux input is sort of a mystery, instructions manual claimed aux socket is shared with the "type mini-B" charger port, but you gotta buy a "mini-B" converter to 3.5mm male/female cable to work. High volume consumes battery power. Lastly, the LED light will light up (very dim) during charging but will not switch off, if fully charged. That's all I could share.

[@barovelli]

I still have my GE Superadio, best camp radio ever. And the radio term for FM with no hiss is "Full Quieting" in the ham radio circles.

[@AussieTVMusic]

Me too Superadio original. Still going strong after 40 yrs.

[@bobadkins7377]

Barovelli great radio to have! Hang on to it! I look for these at hamfests, yard sales, etc.

[@CoreyDeWalt]

I use one every day and I can agree that the tuner dial calibration is awful, but its still a wonderful radio.

[@ABCEasyas--]

Best radio ever. It’s perfect for dxing.

[@antonio1681]

Hi VWESTLIFE, I appreciate your airomate video as my station now has RDS. Thank you and I liked this video.

[@domlimited1264]

vary good reviews on the different radios excellent quality of content keep up the good work

[@AMDRADEONRUBY]

Nice video I love it! Your the best

[@aperson6955]

Amazingly awesome alliteration!

[@dariodelo26]

Anyone else want a tech collection video?? Like if you agree.

[@spicemasterii6775]

Can be used as a sleep inducing device. Just tune to NPR.

[@Recordology]

Lol

[@cookingwithchefjeff]

You win!

[@tonipepperoni3424]

Radio is so perfect for falling asleep it's always there

[@EricICX]

I unironically fall asleep to NPR lol

[@KRAWofficial]

Or a blank frequency lol

[@marktmdyorkshire7610]

Love your videos, the v115 looks like a good device for me to take to work.

[@caturdaynite7217]

The V115, i just bought one on Amazon and I like it. The plastic piece at the end of the lanyard is for ejecting SD cards. You have to wind it around the back to use it. If you try to wind the cord around the front it doesn't reach. If you have long nails or big fingers this would be a good feature.

[@Kx7nnnnnnnnnB66]

Pretty good that you can get radio from long island to NJ .great reviews .keep up the great work.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

You can never have too much radios to chose from. However personally i'm not comfortable with built in LiPo batteries and all digital inputs for volume and channel browsing. Yeah, FLAC, OGG and WAV would be nice to have on one of such radios that also function as mediaplayers. The red LED display really is pretty neat. Doesn't blind you when you use it in dark environments or at night. Recording some radio program on the micro SD card would be also great (like on the V115). Preferably as PCM WAV. The voice recording feature is pretty useful and sounds actually usable.

[@howardwayne3974]

I have a transistor Am Fm i got from radio shack years ago that takes a 9 volt battery and it's still chugging along just fine . my only problem is i notice that more and more things are being made to take 2 or 3 double A or triple A batteries , are they going to stop making 9 volt batteries and if so is there a way I could alter the circuits to accept a double A ?

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@@howardwayne3974 Yeah chinese made radios are notorious for their weird nonstandard 4,5 Volt power usage… And yea… either AAA or AA. And about your Radio.... mhmm I dunno, maybe it could work with battery adapters. In a 9 volt block are literally 6x 1,5V AAA cells inside. So technically there should be a re-usable battery adaptor that houses AAA batteries and use it as a 9 Volt block.

[@ShawnTewes]

11:00 I have a similar all-in-one portable (in the shape of a car) with red LED's and a mini-USB port. It came with a cable with mini-USB male on one end, and the other end it splits to full USB (for charging) and 3.5mm male (for aux input). It seems the mini-USB port uses the pins normally used for data lines as signal input for left and right, and the audio ground is shared with the power ground. Your USB cable seems to be split at the mini-USB end as well.

[@kpanic23]

Same, but different: Mine is in the shape of an apple. Annoyingly, it defaults to full volume when switched on.

[@jeffking291]

Retekess is a company that one really WANTS to like. They have some interesting radios. The problem is that the radios just come up short. Like they don’t finish them. ITS THE LITTLE DETAILS. People WILL pay for a better radio. (( a good example: XHData/Radiwow. Two great radios, people can’t buy enough of.)) Put more thought into your electronics, and finish them. Higher quality radios that perform, rather than being JUST ADEQUATE. A bunch of bells and whistles, ( tons of extras), but don’t work very well when the radio doesn’t perform very well. 📻🙂

[@BavarianM]

XHdata and Radiwow are Poop Tecsun has much better products

[@jeffking291]

David Piçarra Tecsun has been making radios for Eton/Grundig for a couple of decades. I have some 11 Tecsun radios. They really do work hard to bring forth great radios, BUT, my point is that XHData is relatively NEW to the World Market. I have their D-808, and it is definitely NOT “poop”. It is an excellent radio, at a good price. You may call it what you will, people cannot get enough of them. It is a radio well thought out, well executed. High quality. This is my opinion, but seems to be the opinion of many others who own a D-808. 📻🙂

[@dotmatrixmoe]

Sony radios from the 70s never disappoint! Got it from an old neighbor and it sounds really crisp. Where it lives now? My room.

[@jeffking291]

@@dotmatrixmoe I have many radios in my collection. Sony, Panasonic, and Zenith, always the best ❗️ I also like Toshiba, hitachi and Sharp. 📻🙂

[@dotmatrixmoe]

@@jeffking291 I agree! Sharp and Panasonic were my buddies growing up. They make nice tube TVs as well!

[@pixoariz]

Hi, VWestlife, I bought a TR-604 on the basis of your review and like it. I can confirm the 'crackling' with high AM modulation levels. I have a ChezRadio Part 15 station, and experimented with modulation levels up to +130% or so positive (95% negative) with a Schlockwood processor. I theorize that something about the radio's DSP is unhappy with very high positive modulation levels. The radio is perfectly fine with normal, 100% modulation. This issue may come and go as not all stations supermodulate, and for those that do, extra positive modulation varies with program material.

[@stevenk195]

TR-604W fixed noise problem.

[@Madness832]

Mega Bass -- hopefully Sony won't get their panties in a bind!

[@BavarianM]

The bass is pretty mega on it

[@BavarianM]

@@passatb6break wrong

[@ScarletAmethyst]

I noticed that all the Retekess radios except for the TR604 say TF Card instead of microSD card. I guess Chinese companies use TF Card instead of microSD to avoid having to pay licensing fees to the SD Association to use the name and logo.

[@DigitalMoonlight]

MicroSD is a superset of TransFlash (TF). You can't get actual TF cards anymore nor the readers but the name stuck around since SanDisk never bothered keeping the trademark active. Modern SD readers can still read real TF cards as it follows the original SD spec as well as what became SDHC.

[@negolfman]

I heard from a trusted source, the V 115 has a secret feature, you can listen VHf and UHF, including air band try this first choose an OEM frequency for example 1225 KHZ press and hold record you must have a memory card inserted when it starts recording press FM slash AM and the mode keys that's all now tune it to 122.50 MHz it works by tuning shortwave as well the frequency is in kHz goes to VHF or UHF enjoy

[@chuckdaddyfanfics]

I just got me a TR-604 from Amazon, partially because of this video. While I agree with you that it has good reception and sound quality, for me, a disappointing part of this radio is the build. Now, for a little less than 30 dollars, I wasn't expecting something built like an absolute tank, but I was expecting a bit more than what I got. As it stands, the radio feels very plasticky and cheap, almost more like a toy than a piece of electronic equipment. That's the one drawback I would mention to someone considering buying the TR-604.

[@roberto_bocchetti]

Hello, I bought a Retekess TR626 and I am happy about it. Any plans to review it?

[@recordeer8282]

Just when you thought there weren't enough radios in the world already...

[@raymondmartin6737]

Again a nice review of these receivers. I was impressed with the larger Retekess portable's reception and sound. It's interesting to see the differences in quality among receivers from the same company. I like listening to radio jingles like Jams, etc.

[@jhsteddy]

VWestlife riding on the Retekess Express.

[@cuoops]

The AM and shortwave stations will probably come in better if you went outside away from all the wallwarts and electronics. Or even another part of the house which I have found works.

[@JoeyM1991]

LOL...I WANT MY SANDWITCH!

[@warifaifai]

3:04 I WANT MY SANDWICH

[@gg_vard]

Definitely wasn't expecting to hear Greek 11:55 when I went looking at your older videos

[@YogeshwarVaithyanathan99]

You caught a couple of Indian stations I guess! Sending you love from India!

[@reginaldlawrence412]

Great video.

[@NJRoadfan]

The artifacts you hear on the WKXW-FM recording is NOT MP3 compression artifacts, its their broadcast feed! Its had that metallic underwater sound to it for at least a year now. I don't know what they did to their processing chain, but it equally sounds like crap on analog FM and HD now.

[@vwestlife]

It's probably a digitally compressed STL (studio-to-transmitter link) from their studio to the transmitter site.

[@SpectreGR]

I did not expect to hear old Greek music on 12:00

[@EmergencyChannel]

What AM broadcaster do you own? I apologise if it's been covered in a previous video.

[@vwestlife]

I showed it at the end of the video. It is a Harris AMS-G1 C-Quam exciter. I did a video about it several years ago.

[@michaelturner4457]

Yay!!! more cheap AM/FM radios from China.

[@howardwayne3974]

My wife and I were trapped in rubble during a earthquake and we very often wondered if anyone knew there were people trapped . not only us , but others as well . someone had a cheap Chinese made Am Fm radio and we could faintly hear news broadcasts . we could hear the newscaster talking about a building being worked on and it was ours !!! That little radio gave us so much hope !!!

[@SmilyTheMare]

Howard Wayne wow glad u made it out

[@howardwayne3974]

@@SmilyTheMare thank you !!! No matter how dire , never give up hope !!!

[@bk3289]

Not everyone can afford high end expensive stuff. Count your blessings

[@michaelturner4457]

How many y'all want? I got a ton of the things here.

[@GreenAppelPie]

Thanks, I’ll stick with my Sony ICF-38, my only complaint is that it uses 4 AA batteries that drain mildy swiftly. But it also uses AC so no biggie, the sound is vastly superior. It does nothing else but AM and FM.

[@pioneerz450]

BL5C is a nokia battery, it's nice that they are being used elsewhere. Means my little candybar phone can get a new battery whenever!

[@jpolar394]

Any electronic devices that have non replaceable batteries, don't expect them to last over 2-3 years. The batteries will soon be able not to hold a charge. I still have a mobile phone that I use daily that I can replace the battery and the phone is going on 7 years old, flip phone and no issues.Replaced the battery 3 times @ 6 dollars each.

[@vwestlife]

The non-replaceable battery in my 2006 iPod Shuffle is still working, although it doesn't last nearly as long as it used to.

[@joeblow8593]

Thanks for the review. I have a couple of questions. Do you know if there any one of these are on the market that use AA batteries (instead of a rechargeable battery), uses regular thumb drives and displays both song title and artist? Seems everything out there that plays MP3's uses rechargeable batteries. My preference for AA batteries would be camping or during an extended power outage where recharging would be impractical. Also did you get a chance to see if the TR 604 was selective enough to pickup Philadelphia FM stations from your Central NJ location? Thanks

[@vwestlife]

None that I know of. The TR604's selectivity is very good, especially on AM. It was able to distinguish nighttime skywave signals on 1690 and 1700 kHz. But it seems to have AFC on AM because if one of those signals faded out it would automatically switch to the other and vice versa.

[@joeblow8593]

@@vwestlife Thanks

[@AaronSmart.online]

USB solar chargers are useful for camping

[@RJDA.Dakota]

The V 115 has shortwave. Not a dx machine but does get some neat stations.

[@BavarianM]

It's baaad

[@huntercarver1851]

I swear you should try the TR605 I love that little radio!!! Also the TR618

[@joistein]

Who use Am now? FM and SW are mostly used in Europe.

[@stvpls]

here in italy still used and even new music stations came not so long ago, one wich broadcasts only 70s 80s 90s music

[@klafong1]

Western North America still does. For example, although the Canadian Broadcast Corporation has moved most of its broadcasts to FM over the last 25 years, they have kept some of the high powered AM stations active (540, 690, and 1010), as these reach sparsely-populated rural areas.

[@retekessradio1714]

AM and SW are still useful when you're going camping in a mountain, or if you live in a town far from the city. There are not many FM stations in these areas, the best bands are AM and SW.

[@Gadgetdad007]

What type of card are you using in the radios ?

[@Buy-n-large]

canyon.mid what a classic!

[@vwestlife]

This is Virt's recreation of it.

[@kevin12567]

@@vwestlife I thought it was the MIDI file being played on Roland Sound Canvas like LGR demoed on his MIDI stack.

[@JaredConnell]

Lgr approves

[@X-OR_]

Part 15 Forever !!

[@bobadkins7377]

X-OR RioRadio, AM 1620, Rio Grande, Ohio! That’s my station, we’ve been on the air about a year.

[@HIDLad001]

The PR12 is my favorite

[@tech_and_stuff_2022]

7:43 It might be a fake Nokia phone battery. Try with a real Nokia battery and see if the radio would work.

[@Mk-uh4jo]

I believe, and I emphasize believe, that if all you have is stereo headphones you can simply not plug them in all the way. Plug in to the first notch but not all the way in. It you push it in all the way simply pull it back a bit and the head phone will work mono.

[@Alxasaurus]

The first time I heard of Retekess was from Lockpickinglawyer for some reason. And yes, it was a digital keypad.

[@seancuthbert4587]

My Eton (Grundig) field bt radio has the same clipping distortion on AM. Its a hardware limitation of the dsp chip. When I tune off slightly by 1Khz, The soft muting reduces the audio slightly and the distortion goes. Quality improves slightly as well. I too would love to see better mp3 recording on the V115. Its a great travel radio. I use it to log and record pirate radio stations on my travels. I also noticed on the v115, if you switch it to 9Khz spacing, you can manually enter the frequency and tune in 1Khz steps. This allows you to have a fantastic audio bandwidth on AM.

[@BavarianM]

The V115 is terrible No sensitivity,bad AM sound and full of internal interference Noisy FM ,weak SW..... Do I need.to continue?

[@TheTapeDiscMan]

what's the name of the Indian radio station in 10:38?

[@cheesehore]

A Google search should get you a few stations.

[@vwestlife]

EBC Radio.

[@Stoner916sac]

I got the v115. its pretty decent especially for 20 bucks! Good to have and a standard battery which is nice. nokia batt if I'm not mistaken

[@sonijam]

I really like my Sangean radios but I've been curious about Retekess.

[@Gadgetdad007]

Does the retekess v115 have problems with the sandisk extreme sd cards. Or do i need to use another type of sd card ?

[@olradguy]

The GE superadios were some of the best performing and sounding portables made although in my opinion they screwed up on the superadio 3, that version did not have the tapped loudness control, or the tweeter speaker, also that version used a varactor diode tuning system and like you said dial calibration was poor and I think that was mostly the fault of the varactor tuning system, the only improvement the 3 had was AM wideband switch, if GE would have kept all the features of the superadio 2 and added the AM wide-normal switch it would have been truly a superadio as it was the superadio 2 was the best version, also the on-off push button switch on top was a nice feature too.

[@lobsterwhisperer7932]

The interference you're having, specifically AM reception, probably has to do with all the tech you have?

[@TheTapeDiscMan]

9:35 that's the local frequency for Sabah FM in Kota Belud, East Malaysia

[@fungo6631]

Or many other stations around the world

[@EastAngliaUK]

I got a new nice Roberts radio last week its Internet and USB to the 94i seems a good radio.

[@CoasterMan13Official]

I have a boombox made my them. It sounds awesome and has bluetooth!

[@jrmcferren]

Glad to see the review. I've made some comments on each radio. On the PR12, I agree with that, in fact I would totally pass on that. On the PR11, Nokia Cell phone batteries are very common on Chinese electronics as I have a handheld keyboard that uses a Nokia battery. Direct entry is cool, I've only seen direct entry on radios that have FM (and/or AM) as secondary functions. When you got to the AM section I would also have to pass on it too. On the V115, that's almost one I would buy, but the poor AM/SW reception and poor recording make it a pass. On the TR604 that looks more like one I'd be interested in. Since the analog dial seems to operate a digital tuner I'd be interested in seeing how the AFC handles a strong station on 104.7 and a weaker station on 104.3. Ultimately the AM issues make this a pass for me too.

[@STEVSGONE]

Do these radios have shuffle on the MP3 play back?

[@vwestlife]

No shuffle mode.

[@STEVSGONE]

@@vwestlife I'm sorry to hear that.

[@retekessradio1714]

V115 has shuffle mode when playing music, other models do not.

[@joshm264]

I'd recommend reviewing the Tecsun R-9012 radio. It has AM, FM, and shortwave, and is quite sensitive to shortwave stations

[@brigganthewolf1461]

Just wait till you get (and restore) a Zenith Transoceanic D7000Y...will blow all that chinese stuff off the shelves with ease. Especially under a metal roof.

[@joshm264]

@@brigganthewolf1461 I looked at ALL my local thrift stores and Craigslist markets, and couldn't find a thing

[@Ciborium]

That preacher sounds like a parody of the kind of preachers you find on AM radio.

[@ianmathews]

I'm curious about the battery life - TF card vs radio. PR11 looks like a great travel radio. Is there a clock or alarm?

[@vwestlife]

No clock or alarm.

[@wgrantha4438]

Great video!

[@Ciborium]

Now, if they were to take that Indian analog radio and put it in a nice case like this, they'd have a winner!

[@ArndroidInc]

Timestamp 6:17 what was that song?

[@vwestlife]

Virt's version of "Trip Through the Grand Canyon" (CANYON.MID).

[@DanielQwerty]

If you could grade a Crosley Cruiser, what would it be

[@traxonwax]

Could you get WLNG.? While I enjoy that station, not too long ago, they were really old school with the time chime and crazy amounts of jingles, not to mention life to air 24/7. By the way, your AM station sounds really good. I noticed that the signal might be on the verge of overloading the receiver. That’s the nature of many AM radios. In my area 590 VOCM at 20kw just sounds awful yet 640 CBN sounds great. Just as loud as VOCM. 800 VOWR is somewhere in the middle. Anyway, thank you again for helping me blow off hours of time perusing my own geek interests, mostly broadcasting n obsession with AM Stereo. btw check out 1430 WION. They stream their signal that is sourced from their AM Stereo signal. Sounds great, but I have a feeling you know about that already.

[@traxonwax]

Oh you meant NJ, not Long Island. WLNG Is in Sag Harbour.

[@subzeroarctics1299]

Hey VWestlife, really love your videos. I'm actually in the middle of doing a project of converting VHS tapes to digital files. However, the VCR I have shows these weird black streaks on white colors. Do you have any guidance what would be a good VCR (brand?) to purchase?

[@vwestlife]

Just get any Hi-Fi Stereo 4 head VCR you can find at the thrift store / garage sales / etc. that is in good condition.

[@subzeroarctics1299]

@@vwestlife Love! Thanks

[@That_RandomNerd]

Been thinking about getting myself a radio recently. May have to look more into Retekess

[@solojinglesradio1]

Maybe they want to get the tecsun target

[@fhwolthuis]

Nice video. I guess the recording function is not meant for super hi-fi sound just an easy extra so you can let somebody hear something interesting when they can't listen live, or record an address or phone number.

[@christronicsdereksrandomness36]

6:07 what the name of the song? I used to hear that a long time ago, but I can't remember what it is.

[@vwestlife]

Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoTEk3mZZ6egY7s

[@christronicsdereksrandomness36]

@@vwestlife Thank you!

[@mikeblank7165]

As of today, what specific Radio Brand & Model number, do you feel that performs like the GE Super radio ?

[@3DMegadoodoo]

What was that cover of "A Kiss to Build a Dream on"?

[@Khyree_Holmes]

Thanks for the late video while in Bed! TF Card = THA F*** CARD

[@vwestlife]

It stands for TransFlash, the code name for Micro SD when it was in development. Micro SD is trademarked, so they call it TF instead.

[@Khyree_Holmes]

@@vwestlife Yeah! I figured. Chinese OEMs I think can't or will not buy the rights to use the MicroSD trademark. "TF Card" is funny to me cause I'm a techie and I know what it stands for!

[@JaredConnell]

@@Khyree_Holmes not like most Chinese manufacturers care about copyright law anyways lol

[@thaddeusmcgrath]

Does anyone know of a pocket size as the PR12 mp3/ radio that uses AA or AAA batteries? Even minus the radio but mp3 playback would be nice pocket size.

[@RoastBeefSandwich]

What’s wrong with alkaline cells?

[@vwestlife]

Nothing. The TR604 uses D-cell batteries.

[@imark7777777]

Part of me wonders what the neighbors think but then I think who uses AM/FM radio other than me and this guy.

[@arupian666]

17:38 Retekess - "Let's make a radio that looks kinda like a GE Superadio" - "OK, which one ? There were 3" - "The really ugly one. The one that collectors only get, to complete the collection but rarely switch on... The one that makes people look at and think "What were GE thinking ?" .. you know, THAT one... The one that was rebranded to RCA that they bollocksed up" - "ohhh, THAT one.... shall we make ours even uglier ???"

[@geotechmore8855]

Long time no see (^_-)/ Yeah I like the second radio.. I have a bunch of mp3 files which I use the Amplify plugin on Audacity to Normalize the files.. The first radio was cool too.. I listen to AM a bit as well.. You have that cool 105 station.. That's down the shore.. Yeah a cool station which I don't get too well here since I'm closer to N.Y.C... Even though I'm also in New Jersey :) Hey cool very detailed videos as always! Stay safe and keep uploading!

[@fungo6631]

If you want even better, the Tecsun PL-880 is for you. It even has SSB support!

[@patricknesbitt4003]

If you put that V115 on a table about 4-6 inches from a wall it will probably sound a lot better. Or on an enclosed bookshelf.

[@kyutablet]

Neat. I like the PR11

[@wilkes85]

I have something very similar to the PR11 but much cheaper, and it doesn't have a brand name. It's pretty convenient for FM and MP3s, but AM and SW are almost completely useless; it creates interference on AM, and SW is so deaf that it only just barely gets WWV. Actually, seeing the display, I think it is the same thing but in a different case lol That radio seems like it would be decent depending on what it costs.... its AM performance is VERY surprising too! but I think I'll stick with my GE "mini superradio" lol. it's almost kind of fun to hear a station changing broadcast patterns too lol... when CKJH changes, it cuts off with a "thump" sound, and then fades back in.

[@vapeymcvape5000]

Sounds like Jeff Goldblum. 25:22