RETEKESS TR633 Am Fm Portable Table Radio Unbox and Tear Down

[@timetec]

Great review! This radio uses the Quantum Microelectronics KT0936M SOC. It can cover 76-110Mhz FM, 150KHz-520Khz LW, 500KHz -1750KHz MW and 1.75MHz - 32.0MHz SW all in programmable steps. Sensitivity is FM 1.6uV - MW 13uV - LW 16uV and for SW 13uV

[@m9ovich785]

Thanks Dave. I have an old beat up Small panasonic that also has the Transformer power supply in side A teacher knocked it off a desk and broke both thumb dials on the top. I saved it LOL and have markings on the white Tuning wheel and a Volume pot hanging out as well. Has a fantastic AM tuner for loads of late night DXing. WLS out of Chitown and WRVA out of the Gerald Deans Truck stop in Richmond Va. It even tuned far enough out of band that I could hear the WWV time signals on 2.5 I think.. Still have it and it still works... Mike M.

[@Devo_gx]

I love terrestrial radio and DX’ing as well. I have several radios here at home for that purpose

[@12voltvids]

I don't stream off air radio and tv here

[@petermetro4686]

An old GE Am-FM, cassette portable radio is the goto emergency radio here. Some cellphones may have an embedded FM tuner in them , The earphone lead acts as the antenna. Nice that Amazon recommends this for senior, home. ☺

[@12voltvids]

The days of the FM tuner on cell phones is heading the way of the dinosaur as they have removed the headphone jack so no antenna.

[@petermetro4686]

Yep, I have an older dinosaur phone with headphone jack A couple of features like the FM tuner, IR blaster, and although maybe not the most accurate, apps for freq generator, oscilloscope, which is fine for my level of repairs. KZbin is fortunate to have you share your vast knowledge of all the video tape systems.@@12voltvids

[@angryshoebox]

Nice radio. I have a Retekess TR626: AM/FM, 2 shortwave bands, and bluetooth. it works great as a bluetooth speaker; I love playing '60 & '70s AM top-40 airchecks through it, a way to relive my kid hood. Speaking of your neck of the woods, I need to try and find some airchecks of CFUN and CKLG that are both unscoped and sound reasonably good relatively speaking. So far, as far as Canadian '60s and '70s AM top 40 airchecks go,I mostly have 1050 CHUM out of Toronto, and CHAM out of Hamilton.

[@debronsite]

Nice little radio! Please show youre setup with the internet radio and the low power fm transmitter😊

[@m80116]

Essential. Natural disaster, service disruption, wars... an AM/FM radio can be of vital importance. Just make sure you at least have some power source for it.

[@markmarkofkane8167]

How does the tuner work in comparison to the old variable capacitor tuning? Edit: you answered my question at teardown.

[@atrac88]

Love the tuning light!

[@OldSonyMan]

I'd like to say hello to the Seals 😂❤😊

[@12voltvids]

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[@lox_501]

Hey Dave I don't see the link for this radio as you indicated on your video.

[@12voltvids]

It's there in the description.

[@lox_501]

​@12voltvids ok I see it now but it wasn't on there when I type it in.

[@albertcarpentercats]

If the internet goes down,I have a back up on sd cards to play my music that I record.

[@pyeltd.5457]

Which it won't

[@drsysop]

Can you pick up stations out of Washington? It's a DSP chip which I am not to fond of as most cheap Chinese made radios use today. I wished they would go back to PLL tuning. You should of aligned the tuning dial when you had it open as your 650 kHz is off on that radio. When the power or big failure happens here local FM & AM stations go off the air especially during a Hurricane.

[@12voltvids]

They all use a dsp these days. It's software defined radio.

[@drsysop]

@@12voltvids Yes bad thing as I hate the mute on tune kind of annoying. Can you get stations out of Seattle?

[@ry491]

I hate DSP but they are nearly all the same now. Cheap and easy to assemble . I prefer the old radios for that reason .

[@12voltvids]

@@ry491 yes they are cheap and they outperform anything your old radios could even romotely do. Some people are stuck in a time warp. I just did a bunch of 8mm to digital transfer for a fella and while i was transferring I saw what looked like new cars. Then the date popped up on the screen. Sec 25 2023. Still using an old camera to record home videos. I wonder what his family will think of the "retro" look of his video complete with color smear and about 100 dropouts per minute thanks to recording on a 30 year old tape, plus the sections of just blue screen when the camera heads clogged for a minute or so during record. Old tech was good in it's day but I will take new tech any day.

[@EastAngliaUK]

you said just what I was thinking about if its digital or not.

[@barryfleischer6553]

Can't beat having a radio! I really like the dial on this radio. I collect vintage tube and transistor radios, but I find the electronics in these radios very interesting. I'm not a fan of digital radio dials..too cold and unattractive . Your radio teardowns are great! more please.

[@EastAngliaUK]

you get better stations than hear its all GHR , Heart or the hits on FM now in UK. unless living in London where there is loads on FM.

[@pyeltd.5457]

GOLD on AM

[@kyoudaiken]

Digital radio ASICs are dirt cheap and very reliable these days.

[@احمدرضایی-ج6ك]

👍

[@MrNeverseeme]

I have an Am /Fm shower radio that i got from the thrift store. (SPECTRA MODEL WM-60)

[@Jammerk40]

What ever happened to good old fashion music? The music today has gone sour!

[@TaseenSalem]

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