I see this being included in a survivalist go bag along with one of those solar phone chargers. In such a situation there would be errr... much less QRM and perhaps no nearby broadcast stations to overload it. Those saying there are better options please include an external antenna connection, SSB mode and VHF, UHF, Airband in your alternative examples. Its market is that does everything in one compact device. Question, can it receive SSB on the VHF amateur bands?
I have had one for quite a while, and it is quite versatile with the many bands covered. I do find some overload adjacent to a strong fairly nearby FM radio 📻 station.
Thanks for the insight to this radio. What would you recommend instead of this TR110? I like the fact that the coverage includes AIR, VHF and UHF and the Wx and Ham bands. But what others do this better in such a compact unit?
Yo te tengo el mismo radio y si cuesta trabajo sintonizar en SSB pero en las demás modulaciones cómo AM, FM funciona perfectamente, es mi radio preferido para viajar
I just returned one of these a few weeks ago. Really struggled to tune stations that are just "right there" with other radio. Wish I had seen this earlier. I was looking for something much smaller than my larger radios. Oh, well. But thanks for the great video. 73
Well, it is amazing to find all this in such a small radio. The size of the radio obviously makes the number of knobs and switches has to be limited. As far as I can tell by watching your video, the radio does a great job as it pulls in amateur stations with ease, of course mainly due to your outside antennas. It surely takes some getting used to how operate the radio in order to get the most out of it. But isn’t this what it’s all about? I’m sure hobbyists will like to find out all about it, I’d like that no doubt and spend time with it. This is not a radio for the average listener, it is for the traveller and enthusiasts who want to see what still is on the airwaves and don’t want to pay too much. In the EU Aliexpress asks around €80,- for it. Which would be reasonable yet the maximum what I would want to pay for it. Willem, Hekelingen, Holland.
I had the HanRongDa HRD-747 version and unfortunately my experience with it was a complete failure. I had 2 weeks of use with initially good results, at first then suddenly it went completely def. My guess is, there's a glitch in the ATT signal strength adjustment menu and now it just blocks all signals. I don't know if this problem is common or not , but I was very disappointed with the radio. I did get a refund.
For its price a really good spy gadget on the go on camping trips and having with you all the time. I even would have liked it to have no speaker at all and being half smaller using less battery.
I have a Sangean DT200-X radios that I use almost daily. If this Retekess had an AUX or SD/SDmicro input I would buy one. I contacted Sangean and suggested they add an AUX port. That way I could also listen to the numerous podcasts that I listen to daily and put on a Sansa Clip. I like the convenience of either speaker or earbuds instead of earbuds only.
@@PureAwareness76 my sangean one came with a clip and 3.5 socket, so can optionally clip onto any radio regardless of socket, or directly into the tecsun. I find the tecsun wire able to pick up more.
SSB sounds unlistenable with this radios baked-in automatic gain control. I’d like to see these manufacturers add in some user adjustable AGC settings.
I recall this fad in the early 70’s when there was a plethora of large transistor radios that claimed you could tune in to police / emergency services etc. Sounded great but once you have heard a few or even the local taxi cabs I did have to ask , what’s the point ?
Thanks for this superficial first review. Since it is a tiny mux, it will not sound great if not using heasphones and the question ism does it have a lot of birdies and what about intermod when on a wideband antenna ... how soft is the squelch gate and why did you not use it on the air band? How is the difference on the air band when listening to a weak (far away) ATIS with different bandwidth settings and how does it compare to other receivers. The beauty is that it is even smaller than the XHData D-808, so it is ideal on the go and you can listen to UHF as well. An A/B comparison with the XHData-D808 on an antenna splitter would be nice ... they cost almost the same but this one goes up to 520MHz and is even smaller. It seems the PLL locks very slow, which can be annoying when tuning into sideband signals, but since you didn't even try to get them tuned on the beat, it doesn't seem to matter anyway. I wonder if some people think that sideband has to sound off the frequency and distorted like hell ... they secretly like Mickey Mouse voices? ... it really doesn't have to be like that. When you set the AGC to slow and keep the RF gain low, people can sound spot on, just like AM BC or FM BC ... very clear and dynamic. Since we live in the GPS age, we can calibrate our transmitters to be spot on without tuning 100Hz up or down for hams who don't know and don't care. Do any of these radios / or this specific one support synchronous AM? Do they/this offer a USB sound card feature when connected, or is the USB power (charging) only? If it had an USB I/Q interface, running an external SDR program would open the world to various digital modes. But I guess that is wishful thinking?
@@TechMindsOfficial I know you took his comment as an insult but as a fan, I think you could get extra content doing A/B comparisons with some items, maybe a techminds 2 channel for longer form videos or something like once a month Tuesday Test blowout. I dunno, just throwing shit out there, you've got the gear and the knowledge and some of us would watch it. Doesn't have to be 4 hours long. 10 mins of A vs B - same conditions - which do you think is the winner? etc
@@-The-Darkside brilliant idea Frank! Thanks for your comment, I’ve been toying with the idea of a second channel which would be more specific. Thanks again, watch this space :)
I have one of these. It's garbage. Reception on anything other than the broadcast bands is horrible. Go a bit bigger and get the XHData D-808 or the Tecsun PL-330 which are much much better.
Pl330 often gets pushed but it has issues too imo, I have one. Using the same antenna into a malahite and then a Pl330, the Pl330 often is weaker, more noise and generally poor. Good for a beginner but I soon outgrew it. I do love its scan features though. Also it doesn't cover airband and cb and marine etc. Just shortwave, mw, standard fm
If it was slightly cheaper it could be a goodish gift for the kids to play with and listen to short wave for the first time if there interested upgrade to a Belka DX, a stealth way to get the Belka with out the other half knocking your block off 😁
I'm a causal viewer of your channel, so I seem to have missed important videos that you've done previously. You mention that there are better alternatives. Could you post links to your reviews of those better alternatives?
Some are comparable yes. PL-365? I don't know what country you're in, but just do a search to see the model ranges, there are a few from cheaper to much more expensive than the above.
is that true with the receiver overload, unusable agc etc. about this radio people say ?? from what i hear from this this radion in this video it sounds ok, no problem. how come there is this much discrepancy between this and what other people say about it ?
@@edwardfletcher7790 the icons for sleep looks identical. and the mute behaviour on changing frequency is something sangean users don't even want, so to say they replicated it ! lol
Fantastic review again ! Shame that is crap for hundred :\ did anyone know good all band reciver but with better reception and small size ? I will appreciate any answer....
Thanks for reply. I can pay whatever for good reception and small size. That is for project, maybe You will see rewiev someday on this chanel..... Anyway,.God bless You guys
More info required... AM select on 136-143MHz? 225-399.975? All mode but is it? Looks like junk but interesting junk. Needs a bit of modding. Price ridiculous.
You didnt watch till the end then! lol.. Ive bought back the now "old" intro music but at the end of the videos. It was just too generic and used by lots of other youtubers, so I needed to change. :-) Still, doesnt effect the content, I hope lol..
Uhmm it is. Breaks easily and CB band is a failure. Some stronger FM stations need antenna pointed in different directions. Sub par radio. Someone stated lack of filters with this radio, probably explains it maybe?
I got one of these just because of this video, i have wanted something this size with these features and its a good radio but with terrible software and shielding. I find on ssb that everything is 10hz low but the 1hz adjustment is actually 15hz so thats why people are having issues getting the tuning just right. The wheel only adjusts the frequency on 1hz sometimes 10 just doesn't work The controls are pretty confusing too, i wish the mode button changed the modulation and not the tune destroying freq bump. Im going to try put copper tape on the inside of the case to shield things as it works so well in the middle of nowhere
I've bought one and returned it. Maybe I have received a defective unit but it was basically deaf compared to much cheaper radios. Even on the air band, my old TR-105 was beating it by far. On SW, the cheapest Xhdata D-219 was doing way better. Very fragile antenna, complex to use, mediocre battery usage time, all of this for almost 90 euros? no way. My worst radio purchase, ever.
@@TechMindsOfficial Most definitely not. For the same price one can buy a Xhdata D-808 which is a great radio. Of course, one loses the tiny gadget effect. But IMO the TR-110 is a failed attempt at packing up too many features (and bands) in such a small radio.
Хороший приемник, использую уже два месяца. Ловит много чего при определенных обстоятельствах. За это время ручка энкодера благополучно отвалилась-там очень, тоненький стержень. После вскрытия дисплей стал показывать восьмерки вместо цифр. Хотя работает, настраивается двумя кнопками на слух. В общем превратился в угадай мелодию-волну... И это все за 8 тыр. И опять качество....
Please list which radios "can do it better and cheaper", Thanks!😀😀😀😀
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I see this being included in a survivalist go bag along with one of those solar phone chargers.
In such a situation there would be errr... much less QRM and perhaps no nearby broadcast stations to overload it.
Those saying there are better options please include an external antenna connection, SSB mode and VHF, UHF, Airband in your alternative examples. Its market is that does everything in one compact device.
Question, can it receive SSB on the VHF amateur bands?
Nice review, as always 😍
The 3.5 mm Jack antenna port is stock for old(er) PLL radios, like my lovely Sangean ATS-909, from 2001 😊
I have had one for quite a while, and it is quite
versatile with the many bands covered.
I do find some overload adjacent to a strong
fairly nearby FM radio 📻 station.
A good pocket receiver for HF is the Tecsun PL360 or 368. The 360 is AM only, the 368 has SSB.
My Tecsun radios (PL-880 and PL-398BT) also use a 3.5mm jack for an external antenna.
Just like all the older PPL radios, like my Sangean ATS-909 (from 2001 😍)
Very much like your clear calm and relaxed review
Thanks for the insight to this radio. What would you recommend instead of this TR110? I like the fact that the coverage includes AIR, VHF and UHF and the Wx and Ham bands. But what others do this better in such a compact unit?
C crane ssb 2 but 169$ and tecsun-pl330 but not as much coverage
@@davidgarza995Both are excellent radios, but are also much larger than the TR110.
Yo te tengo el mismo radio y si cuesta trabajo sintonizar en SSB pero en las demás modulaciones cómo AM, FM funciona perfectamente, es mi radio preferido para viajar
There are other receiver units out there, which one picks up the most ham bands?
I just returned one of these a few weeks ago. Really struggled to tune stations that are just "right there" with other radio. Wish I had seen this earlier. I was looking for something much smaller than my larger radios. Oh, well.
But thanks for the great video.
73
Well, it is amazing to find all this in such a small radio. The size of the radio obviously makes the number of knobs and switches has to be limited. As far as I can tell by watching your video, the radio does a great job as it pulls in amateur stations with ease, of course mainly due to your outside antennas. It surely takes some getting used to how operate the radio in order to get the most out of it. But isn’t this what it’s all about? I’m sure hobbyists will like to find out all about it, I’d like that no doubt and spend time with it. This is not a radio for the average listener, it is for the traveller and enthusiasts who want to see what still is on the airwaves and don’t want to pay too much. In the EU Aliexpress asks around €80,- for it. Which would be reasonable yet the maximum what I would want to pay for it. Willem, Hekelingen, Holland.
looks nice wee bit of kit that Matt ... and its picked me up quite well on 40m from Scotland
Would you consider a future video on what you perceive to be the best police/fire/EMS (emergency services) receiver? Thank you.
I received mine last week. How do you go about adjusting the squelch?
I had the HanRongDa HRD-747 version and unfortunately my experience with it was a complete failure. I had 2 weeks of use with initially good results, at first then suddenly it went completely def. My guess is, there's a glitch in the ATT signal strength adjustment menu and now it just blocks all signals. I don't know if this problem is common or not , but I was very disappointed with the radio. I did get a refund.
I agree. I bought one as well, and that one's completely useless.
For its price a really good spy gadget on the go on camping trips and having with you all the time. I even would have liked it to have no speaker at all and being half smaller using less battery.
I have a Sangean DT200-X radios that I use almost daily. If this Retekess had an AUX or SD/SDmicro input I would buy one. I contacted Sangean and suggested they add an AUX port. That way I could also listen to the numerous podcasts that I listen to daily and put on a Sansa Clip. I like the convenience of either speaker or earbuds instead of earbuds only.
3.5mm antennae jack is common for the tecsun longwave wire
Yep!
Sangean as well.
@@PureAwareness76
my sangean one came with a clip and 3.5 socket, so can optionally clip onto any radio regardless of socket, or directly into the tecsun. I find the tecsun wire able to pick up more.
SSB sounds unlistenable with this radios baked-in automatic gain control. I’d like to see these manufacturers add in some user adjustable AGC settings.
Trekker radio. For when size/weight matters.
i just ordered 1 from ali. where can i connect the antenna cable? to tv cable ?
Can I use a BNC female to 3.5mm adapter and a Radioworld R 881 Super Gainer Scanner Antenna 25 1900Mhz antenna for this radio?
Maybe you didn’t adjust the “tuning step”. I have this radio and it took me a while to figure that out
Thanks for all the great videos.
Do you know the model number of the DSP chip in this radio?
I'm not entirely sure, I know it has the Si4732 I believe.
I recall this fad in the early 70’s when there was a plethora of large transistor radios that claimed you could tune in to police / emergency services etc.
Sounded great but once you have heard a few or even the local taxi cabs I did have to ask , what’s the point ?
Does it set to WFM mode for VHF bands ??
Thanks for this superficial first review. Since it is a tiny mux, it will not sound great if not using heasphones and the question ism does it have a lot of birdies and what about intermod when on a wideband antenna ... how soft is the squelch gate and why did you not use it on the air band?
How is the difference on the air band when listening to a weak (far away) ATIS with different bandwidth settings and how does it compare to other receivers.
The beauty is that it is even smaller than the XHData D-808, so it is ideal on the go and you can listen to UHF as well.
An A/B comparison with the XHData-D808 on an antenna splitter would be nice ... they cost almost the same but this one goes up to 520MHz and is even smaller.
It seems the PLL locks very slow, which can be annoying when tuning into sideband signals, but since you didn't even try to get them tuned on the beat, it doesn't seem to matter anyway.
I wonder if some people think that sideband has to sound off the frequency and distorted like hell ... they secretly like Mickey Mouse voices? ... it really doesn't have to be like that. When you set the AGC to slow and keep the RF gain low, people can sound spot on, just like AM BC or FM BC ... very clear and dynamic. Since we live in the GPS age, we can calibrate our transmitters to be spot on without tuning 100Hz up or down for hams who don't know and don't care.
Do any of these radios / or this specific one support synchronous AM?
Do they/this offer a USB sound card feature when connected, or is the USB power (charging) only? If it had an USB I/Q interface, running an external SDR program would open the world to various digital modes. But I guess that is wishful thinking?
Superficial? I want people to watch my videos not fall asleep with every bloody detail. 🫶
@@TechMindsOfficial I know you took his comment as an insult but as a fan, I think you could get extra content doing A/B comparisons with some items, maybe a techminds 2 channel for longer form videos or something like once a month Tuesday Test blowout.
I dunno, just throwing shit out there, you've got the gear and the knowledge and some of us would watch it. Doesn't have to be 4 hours long. 10 mins of A vs B - same conditions - which do you think is the winner? etc
@@-The-Darkside brilliant idea Frank! Thanks for your comment, I’ve been toying with the idea of a second channel which would be more specific. Thanks again, watch this space :)
I have one of these. It's garbage. Reception on anything other than the broadcast bands is horrible. Go a bit bigger and get the XHData D-808 or the Tecsun PL-330 which are much much better.
Pl330 often gets pushed but it has issues too imo, I have one.
Using the same antenna into a malahite and then a Pl330, the Pl330 often is weaker, more noise and generally poor.
Good for a beginner but I soon outgrew it.
I do love its scan features though.
Also it doesn't cover airband and cb and marine etc. Just shortwave, mw, standard fm
Are there any good pocket-sized receivers on the market?
If it was slightly cheaper it could be a goodish gift for the kids to play with and listen to short wave for the first time if there interested upgrade to a Belka DX, a stealth way to get the Belka with out the other half knocking your block off 😁
Can it receive 29.6Mhz FM? All mode doesn't mean all mode. ICOM made that mistake years ago.
how to change att to normal? my radio can only local and dx ?
please help
I'm a causal viewer of your channel, so I seem to have missed important videos that you've done previously. You mention that there are better alternatives. Could you post links to your reviews of those better alternatives?
Tecsun or Sangean would be a good place to start.
@@cottonfoo Also so small? Which models? Thanks
Some are comparable yes. PL-365? I don't know what country you're in, but just do a search to see the model ranges, there are a few from cheaper to much more expensive than the above.
@@cottonfoo PL-330. Less expensive than this, has SSB, MW, FM, SW to 30 MHz. Slightly larger, but still very small. No air band, however.
@@stevenemert837 Yeah perhaps, I think I have one somewhere. I have a PL-310ET, a missing 330, and two PL-880s (which sound amazing).
BL-5C battery is a Nokia 1100 battery so pretty common, a plus i'd think.
just got one cant program it manula too unclear so i cant se it to scan bands i want to for 10 meters and
how do you get it to ssb,,,please,,,,,help,,,,its doing my head in
Mode button, scroll down. Sorry so late, your head will be well done by now..
is that true with the receiver overload, unusable agc etc. about this radio people say ?? from what i hear from this this radion in this video it sounds ok, no problem. how come there is this much discrepancy between this and what other people say about it ?
I ordered one of these, and had to send it back as it was as deaf as a doorpost. Couldn't pick anything up on it on any of the bands.
no auto scan?
Can't it received tv frequency's ?
do you think this is a Sangean under the hood? the icons/screen functionality and tuning behaviour makes me think of my 909x2
They've copied the Sangean features because it's the benchmark. It shares NOTHING in common.
@@edwardfletcher7790 the icons for sleep looks identical. and the mute behaviour on changing frequency is something sangean users don't even want, so to say they replicated it ! lol
What's different of the HDR747?
He amount of Bands for example
Is the display for the frequency as dim as it looks in the video?
Fantastic review again ! Shame that is crap for hundred :\ did anyone know good all band reciver but with better reception and small size ? I will appreciate any answer....
Tecsun Pl-368 or Belka
@@christiankreps5920Belka is like 4 times the price lol.
@@-The-Darkside no it isn't. If you are happy to buy direct from the manufacturer it currently sells for approx £130.
Thanks for reply. I can pay whatever for good reception and small size. That is for project, maybe You will see rewiev someday on this chanel.....
Anyway,.God bless You guys
@@christiankreps5920 thanks so much. I haven't heard about this recivers. According to description that is what I was looking for. !🥹🥳🥳🥳
We Need A Knob Tuner Thats Bluetooth For ANY SDR For Androoids And Windows.
More info required... AM select on 136-143MHz? 225-399.975? All mode but is it? Looks like junk but interesting junk. Needs a bit of modding. Price ridiculous.
Missed the old intro music
You didnt watch till the end then! lol.. Ive bought back the now "old" intro music but at the end of the videos. It was just too generic and used by lots of other youtubers, so I needed to change. :-) Still, doesnt effect the content, I hope lol..
That’s good to hear. I do regard your reviews as one of the best and often look for them. 73 KT3P
Not too shabby for the price.
Uhmm it is. Breaks easily and CB band is a failure. Some stronger FM stations need antenna pointed in different directions. Sub par radio. Someone stated lack of filters with this radio, probably explains it maybe?
This Is Really Cool FRR. I WANT IT, But Can`t Afford It :(
It looks like my Radioddity.
I got one of these just because of this video, i have wanted something this size with these features and its a good radio but with terrible software and shielding.
I find on ssb that everything is 10hz low but the 1hz adjustment is actually 15hz so thats why people are having issues getting the tuning just right.
The wheel only adjusts the frequency on 1hz sometimes 10 just doesn't work
The controls are pretty confusing too, i wish the mode button changed the modulation and not the tune destroying freq bump.
Im going to try put copper tape on the inside of the case to shield things as it works so well in the middle of nowhere
The joke is the SSB sounds 100 times better than TECSUNS PL-990 that cant even do SSB over 21 MHZ
Had one a few years ago. Total crap. Buttons stopped working.
Since it wasn't available a couple of years ago, you must be a time traveler. Or.....
NICE handy 👌
Why not just get a uv-k5
In Norway everything is dead in the year 2023. :(
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I've bought one and returned it. Maybe I have received a defective unit but it was basically deaf compared to much cheaper radios. Even on the air band, my old TR-105 was beating it by far. On SW, the cheapest Xhdata D-219 was doing way better.
Very fragile antenna, complex to use, mediocre battery usage time, all of this for almost 90 euros? no way.
My worst radio purchase, ever.
Not worth the money imo.
@@TechMindsOfficial Most definitely not. For the same price one can buy a Xhdata D-808 which is a great radio. Of course, one loses the tiny gadget effect. But IMO the TR-110 is a failed attempt at packing up too many features (and bands) in such a small radio.
Not bad but, cost a little too much
For the money I'd rather get a SDR based receiver.
Хороший приемник, использую уже два месяца. Ловит много чего при определенных обстоятельствах. За это время ручка энкодера благополучно отвалилась-там очень, тоненький стержень. После вскрытия дисплей стал показывать восьмерки вместо цифр. Хотя работает, настраивается двумя кнопками на слух. В общем превратился в угадай мелодию-волну... И это все за 8 тыр. И опять качество....
gosh, the microphone is almost too sensitive. I don't need to hear like my ear is pressed up against the fellas jiggly neck while he speaks. 😒
I bought one it is very fragile !!!
Be OK at $19.99 😉
A review using External Antenna?! This is Useless.
It was to point out that the internal antenna is shite!
Just like the radio tbh
what's the point of a receiver only?
Does your car stereo transmit? 🤪
No way is it worth £90
47 on aliexpress if you look around. Still a bit much