Yes, LSB and USB works of course. The function depends on the software you have in your receiver: In the demo Software in the chinese clones 50kHz - 200 Mhz you must press the vol button and keep it pressed some seconds, then the mode menu appears, you can select AM FM USB and LSB as receiving mode. In the original software from russia you got the mode button in the bottom row .... Greetings!
@@maddog57ful Yes, they all have... I recommend you this model, has very good sound and update is easy : www.ebay.es/itm/Thicker-3-5-50KHz-200MHz-Malachite-DSP-SDR-Receiver-Malahit-Shortwave-Receiver/114331360798?hash=item1a9eae1e1e:g:cY0AAOSwtapfW0yZ They as well sell the upgrade code for the original russian software for 55$. took 8 hours to get the code...
Hi Andy,.. great SDR! with superb audio quality. If you do not mind I would appreciate from you the part numbers of the encoders you installed. I hate detent steps too! .. Regards, Pedro.
Hi! Yes, it´s really a great little sdr.. These are the encoders: www.ebay.es/itm/Encoder-inkremental-15Impulse-Umdrehung-THT-15000Zyklen-10mA-EC11B15242AE-Inkr/383271235834?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=651775115866&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Many greetings
Yes, its very nice. Updating and flashing it is very easy, no jumpers need to be set... Switch the battery off (with the little mini switch at the frontside. Keep the vol and freq encoders pressed while switching it on and you are in DFU mode. Use the software and flash the firmware. (Dont forget to click 'Exit DFU mode' after flashing! .. Disconnect usb, switch battery on again! .. Start it with 3 times pressing the power button within 5 seconds.. Thats it, should start up and shows the request code for activating the software. I got the code through the seller on ebay within 8 hours for 55$. I changed the dialer knobs to nice aluminium ones with more grip and changed the encoders for alpi encoders, which work much more exact (no more jumps in freq or 2 steps in volume dialer...) I like the radio a lot, very sensitive with good antenna and very good noise reduction system.. Many greetings and good luck! Have fun!
@@sunsoundz Unfortunately mine will not accept the firmware files, saying that they are not compatible format. very strange -tried getting help on a FB group but nothing worked.
@@stridermt2k i know just one case that happened: When you have downloaded the firmware and extract it it may sit in a directory with Cyrillic letters in the folder name, or even the firmware file may have Cyrillic (russian) letters in the filename... Copy the firmware file to another place and change the name to a name without russian letters.. Then it should accept the file .. I hope that helps! Good luck!
@@sunsoundz Hi Andy, can this box be upgraded to a higher spec the same way please as I notice there is no easy way to open the case without unsoldering ect
Mine has the free software , and the thicker one with the 2 speakers (one is parasitic) and big Knobs, says Shenlan EK, it says on the case revA.0 but iside it says A3 ? .Two meters is useless as inteferance from the internal circuit, but its great on HF exept for powerfull stations swamping the band , half of the memory slots do not work. The freq steps are a REAL pain on the touch screen to touch correctly and selecting a station from the touch screen is bad as you end up with tiny frequency steps to correct as frequency step changes., once on a station it is pleasing.The sound is really full and detailed on FM and great on hf. I On mine the Pre amp setting is wrong ie off is ON, and on is OFF, leave it activated ie OFF on the rod antenna and dont activate it on a 20m wire or similiar. Setup I find 75db on AGC as recomended by the Russian designer "George". RF gain 20 to 25 on rod with activated preamp, 10-15 setting on 20m wire with preamp not activated (with 9:1 balun).The screen was not flush with the case a gap of about 3mil at one edge, I opened the front and found the edge of the circuit board snapped of at 2 corners,thats why it would not hold down. If you open the case it will be a pain as the other side of the visible case screws is a nut which will drop off inside! It is an incomplete radio, but it receives way better than my techsun 660 and sounds better and picks up more than my Icom pro due in part to having no mains borne inteferance which renders my HF radios useless at times thats what was apparent straight away on battery power. Some time it does not want to come out of hard setting and a restart is required. No speaker grill is not a good idea, its been thrown together, I paid £106 from Banggood, not Chinas best offering, shame.
Seems thst there are different boards in the ' thicker malahit' version... Its definitly worth upgrading the software with the original one from russia, will cost you 55€. The whole handling is much better and you can use all memories of course! In the demo software the memories are not activated... As well i changed the encoders for japanese APLS encoders, now no more frequency jumps.. But this was as well solved ( among many other things) in the new 1.0b version of the russian software... I bought it at pincei in ebay and i am very happy about the device.
Seems very sensitive! I ordered this “thicker” version yesterday. Do you think that it’s fine to leave the radio as it is, without going through the fuss of updating it?
Its not difficult to update this model, just in dfu mode, no jumpers ect. needed.. It's definitly worth updating to the original russian software, it gives you much more possibilities and more adjustments for the hardware. As well you can see a wider spectrum as in the demo software, and you can save memories, which you can't in the demo software..
Ordered the same one last night, full version too. Looks and sounds great. Makes all the Tecsuns, Sangean etc look very quaint indeed.
Finally got my answer, the receiver supports both LSB and USB in SSB Mode. Vendors could not answer this simple question. Good Video.
Yes, LSB and USB works of course. The function depends on the software you have in your receiver:
In the demo Software in the chinese clones 50kHz - 200 Mhz you must press the vol button and keep it pressed some seconds, then the mode menu appears, you can select AM FM USB and LSB as receiving mode.
In the original software from russia you got the mode button in the bottom row ....
Greetings!
@@sunsoundz I am planning on ordering one. In the 159.00 range. It should have USB/LSB Capability. Taking a chance on Ebay.
@@sunsoundz Thanks!
@@maddog57ful Yes, they all have...
I recommend you this model, has very good sound and update is easy :
www.ebay.es/itm/Thicker-3-5-50KHz-200MHz-Malachite-DSP-SDR-Receiver-Malahit-Shortwave-Receiver/114331360798?hash=item1a9eae1e1e:g:cY0AAOSwtapfW0yZ
They as well sell the upgrade code for the original russian software for 55$. took 8 hours to get the code...
I have one on the way thanks for this video!
Hi Andy,.. great SDR! with superb audio quality. If you do not mind I would appreciate from you the part numbers of the encoders you installed. I hate detent steps too! .. Regards, Pedro.
Hi! Yes, it´s really a great little sdr.. These are the encoders:
www.ebay.es/itm/Encoder-inkremental-15Impulse-Umdrehung-THT-15000Zyklen-10mA-EC11B15242AE-Inkr/383271235834?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=651775115866&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
Many greetings
@@sunsoundz Thanks!.
A very interesting radio. i need to flash the firmware
Yes, its very nice. Updating and flashing it is very easy, no jumpers need to be set...
Switch the battery off (with the little mini switch at the frontside. Keep the vol and freq encoders pressed while switching it on and you are in DFU mode. Use the software and flash the firmware. (Dont forget to click 'Exit DFU mode' after flashing! .. Disconnect usb, switch battery on again! ..
Start it with 3 times pressing the power button within 5 seconds.. Thats it, should start up and shows the request code for activating the software. I got the code through the seller on ebay within 8 hours for 55$.
I changed the dialer knobs to nice aluminium ones with more grip and changed the encoders for alpi encoders, which work much more exact (no more jumps in freq or 2 steps in volume dialer...)
I like the radio a lot, very sensitive with good antenna and very good noise reduction system..
Many greetings and good luck! Have fun!
@@sunsoundz Unfortunately mine will not accept the firmware files, saying that they are not compatible format.
very strange -tried getting help on a FB group but nothing worked.
@@stridermt2k i know just one case that happened:
When you have downloaded the firmware and extract it it may sit in a directory with Cyrillic letters in the folder name, or even the firmware file may have Cyrillic (russian) letters in the filename...
Copy the firmware file to another place and change the name to a name without russian letters.. Then it should accept the file .. I hope that helps! Good luck!
@@sunsoundz Hi Andy, can this box be upgraded to a higher spec the same way please as I notice there is no easy way to open the case without unsoldering ect
@@texhow1 open the case is very easy, just some screws and here you go.. No soldering necessary at all...
Mine has the free software , and the thicker one with the 2 speakers (one is parasitic) and big Knobs, says Shenlan EK, it says on the case revA.0 but iside it says A3 ? .Two meters is useless as inteferance from the internal circuit, but its great on HF exept for powerfull stations swamping the band , half of the memory slots do not work. The freq steps are a REAL pain on the touch screen to touch correctly and selecting a station from the touch screen is bad as you end up with tiny frequency steps to correct as frequency step changes., once on a station it is pleasing.The sound is really full and detailed on FM and great on hf. I On mine the Pre amp setting is wrong ie off is ON, and on is OFF, leave it activated ie OFF on the rod antenna and dont activate it on a 20m wire or similiar. Setup I find 75db on AGC as recomended by the Russian designer "George". RF gain 20 to 25 on rod with activated preamp, 10-15 setting on 20m wire with preamp not activated (with 9:1 balun).The screen was not flush with the case a gap of about 3mil at one edge, I opened the front and found the edge of the circuit board snapped of at 2 corners,thats why it would not hold down. If you open the case it will be a pain as the other side of the visible case screws is a nut which will drop off inside! It is an incomplete radio, but it receives way better than my techsun 660 and sounds better and picks up more than my Icom pro due in part to having no mains borne inteferance which renders my HF radios useless at times thats what was apparent straight away on battery power. Some time it does not want to come out of hard setting and a restart is required. No speaker grill is not a good idea, its been thrown together, I paid £106 from Banggood, not Chinas best offering, shame.
Seems thst there are different boards in the ' thicker malahit' version...
Its definitly worth upgrading the software with the original one from russia, will cost you 55€.
The whole handling is much better and you can use all memories of course! In the demo software the memories are not activated...
As well i changed the encoders for japanese APLS encoders, now no more frequency jumps..
But this was as well solved ( among many other things) in the new 1.0b version of the russian software...
I bought it at pincei in ebay and i am very happy about the device.
Seems very sensitive! I ordered this “thicker” version yesterday. Do you think that it’s fine to leave the radio as it is, without going through the fuss of updating it?
Its not difficult to update this model, just in dfu mode, no jumpers ect. needed..
It's definitly worth updating to the original russian software, it gives you much more possibilities and more adjustments for the hardware. As well you can see a wider spectrum as in the demo software, and you can save memories, which you can't in the demo software..
@@sunsoundz Thanks a lot, Andy!
Did you modify this? I don’t see any on eBay with active/passive speakers. Can you share a link?
www.ebay.es/itm/3-5-50K-2GHz-Malachite-DSP-Malahit-SDR-Receiver-Upgrade-Code-Battery-Speaker/233771390737?var=533457206562&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908131621%26meid%3D66696e59f87a417193ae1211763f3f33%26pid%3D100678%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D284069059519%26itm%3D533457206562%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2380057.c100678.m3607&_trkparms=pageci%3A5d474573-33f8-11eb-b421-4aff2120fa63%7Cparentrq%3A1f4a631f1760a4cc090901e2ffd7544c%7Ciid%3A1
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