Eric, your channel has turned me into a complete radio nut! I've gotten a small CB for my car and saving up for a base station CB -- I'm also in the market for a shortwave radio and a GMRS radio. I'm studying for my Ham test, to boot. I'm in southeast Kentucky so once I get the base station up and going I'm hoping to catch you on the airwaves one day! Just wanted to say thanks for turning a guy who had ZERO interest in technology into a radio enthusiast. (Side note: What happened to the FF Theme with the "Breaker Breaker 1-9" at the top of the videos? Not that I don't like the new song, the old one was just fire!) 73s to you!
Eric, please note that led lights put out RF interference. Also, any motorized equipment. I get a lot of RF interference from my a/c unit and refrigerator on my 10 meter ham radio. Take an AM radio and walk around to different equipment in your area. As you get close to something that is putting out the interference it will get louder. Just eliminate the stuff in your place. If you find something in your place, you could buy ferrite beads to put on the 120vac cords to help eliminate the interference.
My dad had a radio that had the sw bands back in the 1950s. Used to be in bed picking up all kinds of stuff,,mostly interference I suppose but it was cool to listen in,,,will remember the brand someday,,,but not this day……
Just got this radio. only covers a handfull of stations on FM and one very distorted AM station.funny thing is i got a cheaper radio that can do a better job on catching signals. it''ll probably improve if i took this radio some place else.
Nice radio! I was wondering where that interference was coming from , I was thinking it was my computer or iphone charger hooked up to the vintage wiring of this old house. Bet you were listening to WKIX back in the day lol
It's a new signal coming from that tower up behind you on that hill. What kind of signal and if it will go away, I'm not sure of. Kind of a bummer though.
nice radio. wish it had a ext. DC in jack. great pick up. take that radio on battery tune to a frequency wear you get the noise interference and drive around and try to pin point where it is coming from. even power company's send low level low frequency RF down power lines to remote control sub stations. just a example . so trying to find the source is best wat to start solving the issue. even the rail road uses RF to control switching of tracks and signal lights and stuff. RF is all around us. some times hard to find source of interference.
curious have you tried it on battery or in a different location i have an older lion battery pack with full sign wave invert cell phone chargers .12v lighter .if im charging it ..I have a cb set on the bench it radiates out some weird stuff on the cb set
It really was. Thankfully it's gone now, but I think maybe some gov agency was doing some shady stuff around here at the monstrosity. I have a working theory that it was a cover for a rather large underground base they built under it.
You didn’t mention that this radio has a major design flaw; it resets every time you unplug it from the outlet, or whenever you remove the batteries! All your settings like time and alarm settings, backlight setting, and all saved stations in memory will be erased. So, every time you power it on again, you have to redo all the settings, which is annoying and very inconvenient. Plus, the batteries drain quickly because the clock stays on permanently even when the radio is off. You can’t remove the batteries to save their power because the settings will reset. I hope Retekess has a workaround for this, perhaps in a firmware upgrade?
When the radio has batteries or is plugged into a power outlet, the settings are not reset when turned off and on using the power switch. The settings are only reset if: 1. The radio is turned off via the power switch and unplugged from the outlet. When plugged in and turned on again, settings are all reset. 2. The batteries are removed while the radio is off. When you put in the batteries and turned on again, settings are all reset. Appreciate if you can also try the scenarios I mentioned and see if your radio will reset the settings. Thank you.
64Mhz только для Росии, в AM должен быть переключатель 10/9Khz шаг. Скажите звуковой диапазон сужается при плохом сигнале или передает полный звуковой спектр не зависимости от сигнала?
@@FarpointFarmsI grew up in the 60’s and back then a radio like that one was a big deal. They were expensive, and tended to come with a leather case. Yes, you’d bring it to the beach and it was cool to have radio that was portable.
WHAT,,you're not going to climb to the top of the cell tower to see if it actually IS the problem?!?!? WHAT,,you didn't go down to the basement to check REAL "nuclear zombies are here" scenario reception?!?!? I bet you didn't even measure the springs that hold in the batteries to see if they will hold adequate pressure to keep good battery contact! Get it together man,what kind of review is this😅?
I know, I know, I'm a terrible UA-camr. If it helps, I'm currently applying face paint like Arnold in Commando and I'm preparing to attack the tower directly with my Rambo First Blood Part II bow and arrow set. I'll report back later.
Eric, your channel has turned me into a complete radio nut! I've gotten a small CB for my car and saving up for a base station CB -- I'm also in the market for a shortwave radio and a GMRS radio. I'm studying for my Ham test, to boot. I'm in southeast Kentucky so once I get the base station up and going I'm hoping to catch you on the airwaves one day! Just wanted to say thanks for turning a guy who had ZERO interest in technology into a radio enthusiast.
(Side note: What happened to the FF Theme with the "Breaker Breaker 1-9" at the top of the videos? Not that I don't like the new song, the old one was just fire!)
73s to you!
I am glad to hear that- I will have to keep my ears open to hear you one day
Eric, please note that led lights put out RF interference. Also, any motorized equipment. I get a lot of RF interference from my a/c unit and refrigerator on my 10 meter ham radio. Take an AM radio and walk around to different equipment in your area. As you get close to something that is putting out the interference it will get louder. Just eliminate the stuff in your place. If you find something in your place, you could buy ferrite beads to put on the 120vac cords to help eliminate the interference.
I am going to try the ferrite coils on my equipment to see if I can lower my noise floor. Thanks for the advice!
🖐️🙂 Hi! The radio receivers won't work well from the mains, the mains gives strong interference, but from batteries it will work well! 👍
Thanks for sharing
My dad had a radio that had the sw bands back in the 1950s. Used to be in bed picking up all kinds of stuff,,mostly interference I suppose but it was cool to listen in,,,will remember the brand someday,,,but not this day……
I still do that today- I love to just turn the dial to see what I can pick up- Some nights there is some really weird stuff, other nights not much
Can you do another review of this radio on the best signal or outside planning to buy
I gave that radio to a friend in the local area, sorry
Just got this radio. only covers a handfull of stations on FM and one very distorted AM station.funny thing is i got a cheaper radio that can do a better job on catching signals. it''ll probably improve if i took this radio some place else.
I am sorry that you did not have great reception with it.
Nice radio! I was wondering where that interference was coming from , I was thinking it was my computer or iphone charger hooked up to the vintage wiring of this old house. Bet you were listening to WKIX back in the day lol
It's a new signal coming from that tower up behind you on that hill. What kind of signal and if it will go away, I'm not sure of. Kind of a bummer though.
nice radio. wish it had a ext. DC in jack. great pick up. take that radio on battery tune to a frequency wear you get the noise interference and drive around and try to pin point where it is coming from. even power company's send low level low frequency RF down power lines to remote control sub stations. just a example . so trying to find the source is best wat to start solving the issue. even the rail road uses RF to control switching of tracks and signal lights and stuff. RF is all around us. some times hard to find source of interference.
It is a bummer when interference shows up. Thankfully, it's faded out now.
Does this radio remember the last track you played? Does it play the first track first when you reconnect it?
I am not 100% sure on that- sorry
That cell tower is a nasty jamming noise regardless of what radio 📻 you’re using
It's gone now, but it was bad for weeks.
@@FarpointFarms Just subscribed 🤙🍻
Thanks for the sub
curious have you tried it on battery or in a different location i have an older lion battery pack with full sign wave invert cell phone chargers .12v lighter .if im charging it ..I have a cb set on the bench it radiates out some weird stuff on the cb set
I did and it worked better- I think the space weather was messing with it that day
Holy Smokes that interference is Nuts!
It really was. Thankfully it's gone now, but I think maybe some gov agency was doing some shady stuff around here at the monstrosity. I have a working theory that it was a cover for a rather large underground base they built under it.
@@FarpointFarms Hmm. Fertile grounds for a panadapter with a waterfall and a discone antenna.
You didn’t mention that this radio has a major design flaw; it resets every time you unplug it from the outlet, or whenever you remove the batteries! All your settings like time and alarm settings, backlight setting, and all saved stations in memory will be erased. So, every time you power it on again, you have to redo all the settings, which is annoying and very inconvenient. Plus, the batteries drain quickly because the clock stays on permanently even when the radio is off. You can’t remove the batteries to save their power because the settings will reset. I hope Retekess has a workaround for this, perhaps in a firmware upgrade?
Mine doesn't do that. Maybe yours is defective?
When the radio has batteries or is plugged into a power outlet, the settings are not reset when turned off and on using the power switch.
The settings are only reset if:
1. The radio is turned off via the power switch and unplugged from the outlet. When plugged in and turned on again, settings are all reset.
2. The batteries are removed while the radio is off. When you put in the batteries and turned on again, settings are all reset.
Appreciate if you can also try the scenarios I mentioned and see if your radio will reset the settings.
Thank you.
This is true for me too.
Que tipo de pila y si recargable.
Es alcanzable, pero no estoy seguro del tipo de batería.
It will give me something to listen to now that 11 meter skip has been dropping. The President auto squelch has become usable again.
It's been quite here too. Locals can finally chat again!
64Mhz только для Росии, в AM должен быть переключатель 10/9Khz шаг. Скажите звуковой диапазон сужается при плохом сигнале или передает полный звуковой спектр не зависимости от сигнала?
Good to know!
You should test the radio using batteries intstead of cable ...😊
Maybe next time.
Молодец 👏👏👏.
Thanks
Вышла новая 640 модель с Wi-Fi. Интернет радио
Приятно знать, спасибо, что поделились этим. я проверю это
A 40 dollar shortwave radio? A tecsun Pl330 is better keep on saving some more folks!
This is a good radio for taking to the lake or beach- It is not a high dollar one nor does it pretend to be
@@FarpointFarmsI grew up in the 60’s and back then a radio like that one was a big deal. They were expensive, and tended to come with a leather case. Yes, you’d bring it to the beach and it was cool to have radio that was portable.
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thanks
WHAT,,you're not going to climb to the top of the cell tower to see if it actually IS the problem?!?!? WHAT,,you didn't go down to the basement to check REAL "nuclear zombies are here" scenario reception?!?!? I bet you didn't even measure the springs that hold in the batteries to see if they will hold adequate pressure to keep good battery contact! Get it together man,what kind of review is this😅?
I know, I know, I'm a terrible UA-camr. If it helps, I'm currently applying face paint like Arnold in Commando and I'm preparing to attack the tower directly with my Rambo First Blood Part II bow and arrow set. I'll report back later.
@@FarpointFarmsHonesty, you're every effort is deeply appreciated 😊