RaddyRF320 APP Control Shortwave Radio, AIR/FM/AM/VHF/SW/WB Receiver, Portable Radio Rechargeable w/ 9.85 Ft Wire Antenna (Black)

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The controls can be a little confusing. The hardest part was to set the clock and backlighting function to always on. Has a decent size screen though. I just wish they would make a decent size table radio like this with all these functions. This radio does sound okay but with a bigger speaker would likely sound even better.Lots of bands and choices. I just wish the keys to operate it were bigger, and easier to read. Most keys are multi-function so there are two things printed on each key. I was pleasantly surprised with SW reception in my area. Am and FM stations in my area are few and far between. I can't receive any WB broadcasts but there is a line-of-sight issue where I live. I'm in a valley between two mountains. No hits there...I may set up an external antenna over my roof in the near future. I'm not done trying yet. And BTW, this antenna is the skinniest antenna I have ever seen. The smallest section is like a thin piece of wire, and I do mean thin. I would change that if I could. Extensive use has already made it loosen a little. Good thing, because one good push down and you're going to have a bent antenna.I haven't used the recording function and I likely won't, but it is nice to have. The cell phone app needs device location permission upon install. I don't know why that is... Seems unnecessary. I have other radios that don't need it, so...I don't know if they sell that info...would be nice to know. But the buttons are bigger on my android phone. So, we have that.The USB also functions as data transfer for the TF card. It also serves as a charger, and PC audio. Thats a new one on me. The screen shows antenna signal strength. I like that! Bluetooth works but didn't keep signal on several occasions for me. This was in close proximity to each other. I don't use BT too often. Other reviewers say theirs worked fine. So...Overall, this is a decent radio. The RGB lighting is subtle and low key. Thats nice too. The volume goes loud. The rear base speaker works okay. Bigger sound from a small radio. I imagine that battery life drains faster at a high level. Good to use as an outside radio. Talk radio and music play well here.Good Job Raddy....two thumbs up here!

This is a neat little radio. I purchased this primarily for its looks. For its appearance I give it a 5/5.I'm located in Ottawa, Canada and I can get AM channels from Toronto, Boston and Connecticut at times. I can receive WRMI Miami on shortwave fairly clearly (even more so that the local CHU time signal from NRC), and I heard a station from Romania at one time. There's not much in my area wrt VHF and AIR bands so I don't use those. For reception I give a 3½/5.The app works well. It's a nice add-on though I don't see myself using it often, mainly to use the record function which is only available through the app. 4/5The sound is great for a smallish radio, that additional rear speaker really gives it a good presence. It does offset the center of gravity and makes the unit a little tippy toward the rear so be careful not to put it on the edge of a table. FM sounds great! For sound 4½/5.There are two Bluetooth connections, one for the app and one for use as a Bluetooth speaker. The BT app connection works every time. The BT speaker connection sometimes fails to reconnect. (If you encounter this, power off the radio and wait for the LCD display to turn entirely off, then turn it back on and it reconnects - at least for me it does.) Bluetooth 3½/5.Adding an SD card (not included) is a great feature and I suggest getting one. It allows recording and also playback of a few digital audio formats. There's no sorting by Album or Artist or any of that. Just a track number on the LCD or a track title via the app. So I only put on maybe 5-10 files at any time. If I put an album on I'll concatenate the whole thing with mp3wrap to avoid having to cycle through multiple tracks. 4/5The controls are good. They take a little getting used to as many buttons have multiple functions in different modes of operation or whether long-pressed or short-pressed. The auto-scan feature doesn't find anything on AM for me for some reason, even on strong local stations. FFWD and RWND in the playback mode are a little slow. For controls 4/5.Battery duration: if I use it a lot I have to recharge every few days. No complaints. 4/5In brief I think this is decent unit and I have been having a lot of fun with it.My main uses are as an FM radio and bluetooth speaker and for those it does great.The other features work relatively well and add to the experience.

I bought this little radio on a whim and it arrived just yesterday, so I cannot vouch for it's durability or overall quality. And I must say outright that I did not expect this device to be so incredibly small. It's like, 4" square and less than 2" deep. And in my mind that's a great thing. It means I can pack this little gadget in my backpack for a backwoods journey and pull in radio stations in the wild.Another thing I didn't expect was the shear amount of functionality built into this little thing. Not only does it sport several bands of radio frequencies that can be dialed in with a few different redundancies, but it also lets you use it as an external bluetooth speaker and apparently through the inclusion of a TF card reader as well. And the App that comes with it to remotely control the radio is a great little touch for those of us who don't wish to climb out of the hammock to switch channels while enjoying a nice Montana sunset! so was the 8 foot wire antenna that could be attached to a tree branch. Overall it's a slick design and I hope it lasts a long time.