Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Now you can travel anywhere and hear what's happening at home! World radio picks up local stations when you're on vacation or picks up foreign stations when you're at home. Great for storm and weather warnings too. How exciting! Powerful 9-band world receiver gives you information from around the world whenever you want it. Knowledge from the entire firmament, the cradle of humanity, can be yours! Receiver amazingly pulls in international views from all over the globe, while the AM/FM radio function gives you the local perspectives. Never wonder what the rest of the world is thinking; just tune in and hear for yourself. Make your own judgments on any political affairs, hear about what is affecting family and friends in other areas of the world, and check out the weather before you travel anywhere. Fits easily into luggage so you can be instantly aware of the goings-on at home. News from around the neighborhood and around Mother Earth. Unit has a telescopic antenna, wrist strap, band selector, battery slot, AM and FM indicator, power jack, earphone jack, power switch and volume control.
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Customer Reviews
Garbage December 8, 2008
J. Pawlowski (Buffalo, NY United States)
I knew this was a painted plastic radio, but the picture made it look more shiny, metallic, & cool than it really is. It's a very dull paint job in reality.
AM & FM stations bleed through & over throughout every shortwave band, drowning out most of the shortwave signals that should be there.
I did pick up 1 church SW station on the higher bands in the day. I picked up Cuba, some more church, & voice of America in the evening. The hash of a dozen or more local AM & FM stations interfering across every SW band made getting anything else impossible.
It wouldn't even qualify it as a starter SW radio. A beginner would get so fed up
with the radio, they'd give up the hobby.
A 2 transistor regenerative SW radio I made when I was 12 in under an hour picks up more SW stations day & night than this radio.
AM reception is good for an under 10 dollar radio (I paid 8 bucks for it). OK for moderate AM DXing.
The AA batteries last a long time, so it's efficient.
I wasn't expecting any big sound from a small cheap radio, but I have many smaller & cheaper radios that have better sound quality.
FM reception is terrible. Worse than most bargain basement radios.
It does not pick up analog or digital TV channels.
Don't buy it for it's looks, it looks much duller than the picture.
Don't buy it for SW either, because it's almost useless at that. For starter SW, I'd recommend the Grundig mini 300.
Don't buy it for music either. FM reception & the sound quality is bad compared to others in this price range, & even smaller radios.
Recommended for AM talk radio & moderate AM DXing... nothing else.
HUMDINGER! November 18, 2008
Be Careful
Contrary to other reviewers, I have found this to be an terrific radio for its size. It easily outperforms the SoNY S10MK2, which is poor, IMO, and the Sony does not even receive foreign radio channels. B&H is amazingly selective and sensitive. It is selective enough to get TV channels easily without an external antenna in the FM band. Shortwave reception needs an external antenna -- just a simple wire clipped to the telescoping ant works fine. The reception and selectivity of this radio compares favorably with the Sony ICF-SW7600GR, which is much more expensive and much more difficult/complicated to use. It seems that digital radio technology is still in the "make-it-difficult-for-nerds (that's what they like)" stage. This technology is an ergonomic failure, much less convenent than analog, and the so-called "scan" operation doesn't do what you would think it should do --namely scan for signals and keep them in memory, the way HD TV scanners work. With analog, you simply dial the frequencies directly -- much easier. Digital radios like the Sony units don't even let you punch in the the frequencies manually. They are very cumbersome, difficult, poorly ergonomically engineered and user-unfriendly. The B&H may not be perfect, but it works and is easy to use at a bargain price. Mine has never drifted.
Fair starter radio January 3, 2008
C. L. Groce (near Winston-Salem, NC)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have bought several of these little radios over the years. The first one I bought, put batteries in, and turned on received Radio China, Radio Netherlands, and several other stations. I have taken them on trips and given away some to interested persons. It does ok for an inexpensive radio. AM and FM reception is good, I have not heard the TV band yet though.
This doesn't qualify as a radio October 21, 2007
Traditional One (Boone, NC USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This thing does not qualify as a radio in any regard. Well .. OK, it kinda looks like one, but a the photo will work just as well as the actual item. If you're looking for your first SW radio, spend a few extra bucks and get something else. The cheapest radio you can find on Amazon from Kaito (ie the WRX911)or Eton (ie The Mini) will outperform this thing by a mile.
My recommendations for a budget SW radio .. the Kaito KA1101 or KA1102 .. both excellent performers.
It's okay... January 27, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
PROS- Does a lot of bands SW,MW(AM),FM w/TV band
CONS- The reception is awful. I can barely pull in any SW stations, and if I can it's hard to hear and I have to move the radio in the perfect place. FM and AM reception is fair to average. I noticed the tuning of FM is way off from where it says, for example I pick up 104.7 on what looks like 101.5 on the radio.
In conclusion, it does a lot of bands but it's reception is awful and it's hard to tune.
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