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Check out the main review here: Product Review: LiJiANi RD-239S + W2. This post is some accumulated notes. Antenna The W2 repeater comes with a 4.2m antenna, terminated in a 3.5mm plug. The other end is terminated with an alligator Continue reading
Introduction I was excited about this one my old friend LiJiANi Rd239, now with SSB. While that s true, there is more going on. In addition to to SSB, there is app control, bandwidth settings and a new UHF band. Continue reading
PANIC The USPS delivery site said they were returning it to sender, undeliverable because of insufficient address. They delivered it anyway. The address was mangled by jamming it together with no spaces between street number and name. Disaster averted. Unboxing Continue reading
I ve hurried through this review because I really don t think much of the product. I refer the reader back to my prior articles for some details: It s a cheap (under $23 with shipping) radio and music player. It s not defective. Continue reading
This is an inexpensive radio / music player. They re selling on AliExpress today for under $23 with free shipping. It s an MW/FM/SW radio and music player. In this short First Impressions post I ll discuss packaging, look and feel, preliminary sound Continue reading
It s a weakness. AliExpress sent me an email 50% off, free shipping. It cost $27.28 that s just $3 per band. Looks big! Actual size is 105 x 45 x 118mm (4.1 x 1.8 x 4.6 in). So it s Continue reading
I rate FM radio performance by counting local stations I can hear down on my patio in the middle of the day. That s simplistic, because daytime propagation varies and E-Skip happens. Not all stations are necessarily local and consistent. I ve Continue reading
The package consists of a MW/FM/SW/WB radio with stereo speakers, plus a repeater an external device that is a radio itself, able to relay received audio to the base radio. The repeater adds AIR band and VHF/UHF. Let s start Continue reading
I ve been waiting to order this since early May when an early version appeared on the AliExpress website with prominent warning that SSB tuning step was 5 kHz and that there was no printed English manual, to be remedied by Continue reading
Dangerous outdoor temperatures have kept me indoors and away from necessary outdoor testing for my ZWS-802 review, so to pass the time I clicked on a CNBC video on YouTube about Walmart s attempt to boost online sales and complete with Continue reading