Raddy RF760 Portable SSB Shortwave Radio Receiver, NOAA Alert | Full band AM/FM/SW/CB/VHF/UHF/AIR, rechargeable, earphone jack, 9.7ft wire antenna

I've owned somewhere north of 100 shortwave radios over 60 years, so I'm an experienced listener. Based on the considerable negative commentary in Amazon reviews, I was somewhat hesitant to make a purchase, but the discounted price was about half of the price the RF760 when it was introduced in 2022, and I decided to give it a try. So let me cover the negatives first. The biggest negative is the sound quality from the speaker. It's tinny. Speech is understandable, but music of any genera is unpleasant to listen to. The headphone experience, however, is good. I didn't try the included earbuds (I have a big box of unused earbuds that come with radios) but rather some good headphones. There is no booming bass, but the midrange is good. The second negative is the complexity of operation. This unit has 8 bands, including a user-defined band. It allows step settings, bandwidth settings, attenuation settings, deemphasis settings and a squelch. It has upper and lower sideband decoding. It has a clock, alarm, sleep timer and a thermometer with display in F and C. It manages all that with a mere 11 buttons and a knob. With that said, basic reception is possible with what could be easily figured out for someone familiar with other radios. The third negative is the user manual, which is not the most helpful in places, and whose English is somewhat nonstandard. Just what is a "flying shuttle button"? There is a way to quickly tune to a specific frequency without number keys, but it's hidden in the manual in a mass of awkward English. The display is readable as far as the basic information, band, frequency, memory location and signal quality, but there are some setting items that are almost microscopic, and unless your close up vision exceeds 20-20, you will need a magnifying glass to see some of the things (that probably don't matter). In a radio this small it is inevitable that the telescopic antenna is thin and the user should take care not to bend it. One video I saw showed the antenna becoming loose, but I have not seen this so far. I would suggest a little silicone lubricant on the antenna. Others reported problems with the tuning knob that I have not seen either. I gave the radio 5 stars from the point of view of an experienced shortwave listener who wants a pocket radio that does everything, someone who has seen their share of bad translations from the Chinese. With such a small size plus weather alerts, it makes sense as a camping radio or a travel radio, and I was frankly surprised at how well it performs. It exceeded expectations. MW performance is necessarily poor because of the small size of the radio, limiting the size of the internal MW antenna, but with an external antenna, I got 10 times as many MW stations! And with an external antenna, the RF760 automatically adds longwave reception, shown in the video I included of a nondirectional beacon on 351 kHz. FM coverage is very good and I didn't see any signs of overloading. Shortwave is reasonable. Weather band reception is the best I have seen. Raddy includes a simple external wire antenna, giving a significant boost. The auto tune search (ATS) seems to work well, but there are only 100 storage locations per band (1000 total), and one might exceed that on shortwave with an antenna. I tried SSB reception on the 40 meter ham band. The biggest difficulty was the impenetrable language of the manual. If you ignore all the part about "2MIX" that apparently doesn't even exist, it makes a little more sense. My unit serial number started 2411, so I am speculating that it was manufactured in November of 2024, perhaps correcting issues with earlier runs.

UPDATE: I purchased another one of these from a different vendor. The price has dropped to nearly half of the original cost. I discovered that there at least 4 different versions of this radio, manufacturered by one company HanRongDa, and branded by Raddy, Retekess, and HRD. The newest version contains a MOSFET preamplifier between the antenna and mixer. The newest version works quite well as long as you don't attach a long outdoor antenna. The sensitivity is quite good, but this set can be overloaded due to poor dynamic range. That said, it is a technological marvel with no less than 2 Receiver chips and a DSP chip. I discovered that using the headphones it improves reception. I love the little set, but I don't recommend it if it's going to be your only radio for listening to shortwave. ORIGINAL REVIEW: This little receiver is pretty cool, but has its drawbacks. The sensitivity below about 5 mHz is pretty poor. The Menus are difficult to see and hard to navigate. It's much more sensitive on the Upper Shortwave Bands, CB Band, and on the VHF/UHF Bands. Where I can clearly receive CHU on 3.30 mHz on my Tecsun PL-330, using the built-in Whip Antennas, they're not audible on the Raddy. The Scanning Features on the Raddy work quite well. But programming the frequencies into memory is not straightforward. The one big plus is the wide range of coverage in such a small package. Oh, and as other Reviewers have noted, the end of the built-in Whip Antenna is hair thin and easily breakable. I'm 71 and have been a Radio Enthusiast since grade school. I've owned literally hundreds of radio receivers in my life. I wound up returning the Raddy and purchased a Vintage Hammarlund HQ-180A to restore. That's a laugh because the Raddy weighs onces and the Hammarlund weighs 60 pounds! 73, KG7M

I'm still figuring out how to make the various settings that I want to use, because the radio only gives you three seconds between keystrokes while changing just about any parameter, and some of them require a number of keystrokes. It is sometimes tedious to actually tune to a specific frequency. On the other hand this radio has awesome sensitivity and I am surprised at how well it picks up signals even with its little whip antenna, even on HF. I was copying CW on HF solidly without drift. It is really a whole lot of radio for the money. I'm sure I will be very happy with it once I can handle the settings and adjustments without the manual.

SW Band has serious bleed over from local MW (AM) stations making reception of the desired SW frequencies impossible. SSB function defective - no sound, no signal or even static and dual function not accessible in SET menu, Weather WX Band - strong stations produce excessive audio distortion making it difficult to understand spoken words & Air Band has the same problem. Manual says to change BW in WX however SET menu does not allow assess to BW in WX band. AM & FM function is average. Too bad - this radio sounds good on paper but misses the mark. In it's current state, it's far too expensive for just the average FM and AM pocket radio function. I've reached out to the seller with these issues. I'll update my review if I receive another unit that functions better.

This little marvel packs a ton of features into a remarkably small radio! You will be shocked how small it really is! I'm talking about 4" x 2.4" x .75"! It runs on a BLC 5C Lithium ion battery. (1000 mAh). You can look up the specs for all the bands. It allows you to adjust bandwidth in all but the weather band. There are 100 memories per band. Sensitivity is fair far all but the MW band. For some reason this band is terrible. Likely, I suspect it has to do with it having a very small loop type antenna internally. The instructions claim you can use the external antenna for MW also but I haven't tried it yet. All I can say is even low priced radios will do much better on MW. It will receive CB in AM or FM! I was also shocked to find it received WWV on 25kHz! Quite clearly too. If the MW was as sensitive as the other bands, I would have given this radio 5 stars with no trouble. The manual is no treat. You really have to read it closely. The operation of the functions actually is pretty simple, though. With each band, there are at least several functions you can set. To do this, you tap the SET key then use the MODE key to select the choice of each function. Continue to tap the SET key until you have completed all the functions or you won't set any of them. The manual does explain them for each band. Oh, there is no 8 khtz bandwidth for MW. 6 is the highest. Point being, if you are looking for a radio for mostly SW, FM, VHF (30-163), {AM & FM!), UHF (430-520), AIR, WX, and you don't care about MW other that a local broadcast, this is a great radio. Just understand, yes, there is a bit of a learning curve but not that bad. The usage is actually quite logical. If you really want a radio Thais great to MW, FM, SW and sideband, including on CB, and you want a small one, the Crane Skywave SSB will out perform this one For sensitivity, sound quality, ease of use, and they give you a decent pair of earbuds, but it is also almost twice the money. (It does also include Air and weather bands. No FM on CB though. It's about $180) So there you have it. oh, this radio will do an auto search, but it's NOT a scanner! If you want that, you better get a real scanner. You Can pick up plenty of commercial and amateur radio though. They include a wire antenna that you can clip to a curtain rod and likely well improve the reception over just the whip antenna.

I’m impressed at the performance of this radio for being so wide banded, and smaller than a pack of cigarettes. Is it perfect, no but it does a lot of things well. It seems to pick up everything my larger Sangean does. The antenna is very flimsy feeling, and feels like it could snap off or bend very easily. I can’t seem to get ssb working right either.

Just a 73yo average listener here. This radio is very well made and loaded with features. As someone who is not a super duper shortwave listener, I found it very easy to learn using the raddy. Well worth the cost. I was so impressed with this, I bought the 757 big brother. Truthfully this little radio is so much better. I'm in my living room, and with this little Thing, I'm receiving 5 noaa stations, and about 8 SW during the day. When I turn on the 757, I get 1 SW, and 1 noaa, and that's very faint v

In short: This is a polarizing radio that doesn't do anything as well as some radios a quarter of its price, but it does more than most radios twice its price. It offers more bands than most handheld radios, covering nearly everything you could reasonably listen to on analog radio. Each band has individually-customizable options, including frequency stepping, bandwidth, antenna attenuation, and modulation. And each band can be scanned, with 'active' frequencies auto-saved to the presets (up to 100 per band). It tells you the relative strength of any given signal (SNR) and lets you set a squelch level to mitigate the static. And they throw in a built-in thermometer, sleep timer, and alarm clock to go along with standard USB-C charging. It's a solid feature set for this price range. But there in lies the rub: its promises are greater than the delivery. The body is made of relatively cheap plastic and the antenna is so thin and wobbly that you're quite likely to break it at some point during normal use. The buttons feel solid and the display is clear, but the tuning wheel often skips, where you'll turn it 5 'clicks' but the frequency only increments 3 times, or even goes in the wrong direction. The thermometer's temperature skews a bit high due to the internal heat of the radio itself. Sound quality (from both speaker and earbuds) is acceptable at lower volume levels, with speech generally clear but scratchy and tinny while music is muddy, increasingly so at higher volume levels where everything sounds forced. And while it does receive weather alerts from NOAA, you have to manually enable the 'alert scanner' mode that disables all other radio functions -- even the continuous weather broadcast -- until you stop listening for weather alerts. Audio reception also leaves something to be desired, with even the $25 Midland ER10VP (a surprisingly good value) picking up more AM/FM/WX channels and at higher quality all around. Specifically on AM and FM, this radio is prone to 'ghosting,' where you are listening to one frequency yet can hear an adjacent frequency's broadcast faintly overlapping it. It's not as good at picking up local UHF/VHF transmissions as a $25 Baofeng UV-5R with a rubber ducky antenna, which makes it mediocre for casual use. And although it did tune into air traffic control and incoming planes about 3 miles from the airport with clear line of sight, large chunks of the voice transmissions sounded garbled and unintelligible, which worsened with range. It was unable to pick up any LW broadcasts (which are few and spotty anyway) while CB/SW was quite difficult to listen to due to static and poor audio quality, even with the (optional) external antenna wire. Finally, the extendable antenna does not rotate and the radio does not have a built-in stand, so you must hold/prop the radio in the proper direction to pick up any less-than-ideal signal. If you're looking for a better radio that picks up as many frequencies/bands as the RF760 while costing under $100 and fitting in your shirt pocket, good luck -- it's a narrow segment. But keep in mind all of the compromises the RF760 makes to meet that goal. If you can do without the UHF/VHF and CB frequencies, I'd recommend considering the Sihouadon R-108, which is a bit larger but cheaper and significantly better quality in nearly every regard. Or for the full complement of bands, expect to pay more for larger, dedicated radios that offer the quality you are looking for. ----- P.S. This is apparently a "white-label product" -- do note its doppelganger, the "Retekess TR110" (Amazon # B0B8H1C62Q).

Buenas radio,pequeña y bonita.La recomiendo por el precio que yo la compré 67€ más no.

Goede , goedkope kleine ontvanger die “alles” ontvangt op de band. Gekocht om in mijn rugzak mee te nemen als ik ga wandelen.Zo groot als een spel kaarten. Leuk om altijd bij je te hebben om naar muziek , wereldontvangers , etc …te luisteren. Vervangt zeker niet een gespecialiseerde radio.

Zunächst : Ich habe mich ein wenig mit dem Thema Weltempfänger und Amateur Funk beschäftigt, kann also inzwischen beurteilen, ob das etwas taugt oder nicht. Dieses Mini Teil ist für seine Größe im Empfang hervorragend ausgestattet! : FM,AM mit LSB und Ssb, Flugfunk, CB Funk und VHF/UHF (PMR) sind zumindest laut Datenblatt vorhanden. CB und PMR etc ist wegen nur minimal vorhandenen aktiven Funkern hier in meiner gegen und überhaupt in Deutschland nur schwer zu testen. Allgemein gilt : Wer gut etwas verstehen will, sollte den beigelegten ohr hörer oder anderen Kopfhörer verwenden, denn der Lautsprecher ist natürlich auch klein... Und daher blechern mit wenig Frequenzbereich... War aber wegen des kleinen Lautsprechers zu erwarten. Kopfhörer Klang ist gut... FM in Stereo möglich. Klang detaillierter einstellen geht leider nicht. Der Empfang auf KW und MW ist erstaunlicherweise fast (!) so gut wie mit dem großen Malahit SDR... Super! Allerdings empfiehlt es sich, due filigrane bordeigene Auszieh Antenne nicht zu verwenden und besser über den 3,5mm Klinken Anschluss externe Antenne zu verwenden. Der Malahit hat mit seinem HiViz Anschluss hier noch die Nase vorn, da Donut Antennen mit Verstell rad für die Frequenz Bereiche hier echt noch Gewinn bringen. Flug Funk empfang ist gut, allerdings ohne effektiven Squelch Erfolg (obwohl 9 Stufen möglich sind, schluckt es alles an Stufe 1 und nur OFF ist Empfang möglich... Wenn nicht gesprochen wird rauscht es aber dann selbstverständlich. Ssb fkt einwandfrei, so ist auch Dwd Wetter Funk RTTY hut zu empfangen... Wird aber selbstverständlich nicht de kodiert, da kein SDR vorhanden ist (Mein Malahit macht das aber auch nicht... Warum nicht, konnte ich noch nicht rsusfinden) Zum Lieferumfang des Raddy ist angemessen: 1 (Nokia Klon) Akku, USB Lade Kabel (ohne Netzteil), 3,5mm klinke Wurf Antenne (hab ich nicht probiert), Handschlaufe, deutsches und relativ ausführliches Handbuch Insgesamt ist dss, kleine Radio prima für Touren unterwegs oder im "Flucht Rucksack" für Prepper Gehäuse ist aus Plastik, aber OK verarbeitet,, das Display ist scharf und Hintergrund beleuchtet, Due Taten exakt zu bedienen, allerdings nur ohne dicke Handschuhe. Bedienung aller gebotenen Funktionen erfordert definitiv das Studium der Anleitung... Inzuituv ist es nicht Man hat aber recht den Dreh raus. Eine Zehner Tastatur zur direkten frequenzen Eingabe vermisse ich ein wenig beim "Dixxen" . Das Radio ist dafür aber definitiv zu klein. Fazit : Einziger Mini Mini Weltempfänger mit externem Antennen Anschluß für guten Empfang. Gute Ausstattung im. Mini Format... Ideal für Touren mit wenig Platz für ein Radio. Der Preis von ca. 75€ ist günstig für das Gebotene... Volle Empfehlung (5 Sterne)

Is niet te gevoelig eigenlijk waardeloos zonder sterke antenne buiten

Ce petit RF760 est surprenant à tout point de vue. Je possède plusieurs récepteurs de trafic "ultra-portable", un Tecsun PL-368, un ATS200, un Raddy RF757 et je dois dire que ce RF760 est de loin le meilleur pour ce qui est de la sensibilité réception. Pas besoin de déployer l'antenne pour la réception FM en zone urbaine, le scan est rapide et ne manque aucun signal. Très large couverture fréquence dans les modes AM FM USB et LSB. Contrairement à ce qu'on peut lire dans d'autres commentaires, j'ai trouvé la prise en main relativement simple et pratique. A noter que le mode d'emploi est une traduction approximative du chinois en anglais, mais c'est compréhensible et on arrive à maitriser la bête assez facilement. La réception de la bande aviation est vraiment excellente. L'antenne intégrée est très fine, mais pas plus fragile, à mon avis, que n'importe quelle antenne de radio portable pour autant qu'on ne la manie comme un bourrin. La qualité du HP n'est pas terrible mais avec son format mini, le RF760 ne peut pas intégrer un HP plus gros, donc de meilleure qualité, ce HP est néanmoins largement suffisant pour une écoute tout-à fait satisfaisante de la voix, pour la musique, on peut toujours lui connecter un enceinte externe ou une paire d'écouteurs filaires. Avec une antenne long fil, la réception passe à un cran supérieur. en bref, je ne peux que recommander à 100% ce petit récepteur qui se glisse facilement dans n'importe quel EDC ou poche. Après en avoir testé un 1er, j'en ai acheté un second pour offrir à un proche.