They are great little radios. So you have been reviewing these "dark side" radios for a while and I have followed your channel for a number of years when I came back to the radio. I think that you could inspire a lot of people and do the Foundation licence. Go on Fred, give it a go, the hobby is in need of new blood. 73's
Back in the early seventies I did a lot of SWL using.old valve radios picked up at jumble sales. Long wir antenna which was actually a catenary that my father set up to take a power cable to our garage.. I collected QSL cards from all round the world, and even heard a bush pilot in Canada. I found that I could tune my Russian portable SW radio so that it acted as a BFO for SSB. Them was the days....early teens.
Quansheng will never know how much I appreciate this radio... Use it for field work to keep in touch with the video team, and it works so well! Love your video's Fred! Watch them all!!!
This week I've seen the radio on sale with the mod factory fitted. A USB charging port on the UV 5R Plus is now optional too, and best of all.. a pair of them can be had for around £22!!
Too bad the BBC WS has so limited schedule on SW as of recent few months... even though I live in Poland, they became an incredibly tough catch here! Unless I wake up at 6am... Nothing after 9pm, and in fact, nothing after 4pm on weekends, so on Saturdays & Sundays there's almost no BBC on shortwave, and what is left is tightly beamed to remaining target areas in Africa & parts of Asia. All this just when this Quansheng could've come so handy to pick them up, even if only on 13m & 11m 😥 73!
Hi Fred. I was born in the early 60s, and had many an enjoyable night listening to SW and CB in my bedroom, using the metal bunk bed frame as an antenna. I was suggested your channel by RU-vid. And it was like a trip down memory lane. Love it. I am not able to mod a handset as others can. Eyesight and shake stop intricate work. But having watched loads of videos. I really would like a small handset. Having read the specs of quite a few. I am interested in the RADTEL brand. Primarily the RT-470x, and (for the Bluetooth programming) the RT-490. I have looked amongst your posts but have not seen a review by you on these. Could I ask, have you reviewed either of these? If not, could you direct me to another reliable RU-vid broadcaster. Thanking you in advance. Stay safe fella. Simon
Hearts from Minnesota. I'm a wussy, Internet boy so far. All Internet. Plus I'm a half drunk, at least I tell the truth. To my anti Labour mates in Brit land. Let's talk about it and stay LL good!
I am pretty sure that greg-et2dp is a spam-bot. Same dull and predictable posts on every Frid video. Quite clever, though, as the bot adapts to the subject matter in hand. Never replies to any comments, though 😂
Hi Fred. Which Shortwave radio has both "MARINE CHANNELS & - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CHANNELS " Plus AM/FM & - other Channels... please Please can U - share W/ Me Please Which Shortwave radio Would best have all these features?? Both AM/ FM - MARINE/AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL....
I bought a handset of eBay but I cannot work out how to change the text on the menus from Chinese. Do you have any suggestions on how to change the text from Chinese to English? The menu 21 only changes the voice prompts.
@@CB-RADIO-UK I just looked at downloaded files in my computer and it should be uv-k5-firmware-fagcnod-v1.1.2-SSB-lite (it's a file name) and it have SSB too
