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Mohamed Hameedi Thanks.

You are welcome. Tom

Thanks for the report. Let us know how you like it.

Good to hear.

jordanh999 You are very welcome. Keep us posted on your experiences with it.

+Raul Girao You are very welcome.

Super. Keep us posted.

You are welcome. Tom

+Alex You are welcome.

PS. I was still watching right to the end...

You are most welcome and thanks for the comments. You are a good man to watch it to the end. :) Tom

+Barry Austin Super. Let us know how you like it.

You are very welcome and thanks for stopping by.

You are very welcome.

Keep the part of the antenna that is inside as short as possible as to reduce the amount of noise entered into it. Tom

mole meade In general an external antenna will greatly improve reception. The key is to use shielded cable to bring in the signal from the outside antenna. Please see some of the my reviews on selecting or making antennas. There are a number of books out there that I have reviewed that will suggest a number of types of antenna you can use. There are many factors that go into setting up an antenna, like how much room do you have for the antenna, how high can you have an antenna and are their any restrictions in your area about having an outside antenna. If you have further questions, you can email me at trrs73@gmail.com Tom

You are very welcome and have a great day.

On the left side, in the middle!

Does it do this on all bands (AM, FM, SW)?

Here is an example. www.americanradiosupply.com/uhf-female-to-3-5-mm-male-phono-plug-coaxial-adapter-connector/?gclid=CjwKEAiAs_PCBRD5nIun9cyu01kSJAA-WD-r_nw92Gquc14C5n7gCc3iXxIMraY0tJixkzKQQb2sThoCcdjw_wcB

Not that I know of. Besides a cheap scanner radio will do a much better job of scanning the air bands but of course that means another radio. You should be able to get a cheap one for under $20. Tom

The one I am using is a SO-239 to 1/8'" adapter.

Great many thanks there r so many parts and adapters these days i get lost.

I understand that fully.

Thanks and have a great day.

WOW. That is really strange. Return it.

My thoughts exactly! Thank you!

You shouldn't have to do that. Must be a problem with the radio.

hmm sounds not good i have to contact the person i get it from. Thank you

I am not sure. I have always used mine with batteries as the AC adapter could cause AC noise.

+ali almesri I am using an G5RV antenna.

SO-239 Jack UHF Female SO239 to 3.5mm Mono 1/8". Amazon

@@hamrad88 thanks for that!

I have many antennas. My best of shortwave is my MegaLoop. See my other videos of my antennas.

+Jitendra Patel The simple answer is that most radios will have problems from rf noise generated by other appliances inside your house. This can be solved by listening outdoors as you found out or have an outdoor antenna. The most important thing about an outdoor antenna is that it has to be brought into the house with shielded cable. Shielded cable will prevent the rf noise inside the house from getting into the antenna. I hope this helps. Tom

+hamrad88 thank you.. I will try to make DIY shielded cable antenna..

+Jitendra Patel You are very welcome.

My best is the Megaloop antenna. You can find it in my Amazon store. See the link above.

@@hamrad88 Hey thanks a lot. I will check that out. Have a great day.

UHF female(also known as a SO-239 connector) to 3.5 MM male Adapter

Thanks for your comments and good luck with your new radio.

Have not found that to be a problem with mine. Mine is the latest version. Tom

+Siddharth Chauhan Here is one place to find out information about the long wave band. There are a huge number of places to find out information about shortwave radio. Below are some links to get you started. Also I have a number of videos that will help you. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwave www.dxing.com/tuning.htm

I am 14! It’s really fun discovering signals all over the world!

Probably 50 ohm but that is only a guess.

A loop antenna may help. See my recent testing of the Megaloop antenna.

@@hamrad88 Indoors or outdoors? I presume that indoors might be better because of the electrical utility line just yards from my house, but then I'm sure that my house, like many these days, has it's share of RFI. SO - what is your suggestion, please, fellow Floridian? 73 N4ANO

@@usernamemykel Either

@@hamrad88 Thanks!

@@hamrad88 Thanks!

Not normal but the Chinese radios are know to vary from radio to radio. I always suggest getting these radios from a seller with a good return policy.

hamrad88 can you get metal knobs for these?

@@franciscole3039 Seems like I saw someone selling replacement knobs but I don't think they were metal. Anon-Co is one place.

hamrad88 thanks. Does it makes sense to buy spare knobs and antennas for radios? Or do they generally last if not abused.....

@@franciscole3039 I am very careful and have never had a problem with my 300 or more radios.

Still hanging in there. Have a great day.

@@hamrad88 Thanks Tom, I have been playing with my PL 660 today, using what you showed me. Take care.

They could be using any of the bands.

It probably was my G5RV antenna.

Because their still active functions using power.

Andrew Paes really good

Don't remember. Doesn't look like I had one on it in this video.

Thanks Tom I was wondering as I've purchased a second hand one but it's got scratch's on the screen I thought it might have a small screen protector but I don't think there is .

Airband is non existent on mine it's just noises I'm wandering if it's because of the new 8.33 khz steps there using now. I'm close to an airport aswell. There seems to be a lot of normal stations on 40 meter band coming through on this radio which is rather strange as I don't hear it on other ssb radios. The radio picks up a lot of interference during the day so it's night time use only for me. my tuning knob is sticky I might replace it with a bigger one and try cleaning the inside. My charging port is really loose so I'm just going to use rechargeable separate batteries . It's sad there's not many SW stations left anymore from 4000 to 10000 MHz there's stations and ssb but apart from that I hear nothing on the SW spectrum. . My main concern with the radio is the build quality it's very creaky I don't think it could take a knock easily.

@@neilcampbell4833 Try short-wave.info for a listing of shortwave stations on the air at any given time. There is still a lot but reception is poor right now with the low SFI.

I tried pressing the air button a second time but that won't do anything

Poorly written manual

We have the dreaded soft muting circuit where very weak signals can get cut off.

@@hamrad88 I see. Among my collection I have a PL-450. I can tune it around and it never mutes. Considering this, the PL-660 might be a different experience. I also have an XHDATA D-808. You're saying the muting is similar? Thanks!

SO-239 to 3.5 mm plug adapter. You can get them from Amazon.

G5RV

@@hamrad88 Maybe it’s time I get one of those I have to figure out how to hook that up

@@franciscole3039 If you have the room.

@@hamrad88 i have two old directv satellites on my house with the coax. Can this somehow be used a an antenna?

@@franciscole3039 not for shortwave.

Yes, there are many programs to do this and the one I use which is very simple to use is Scanner Recorder which has a VOX option.

@@hamrad88 Thanks you hamrad88! Do I need a special kind of cable to connect the radio to a recording device?

@@stewartkilleen675 No.

Dean Denton Go to my channel page and select Playlist and it will show you all my Playlists. Tom

I know what you mean. :)

Had the same problem with Sony ICF 7600! LOL! Never use it much, finally the battery leaked out and ruined the volume and jog buttons, didn't work any more.

Agree. But don’t feel obligated to use every single feature. Just use what pleases you. I’m an elder HAM with quite a few radios and the new rigs are overwhelming. 73s ツ

Thanks for the suggestion.

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You need to use the included AC adapter to recharge the batteries.

Not sure what your question is.

@@hamrad88 whare can u fiend a raido like yours we don't have a raido shack anymore

Most of the radios I review come from either Amazon (for new ones) or Ebay (for used ones).

Mine works fine.

Mine works great on SW, which is really what I want to be honest but it would be nice to at least hear WCOA and WBSR. Some research reveals the 660 isn't a superstar on AM reception, odd that. FM on it is stellar. Oh well, I just bought an R-1000 and it's on the way. Maybe it'll do the job.

The problem with portable radios like this is that the built-in MW antenna is so small. Like I said mine works fine on MW but we have a ton of strong MW stations near by. I wish I still had my R-1000 but unfortunately it was one with a bad drift problem. A friend had one and it worked great but he would not sell it to me. :(

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