Review on Tecsun PL398MP DSP Digital AM/FM/LW Shortwave Radio: Dual Speakers & MP3 Player, Black - The Ultimate Audio Solution by Swami Nathan ᠌

Very good receiver for VHF stations in two bands: VHF and FM. At leisure, in the countryside, you can listen well to HF and even MW, if you know the frequencies of the stations. For monitoring HF stations - very inconvenient. For listening to LW and MW stations, as well as monitoring them, it is not at all suitable, especially for the LW. Has some pros There are two speakers, albeit not very powerful. You can listen to stereo without headphones or speakers. There is a line input (Line in) you can connect a miniplayer and use the receiver as an amplifier with speakers. The buttons are recessed and their inscriptions glow in the dark. The keyboard can be locked with a special button. The backlight can be turned on independently of the receiver. You can tune in to stations in several ways, including dialing the frequency on the keyboard. In the VHF band there is such a tuning mode. When you turn the wheel, you immediately get to the next station by number. Very comfortably. VHF range continuous 64.00 - 108.00 MHz. Captures the former Chinese, Soviet, Japanese and American-European bands. You can make restrictions: from 87.5 MHz. Sensitivity in the range from 1.2 to 5 μV. You can listen to stations on the Soviet VHF, where it still works, as well as the sound support of television analog channels: 2nd (65.75 MHz), 3rd (85.75 MHz), 4th (91.75 MHz) , on the 5th (99.75 MHz) both from the air, if they have not yet been turned off, and from cable TV systems in large houses. the cable radiates a lot, being an antenna. I can assume that in parts of the Hong Kong, Primorsky Territories and in the Sakhalin Region, you can listen to Japanese stations in their VHF band. HF range is continuous 2300 - 21950 kHz. There are options for hitting only broadcast bands. Lots of memory cells. You can select the bandwidth of the RF signal: 6.3, 4.3,2.1 kHz. Outside the city, reception with an external antenna is very decent at any time of the day. The MW range is so-so in terms of sensitivity. DV is just there, but deaf. Cons below: On VHF, the tuning step in manual mode is 0.01 MHz, in automatic mode 0.05 MHz. This means that when scanning stations in the range of 66 - 74 MHz (Soviet VHF, where the grid of stations is 0.03 MHz), the receiver will safely slip through a weak station, and tune in to a more powerful one with an error of up to 0.03 MHz. You have to adjust manually. On the HF bands, the main tuning step is 1 kHz, which is very inconvenient, since broadcast stations are located every 5 kHz. There is no SSB mode on HF. The DV range is simply there, but it is deaf, and starts from 100 kHz. This means that the reception of radio stations of the exact time and frequency on the Far East is not available. All player controls are on the back side. It is not possible to connect a USB flash drive, only an SD card.