Brilliant radio for the money. I did all the firmware updates which is fairly easy to do as well.The radio is great and has a great sound quality as well as a nicely lit screen. I used mine daily and still no issues. Definitely worth a buy

I’m still getting to grips with my new purchase, and to be honest it takes a fair amount of time to get your head around the operation of it, (it took me a day and I’m by no means stupid). The instruction manual could be so much clearer, for example, I searched and searched the manual for a way of storing frequencies on channels, but failed miserably. I eventually went onto YouTube and found a video which showed me how to do it in a matter of minutes. Why on earth the instructions aren’t clearer is anyone’s guess. I haven’t had it anywhere near an airport yet, (I live 50 miles from the nearest commercial airport), but have been able to pick up a few aircraft conversations by scanning through the airband frequencies. I’ve also been able to pick up a few amateur radio conversations too, up to now around 50 miles away with the bigger aerial that I purchased. Like I say, I’m still finding my way around it, but apart from the manual issues it seems to do what it says on the box. At the price it’s a bit of a bargain – and there’s always YouTube instruction videos when all else fails!

Brilliant value, I ordered this for my other half who is an experienced Radio Ham, with quality professional kit. He cannot believe how good this is for the money.. loves it.

I’m a numpty!!!! The screen actually has 2 plastic films and I only took off the main film. Taking the 2nd film off reveals a shiny glass screen.This is a nice little scanner with a mostly solid build quality, it’s a hard plastic shell with nice rubber buttons that are not flimsy, with a good battery life. The Radtel website has a good section on firmware and software updates for the radio, although the Chinese translation and Chinese writing on the software can make the process of updating a little harder but it’s not difficult to work out what the English would be. Just a note that if you do update like I did I found I lost the ability to use AM function for air scanning, but a little searching online tells you to hold down the side PTT button and No’8 button whilst turning on at the same time, and the word ‘expand’ will appear on screen which enables AM mode.Some down sides to the unit are the supplied instructions could be a little better, whilst you get the jist some things could be better. The software could be a little bit more intuitive as it seems to do simple functions are long winded.The main downside for me is the quality of the plastic screen, it’s so soft that just wiping it with a cloth to clean it scratches the plastic, it won’t take much abuse to make it totally scratched which is a shame.Overall it’s a good unit but I’ve not given it a proper run with frequency scanning but it seems good but does have issues

Bueno, bonito y barato: excepcional recepción de banda aérea.
Tras leer muchas reseñas positivas, decidí probar este aparato y debo decirles que es espectacular por el precio que tiene, más aún por lo que lo he comprado: recepción de banda aérea: sonido limpio, con buen “squelch” ajustable y unos altavoces buenos. Si estás acostumbrado a otras radios, los menús y los ajustes son sencillitos una vez que le pillas el truco. Buena transmisión, lo esperable con 5W y su antena por defecto.Como todo, la antena por defecto está bien, pero sería mejor adquirir antenas dedicadas según la banda a escuchar. Una antena telescópica (conector SMA-F) sería lo más óptimo si queremos recibir de todo, pero una antena dedicada será mejor para recibir en banda aérea, por ejemplo.

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Gut und günstig, tut was es soll.

Ive only had tbis radio for a few days, but so far, I cant fault it. I bought it primary for listening mainly to the air band. And other users. (Im currently working on my licence, to be able to legally transmit.)The radio is very sturdy and has a good build quality. The sound quality is excellent. It picks up signals from very long distances. Although i dont think it would transmit that far, but thats not why i bought it in the first place. The functions are easy enough to work out, which is a good job really, as the instruction manual is pretty useless. All in all, a great little radio. I can highly recommend.

Very good kit for the money but a bit complicated to navigate. Takes time to learn. Videos on YouTube help. I bought a better aerial, which has significantly improved reception, although this partly depends where you live. You might find it works OK without aerial upgrade.

Cracking little radio. Watched many videos on YouTube to get a good understanding which one to buy. Decided to purchase this one as the price was excellent and all reviews were positive and recommended.Bought the additional air band aerial which I’m not sure I needed as the one supplied seems no different to the dedicated one for air bands. The battery seems to go on forever and build quality is superb.

Cracking bit of kit at the price. Always wanted an air scanner but prohibitive costs in the past for a want item.Had to enable AM mode for air channels.Unit came with 2.03 firmware but upgraded to 2.13C using the USB adaptor so all working nicely (is V2.0 hardware).