DX-286 Portable Shortwave Radio FM Stereo/AM/LW/SW Ultra-sensitive full-band radio utilising TEF6686 chip, featuring LCD display, RDS alarm clock and 18650 rechargeable battery (Black)

The radio is really only for someone who knows about radios. Don’t get me wrong the radio is really nice, super sensitive fm reception. Great sound quality, it’s amazing for its size. But it has loads of interesting and useful settings, I don’t think you will get the best out of this radio unless you go into settings it up how you want to use it. Not good battery life warning, it says the battery is full then without any ramp down in displayed power, it displays almost empty!!! Don’t attempt to just switch on and use, Read manual first, or not much will happen. I think that the default settings could do with tweaking, depending on where it’s being sold. Personally I am really enjoying using it.

Great little DX radio. Very sensitive with loads of features. Sound quality is very good considering the size. A joy to use outdoors. Even better indoors with a decent shortwave aerial.

Very good quality radio. Sound is excellent as well as the signal. Quality construction. I would say it’s also easy to use, an also looks very nice.

reception poor on medium wave.

Great value radio, Its small but loud enough for where it lives(in the loo) Its very sensitive, picks up stations my big radio can't and holds a charge well. If I was going camping its the radio I would take, as its the lightest radio I own, yet captures stations I've never heard before. Definitely One of My better buys!

Great little radio, well made and has a few settings for better listening, bandwidth, amp etc. I've only had this for about 10 days but in my opinion the reception is comparable to my more expensive radio the PL-880 and sometimes better. I've only tested this radio on shortwave and longwave. Other reviews I've seen suggest that it's very good on MW also but, I've yet to test MW. An ideal radio to take portable for DX.

This Radio was highly recommended to me by "Fred in the shed" on Youtube! First impression: it is very well made, feels & looks a bit like the Sony mini radios of the 80's and 90's, (Icfw 55/100) compact, massive, solid and nothing looks or feels cheap! Quite the opposite in fact! All in all a really nice set. FM is a treat, I can suddenly hear stations I never heard before! MW & LW is not of much importance here. But SW is again excellent, right up there with my big SW-receivers which are of a high quality - incredible! You will need to work with the manual, don't underestimate this radio! Not so great: no battery, but you can get these easily. One detail I am not all to happy with: I had to pay €22.- in customs charges. I ordered this radio on the amazon uk website thinking, I would get this radio through the UK ( like most of the things for Ireland) and thanks to the customs agreement UK/Europe ( For goods up to €150 no customs charges occur) would not be confronted with customs charges. I still think the radio is well worth it , no question. But the fact that customs charges will apply need to be highlighted on the Website. Otherwise all in all: an exceptional product and one hell of a Christmas present! Thanks Fred!

Amazingly sensitive radio and easy to use. First of all, it comes in what looks like a toolbox with soft padding inside. Radio, pouch and detailed instruction manual (although not needed to use straight away). Sound is very good for such a small speaker in the radio. I pulled in stations on FM up to about 190 miles away over hilly territory - a feat which only the Tecsun PL-880 also did but the Qodosen got in stronger! Very good DSP sensitivity, too. One evening I tried LW and picked up Radio Algeria on 252kHz .. indoors. It was quiet but considering I was indoors and using its internal antenna .. I was really impressed. All in all, I waited a long time to try to find a sensitive, small radio with RDS and AM .. and am not disappointed. Just one small point to note - you do need 18650 batteries for this radio.

Tiene muy buena recepción, en la banda MW durante la noche se escuchan estaciones lejanas claramente, en SW inclusive sin conectar la antena externa recibe muy bien, en la banda FM recibe con muy buena calidad las estaciones que regularmente otros radios no reciben. Su escaneo es muy veloz, el D-808 es más lento en el escaneo, pero el DX-286 es casi tan veloz en el escaneo como mi Icom IC-R6. La pantalla es muy clara y grande, la podemos ver mejor quienes usamos lentes. Todo el teclado se ve muy claro ya que contrastan muy bien las letras blancas con el plástico negro. La bocina reproduce un audio de buena calidad. El radio es muy pequeño, será fácil transportarlo a cualquier lugar. Al principio es un poco difícil aprender a utilizarlo mediante todos sus botones, he batallado en aprender a almacenar memorias y poder recuperarlas, tiene muchas funciones, pero no se aprenden fácilmente. Ojalá en un futuro saquen un modelo que incluya la banda aérea. Le compré una batería de 2800 mAh y dura aproximadamente una semana utilizándolo dos horas diarias, la carga dura bastante tiempo, casi todo un día, les recomiendo que lo carguen cuando ya quede una barra de batería ya que se comienza a apagar. Tiene varias formas de activar el temporizador de apagado automático. En general es muy buen radio, muy portátil y con muy buena recepción, lo seguiré usando cada noche y espero que Qodosen fabrique más y mejores modelos con esta misma calidad.

Excelente produto.

Très sincèrement ! J'achète beaucoup de ces produits de haute qualité, et c'est vraiment surprenant. Le tuner digital est précis et départage super bien les stations de la bande fm. Je suis tout un ouï ouï, acheter le vraiment il est génial! !!

Bardzo czułe i selektywne radio, świetnie sprawdza się na FM, na LW i MW. Na SW jeszcze nie testowałem. W zakresie FM jest bardziej czułe, lepsze niż Xhdata d-808 i Tecsun Pl 330. Na LW program 1 odbiór również lepszy, mniej zaszumiony i mniej zakłócony. Testy na wbudowanych antenach, dostępne również gniazdo do podłączenia anteny zewnętrznej. Radio świetne, obsługa intuicyjna, czekam na dalsze pomysły producenta.

I've owned a lot of shortwave receivers and recently purchased a Tecsun PL-680 to replace my very old (and now dead) Sony ICF-SW55. This DX-286 was purchased after watching many rave reviews about its performance on AM and FM, and decent performance on shortwave. On opening the box I was impressed by the packaging, including a nice rigid plastic case, and the comprehensive English instruction manual. Also by the appearance and size of the radio. It's so little but not too tiny for human hands. A bonus is that it comes with the required 18650 rechargeable battery. While it was charging I installed one that I had on hand for torches. At first switch-on I loved the display. Sure, it uses a very "digital" font for text, but many radios don't have text at all. It took a minute or two to figure out the main buttons but reading the manual (or watching a YouTube video) is mandatory. I rarely listen to AM and FM radio stations, except to see what I can pick up. The DX-286 lives up to the hype about its FM sensitivity, even without the telescopic whip extended. AM sensitivity also exceeds my other radios although there's not a lot of AM in New Zealand. RDS on FM is very handy. I like how the radio enables stereo sound only when stereo headphones are plugged-in. Shortwave sensitivity is similar to the Tecsun PL-680, although the bands stop at 27MHz. It doesn't have SSB but, for the price, you can't have everything. While sensitivity is good, it was quickly apparent that strong signals will appear outside their actual frequency. This could well be a problem in countries where there are a lot of strong shortwave stations. It is however possible (but inconvenient) to combat this by adjusting settings. Sound quality from the speaker is much better than expected. It's not tiny and has bass. Even if you have other radios this one is worth buying. The Amazon price I paid was the lowest legitimate price I've found, and just a few days after receiving it I see that Amazon AU has it on sale at $20 cheaper! However I'd consider anything less than $NZ150 is a decent price. I mention "legitimate" prices because there are online stores (including within large web-stores) selling these radios at slightly lower prices. At least some of these are scams. Tracking with say the radio has been delivered to another location, but it's doubtful a radio has been sent. You'll likely get a refund, but I chose Amazon AU for this purchase because it is reliable. Buy this radio and I very much doubt you'll be disappointed.