DX-286 Portable Shortwave AM FM LW SW Radio With TEF6686 Chip - Ultra High Sensitivity Full Band for Kitchen, Desk, Bedroom, Office and Outdoors

After staying in the learning curve and playing with antennas i can say this radio is amazingly sensitive. On all bands. FM is just fun now . Dxing a bit there and I’ve discovered a whole new world from amplitude modulation. I purchased another radio for its wifi connection that shows propagation info. General but very instructive.So, bottom line i love this radio as a portable. I have never dragged a radio around with me until i discovered this gem.There are radios with more functions to play with all night. This i listen to short wave with my breakfast. Im learning that there really are stations to enter into memory for recall. And thus has great memory functionality.If you are looking for a “ base” of some kind this is a portable but as such and it is the best radio ive ever used.Pricy i thought but after using it., Learning about what it is im attempting to do, and this radio performs exceptionally for its design.When i was a kid we had the “new” transistor radios that were so tinny we’d turn it down as trash ,today but back then it was aces. This is that radio again.Im glad i bought it. Finally the first radio i received i had to return and i had a replacement the very next day. No exaggeration. I guess enough said.

I live in a HoA community in the Northeast US with outdoor antenna restrictions. My reception is almost entirely captured from indoors. The Qodosen DX-286 radio receives very well on FM and AM/MW bands, and good on SW bands (better than other SW portables I own). The radio captures FM-RDS digital station data if selected to do so from the radio setup menu. This radio does not offer USB or LSB reception, however I am able to receive NOAA Weather when set to MW range and dial to 1667 for my area (this is somewhat off center from my NOAA frequency, but still easily readable). The DX-286 does quite well to filter and reject various noise within my community location. I've had no luck so far capturing LW broadcasts, though I must state that LW stations are almost extinct these days. --- Lastly, I purchased a Goozeezoo GA800 rechargeable active loop antenna to attached externally to my DX-286 (note: follow all Manuals instructions closely). This loop antenna has notably improved my AM/MW and SW reception (when the integrated signal boost is "turned on") by easily 30%+ and audio louder and more clearly. The GA800 antenna can be turned 360 degrees, which helps better tuning in these stations directionally. With the signal boost "turned off", it operates about as well as the DX-286 radio itself, which is quite good, but allows for an external antenna proximate to a window for more reception. Do not "turn on" the signal boost when operating FM bands. It is unnecessary and may overload your DX-286 radio front end. Lotta information here but I believe that you will enjoy the Qodosen DX-286 if you enjoy broadcast radio (and perhaps don't trust Bluetooth/WiFi or app-connecting radios).

Sometimes once in a while a product really delivers and lives up to it's promises. I've had a couple of tecsun, cc crane and sangean small shortwave FM AM radios. This Qodosen has better reception than all those, there's a slew of settings and options and the speaker and headphones sound wonderful.I got the package with 2 rechargeable batteries and I find the battery life so far very good. Frankly it's the best radio I've ever used. Also the size is very compact. In the pic it's pictured with the sangean dt 400 which is very small.Honestly I can't recommend this radio highly enough. If you get it take you're time and read the menu, there's of settings.

I've been trying to find a good, small AM/FM radio for over a year. The Qodosen is by far the best.The reception is outstanding, just slightly better than my CCraine or Sangean PR-D4W. The sound is very good for a small radio. The build quality and controls are very close to the Sangean and better than the XHDATA radios. And, this thing is smaller than both of them. I haven't tried the SW so can't speak to how to how it compares. I would love to see them add WB and bluetooth. If you are looking for a small radio, this is the one to get.For context, I purchased TWO Sangean PR-D9W's. The first one died in weeks, the second lasted about 2 months. Need to get it fixed? I would have to pay shipping back to Sangean while under warranty! I like this radio a lot, but the reliability and support make it not worth it. JUNK!XHDATA 109 and 109WB - I've had FOUR in three months. The tuning dial broke off on two of them, one on the first day. All four have problems with a vibration/hum in the speaker. XHDATA will send me a new dial, but I would have to pay for shipping, under warranty, back to China for repair on the speaker issues that are a few months old. Also JUNK.6 combined radios from Sangean and XHDATA are ending in recycling. The Qodosen is the keeper.Happy listing.