Si4732 ATS-20+ Portable Short Wave Radio Receiver, GOOZEEZOO FM AM (MW SW) LW SSB (LSB USB) Full Band Radio Receiver, Big Speaker & Best Reception

This is disappointing. The receiver case is very nice, compact, solid, metal. Some of the front and rear panels edges are a bit sharp however, a failure to deburr after cutting. The display is bright and easily read. The FM band receives many stations and sound is surprisingly crisp and good fidelity for the small case and speaker. However, it's a radio, and reception is most important. I fully extended the whip antenna, and changed its orientation when testing. AM band is extremely poor. In the Washington DC area there are many AM stations, and at night even car and moderate cost portable radios get Baltimore and NYC, and maybe Boston. This got 6 in the local area at night. SW is worse. Manually scanning all bands in AM, LSB, USB I picked up only a couple weak stations. I didn't try a long wire antenna, which may improve performance, because the radio is a "portable", and I have others that work well with just the whip. "Automatically" finding stations worked only for FM. It jumps to the next usable station, not a scan, pause, proceed type scan I will be returning it.

Seems to work okay but as usual it was delayed Amazon couldn't get something from their Warehouse to my house that's 45 minutes away if they're life depended on it. I averaged two or three delays a month from them After having this unit for a while I found one major flaw it has no squelch you cannot squelch out static in between talking or searching for activity. it's constantly producing noise if they would put a squelch in it it would be so much better. Why in the world that did not put a squelch on it I will never understand.

I just got this radio today so this review is just a brief outline, I will update this and a couple weeks. I realized I don't own a radio other than the one in my car, this little radio has shortwave and that was something I wanted to explore. The radio is small, I have a quarter sitting on the dial of the radio in the picture to show scale. FM comes in clear, AM is a wash so far, but that is location and antenna I am sure. the build is good.

My main radio setup is being rebuilt and I wanted a quick SW receiver for temporary casual use. This tiny multiband super-portable receiver turns out to have been a decent choice. I haven't tried longwave (is there any left these days?) but for casual shortwave listening, it has decent sensitivity compared to another good portable, good sound for a radio this tiny, and a USB-C power connector, so you can take it anywhere and recharge as needed. The case is gorgeous--sturdy aluminum, well made. Antenna uses a BNC connector so you can use any number of antennas with this radio. (Mine receives what I want quite well with the standard extendable antenna and another BNC antenna I have. Easy to overload on SW with too much antenna, no surprise in a battery portable.) The down sides: the control layout is fairly weird: two parallel rows of buttons front panel, a few (including the power switch) on the back panel. Very unusual and very clunky, but I got used to it quickly and the performance is more important to me. Also, each step (on SW) silences the receiver for a brief (sub-1sec) moment. So if you're trying to tune across a band, you have to stop on every step (6035, 6040, 6045, etc) to see if there's a station there. Expensive radios and analog receivers don't do this, and it is a nuisance for SW DXing, not so much if you already know what frequencies to go to. There's no way to input frequencies directly. The encoder dial does occasionally give one hiccup as others have noted; that isn't a bother to me, YMMV. jI'm not sure how long the battery lasts in heavy use, but with the USB, it's easy to power/charge. So overall, this radio is a bit clunky to use and it is not a first choice for a budding DXer, obviously,. But it is remarkably tiny, has decent performance on shortwave and FM, it's easy to charge, and it was a decent price IMO when I got mine. For me, it turned out to be a good choice for a temporary evening-listening radio. Overall,I'm entirely satisfied; the few downsides aren 't important to me, and the positives are very good. Even after my regular radio setup is rebuilt, I'll be keeping this little portable receiver for trips or use out in the yard. Thumbs up on this one!

Well made, light small and portable. Covers the broad high frequency spectrum. Cw, sideband, FM the stick antenna is removable for bnc/coax antenna lead. Includes speaker headphones jack. Battery rechargable or USB powered. Along side a QRP transmitter would be a fun licensed CW ham rig. Or just shortwave listening. YT reviews helpful.