Category Archives: Product Reviews

Zhiwhis ZWS-2415: First Impressions

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Kevin

Unboxing It comes in a nice box with outstanding padding. Here are the photos and some initial comments.

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Incoming Radio! Zhiwhis ZWS-2415

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Kevin

But, but, but, I thought that unpronounceable green thing was the incoming radio (Incoming Radio: Sttfaishen S10). It didn’t work out. Not only was the product description wrong (color and size), it just didn’t work well on weather band. So … Continue reading →

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Snake Bit by Emergency Radios

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Kevin

Some of this comes from old memories, but I think it’s fairly accurate. Kaito Back in the day I bought a nice emergency radio, a Kaito KA-600. It had many features, including LW, MW, FM, SW and weather bands. It … Continue reading →

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Weather Alert! Radio Arrives – Axyebi MD-107

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Kevin

Did anybody see what I did there in the title, “Weather Alert! Radio Arrives” instead of “Weather Alert Radio Arrives”? That’s because despite the Amazon product description having this text buried deep down, “NOAA weather alert radio,” this is no … Continue reading →

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ATS25 Max Decoder: Against all comers

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Kevin

So now to examine the question: how does the ATS25 Max Decoder compare with other portable radios on shortwave? The rules are simple. An MLA-30+ amplified loop antenna will be connected to an A/B switch, which will in turn be … Continue reading →

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Incoming Radio: Axyebi AB-US-107Y 13000mAh Crank Emergency Weather Radio

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Kevin

This fellow popped up on Amazon, on sale for $25.99. It’s not my usual sweet spot for a radio with its analog tuning dial and no shortwave, but I have come to the conclusion that those two features aren’t important … Continue reading →

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ATS25 Max Decoder: Testing

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Kevin

Normally I wouldn’t be concerned that a radio is a couple of years old, or even 10 years old in case of the Tecsun PL-880, but these ATS radios seem to become obsolete overnight. If I had known better, I … Continue reading →

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