Some one in the review said it is not us friendly. i do not understand what does it mean. does it catch us and local stations or not?
381775
Not very well. The reception is horrible. You get very few stations on any of the bands its on. Very very bad reception. And even worse sound quality.
381776
I have had no problems with mine whatsoever, and get plenty of local stations. I get fine reception and the sound quality is good. I don't get all the people giving it such negative reviews. If you are looking for a top-of-the-line system with superior quality, this isn't the one for you. But if you want a small radio with decent sound, this is the one.
1399213
I have not realized much success with SSB on this radio. I have a police scanner connected to the same antenna that is capable of monitoring many ham operators. I use the Kato for SW although BBC and Moscow have discontinued broadcasting to North America; China, Cuba, Austrailia, Romania are available. Most of the ham that I receive on the police scanner is local. You would have to conduct an experiment notwithstanding your antenna, etc. I do a complete scan periodically of the SW bands as well as what I have in the memory.
826962
Its satellite based, it will work anywhere. During setup your need to set your region .
257915
According to the specifications, it does have international channels on it. However, we have not personally tried it out outside of the USA.
49598
not from my experience. I live about 8 miles from local station antenna site. couldn't receive it, even drove about a mile away from my home to hill, no better result. returned item.
2173894
it is a transmitter that enables you to broadcast on the full spectrum, but it is more powerful than the allowable limit for broadcast. Openly, there is a few miles radius, thus broadcasting in a city may draw unwanted attention.
1191671
This antenna is not made for VHF-LO so it will brobably be sub-par, where are you?, I think there is no more transmission in that band neither in the US or Canada. Not sur about Mexico though...
1369935
Hello. I did not buy this to use it in the US. This was for Asian network and so far it is working well. Thanks.
1217148
it didn't work for me. Poor reception on a couple channels. Was able to get PBS only. None of the local channels would come in. I probably am in a bad reception location. I haven't had any luck with ANY inside antennas
2119798
I don't it will work for you. I live 8n Los Angeles and have a hard time pickinh up se eral chan els. the 99 cent rabbit ears worked just as well.
1687793
I bought it as a factury unblocked mobile and it wasnt. I had problems to use it in Brasil. We cannot trust in this
1348589
Your friend will not have any problems at all. I used the radio at night to listen to Coast to Coast AM. This show comes on at 1 am and is off at 5 am. My husband is sound asleep and the lights are off and I have learned to maneuver all the buttons in the dark. I have even learned to count the number of finger taps on the tuning button to change channels between one favorite channel to another favorite channel. I have pre set some channels but not all. And this radio picks up stations (at night) from Chicago, Charlotte, Boston, NYC, Philly, and some channel in Alabama sometimes, FLA. It's unbelievable. I live in northern Virginia outside of DC. I love this radio.
982185
Am not sure. You have to check with your service provider to see what frequency they used in your country.
418083
My antenna gets signals from a station that is north of us just as well as it receives signals from the south. The station to the north is closer though... As far as re-configuring it, I have no experience with this.
313990
I don't know, I got rid of it after a month. It didn't work for me because I live on the south side of a brick apartment building and the signals came from a town 20 miles to the north. The only station I got was a PBS station. Sorry.
2068373
Well "J-Dawg", I too lament over what passes as "news" on our domestic media. On the international shortwave bands, you will find many sources for news, but realize that all will be "flavored" to reflect the opinions of the source nation. In other words, do not expect unbiased reportage.
671546
Yes. I've not had any trouble using this item in the US. I am very happy with the purchase.