Weird question - can I listen to shortwave radio stations on this radio?
1301051
The short answer is no. This radio only receives VHF & UHF. Shortwave is HF & requires a different receiver & antenna combo.
1301052
No sir you can't. This radio is VHF and UHF, FM mode only. I hope this helps you out. ( KL7RW / Ralph )
1301053
I don't think so. I can't! Maybe some people can change the freq's so it will pick up shortwave but, I don't think so.I've been in radio since 1957 and I can't do it. I've got a good shortwave and I think the two should stay the way both are made. This Baofeng is only $30 something bucks and it will do a lot of things but, the freq is different from shortwave freq's.
1301054
The UV-5R radio receives from 65-108 MHz FM, 136-174 MHz (VHF) & 408-480 MHz (UHF). It will not receive 2 - 30 MHz HF signals. So the short answer is No. A KENWOOD TH-6FA will tune through the HF bands; however, its antennae (external and internal) are inefficient at HF frequencies, so you need to be near a strong HF station to hear its signal.
1878781
You can stream many international stations on the Internet these days. There's plenty of shortwave to listen to, particularly if you aren't limiting yourself to English. China has an aggressive schedule, and Spanish Foreign Radio is quite active. This particular radio is a single-conversion unit and not really anything great. If you are looking for a comprehensive answer, I suggest you spend a couple of bucks and get Ken Reitz's book "How to Listen to the World."
1904430
I would imagine you can if the station you want to listen to is one of those listed at Grace's website. You would register here: http://grace.reciva.com/index and then see if the station is listed, if not, you can request it be added.
2032966
I don't think you can. There are two dials, one for stations and one for volume. I have a new dixie chopper lawn mower and I can't here the radio. A piece of junk
759053
It comes with everything you need to get on the air listening to stations and HAMS from around the world. You may want to consider a longwire or dipole antenna for better shortwave reception. It has provisions for hooking up a longwire or a 50OHM BNC adapter for better shortwave reception. A very good radio!
480512
I don't know. I use this radio like any other and change stations according to what I want to listen to. No expert on this so hope my answer helps.
1688584
The stations available are listed on their website. http://connect.pure.com/p#!/us
1934317
Yes you can set the stations for the radio. It is a little complicated, just read through the instructions. It is not intuitive the way they set it up.
1591004
No, it cannot. The tuner can only be used down to 30 MHz. The AM band ranges from 530 kHz to 1710 kHz. This device also cannot receive shortwave radio.
489425
The radio feature does work however I can't say just how well as I have a playlist to swim by. Sorry I can't be of more help.
602104
According to the instruction for this radio, it also has shortwave and other bands as well that you can select from. One way is to buy the wire antenna that rolls-up on a "crank" housing that is portable that can fit in your pocket that clips on to your telescope antenna, or get a more quality one that can be clip-on to the telescope antenna as well big enough to pick-up shortwave or other stations distant away from where you live. You can also check at "RadioShack," www.ccrane.com, for the wire antenna or loop antennas, you may want to check-out these websites... www.instructalbes.com for some ideas on the external antennas or even find books on shortwave antennas here on amazon.com or www.bn.com. Hope this will give you some ideas on the type of antenna you choose to clip on the telescope antenna and to enjoy listening to what ever station you like. L. P. L.
2003674
According to the reciva radio portal forum the answer is "no" as of 7/12/08. You can listen at thecomputer but cannot stream last.fm as of that date.
2258292
No, you can not. Despite their claims, you can not listen to the stations of your choice. The stations must provide the proper MP3 format, and many have other formats, if any. This item sits here on my desk, unused and unusable for the purpose I was lead to believe it would fulfill.
1176741
Yes. You can use a preset station or program your own. But the audio over fm is susceptible to interference from other fm stations...
1698703
Just tried and it looks like hd radio only but it defaults to the regular fm radio station if that makes sense?
1390848
Yes local only. We live 30 miles from 4 stations and we receive 2 of them. I have three of these radios and really like them all. Good reception on both AM and FM also.
1283977
I tried it out today...FM radio sounds great. The player even has an "auto scan" option similar to seek in a car radio - it will automatically pick up all the stations that have good reception/audio quality and put them all in presets. This way you don't have to go through every decimal number (98.4, 98.5, 98.6,etc) looking for stations.