{"id":35328,"date":"2018-12-26T07:34:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T11:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35328"},"modified":"2018-12-26T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T11:34:10","slug":"any-reviews-of-the-jinserta-mini-portable-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/any-reviews-of-the-jinserta-mini-portable-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Any reviews of the JINSERTA Mini portable radio?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/91A911BE-7BFB-4D61-8E8E-4276CF9543FE.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35330\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/91A911BE-7BFB-4D61-8E8E-4276CF9543FE.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/91A911BE-7BFB-4D61-8E8E-4276CF9543FE.jpeg 679w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/91A911BE-7BFB-4D61-8E8E-4276CF9543FE-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/91A911BE-7BFB-4D61-8E8E-4276CF9543FE-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/91A911BE-7BFB-4D61-8E8E-4276CF9543FE-624x624.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <i>SWLing Post<\/i> contributor, Marc Thomas, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was wondering if anyone has tried this $40 receiver that seems to have an exceptionally broad frequency coverage:<\/p>\n<p>SW: 2-30MHZ, 5KHZ STEP<br \/>\nAM: 520-1720, 9K\/10K STEP SEL<br \/>\nFM: 87.5-108MHZ, 0.1MHZ STEP<br \/>\nAIR: 118-138MHZ, 5K\/50K STEP SEL<br \/>\nVHF: 30-223MHZ, FM-N\/FM-W<br \/>\nCB: 25-28MHZ, 5KHZ STEP<\/p>\n<p>Links to several sellers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AliExpress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/item\/Aircraft-Band-Radio-Receiver-VHF-Portable-Full-Band-Radio-Recorder-for-AIR-FM-AM-CB-VHF\/32963280153.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/item\/JINSERTA-Mini-VHF-Radio-Portable-Aircraft-FM-AM-SW-FullBand-Radio-VHF-CB-30-223MHZ-25\/32963139202.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337672000&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=264096009919&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eBay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Airband-Receiver-Portable-Frequency-Earphones\/dp\/B07L8TDYDH\/&amp;tag=swlcom01-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Link to the manual on this page:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliteaircraftstore.com\/radiant-pocket-radio-receiver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.beliteaircraftstore.com\/radiant-pocket-radio-receiver\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not sure I like the proprietary looking battery.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am not familiar with this radio, Marc, other than I can see the physical similarities with the Eton Mini. The Eton Mini, however, does not have the VHF coverage of this radio.<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Post readers<\/b><\/i>: Is anyone familiar with the JINSERTA Mini? If so, please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Marc Thomas, who writes: I was wondering if anyone has tried this $40 receiver that seems to have an exceptionally broad frequency coverage: SW: 2-30MHZ, 5KHZ STEP AM: 520-1720, 9K\/10K STEP SEL FM: 87.5-108MHZ, 0.1MHZ STEP AIR: 118-138MHZ, 5K\/50K STEP SEL VHF: 30-223MHZ, FM-N\/FM-W CB: 25-28MHZ, 5KHZ STEP Links [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3781,433,836,3,3196,43,1],"tags":[7485,7486,4108,4126,34],"class_list":["post-35328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-mediumwave","category-new-products","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-shortwave-radio","category-uncategorized","tag-jinserta-mini","tag-marc-thomas","tag-new-products","tag-portable-radio","tag-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9bO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":921,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/tecsun-pl-660-shortwave-radio-now-available\/","url_meta":{"origin":35328,"position":0},"title":"Tecsun PL-660 shortwave radio now available","author":"Thomas","date":"November 12, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Tecsun PL-660 is now available on eBay. 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