{"id":35586,"date":"2019-01-14T08:36:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T12:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35586"},"modified":"2019-01-14T08:36:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T12:36:37","slug":"any-reviews-of-the-hanrongda-hrd-737-portable-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/any-reviews-of-the-hanrongda-hrd-737-portable-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Any reviews of the HanRongDa HRD-737 portable radio?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HanRongDa-HRD-707-e1547468548172.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35587\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HanRongDa-HRD-707-e1547468548172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"511\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Jamie Anderson (KM4WYO), who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have been browsing around eBay too much and was trying to put together a do-it-all radio for camping\/backpacking that is small.<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to find SW\/broadcast\/weather\/air band together (for good reason, of course). I did run across this radio that is interesting: <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5338461588&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=323626767825&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the HRD-737 which retails around $40<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Internal 700mah 3.7v lithium, with 5v usb charge<\/li>\n<li>Air 118-138 MHz<\/li>\n<li>FM 87.5 &#8211; 108\u00a0MHz<\/li>\n<li>AM 520-1720 kHz<\/li>\n<li>CB 25-28\u00a0MHz<\/li>\n<li>SW 2-30 MHz in 5 kHz steps<\/li>\n<li>VHF narrow\/wide FM &#8211; 30-223 MHz (10,6,2,220)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if it would pick up NOAA stations as I think they have a slightly different FM bandwidth.<\/p>\n<p>It seems interesting for a do it all point of view, you could possibly monitor ham repeaters on 2 meters, just a little too short of frequency coverage for 220.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5338461588&amp;customid=&amp;icep_item=323626767825&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view the HDR-737 on eBay.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you seen one of these or something similar in your reviews?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have never used the HDR-737, but thanks for bringing it to our attention, Jamie!<\/p>\n<p>I should think, assuming the stated VHF frequency coverage is correct, that you should be able to hear weather radio on this receiver. NOAA weather frequencies are on 162.400, 162.425, 162.450, 162.475, 162.500, 162.525, and 162.550 MHz.<\/p>\n<p>The manufacturer isn&#8217;t clear about the frequency steps on VHF however&#8211;it&#8217;s possible tuning increments could be too coarse to get a good lock on the station. That specification is omitted altogether even though every other band has stated frequency steps.<\/p>\n<p>I should mention that <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/review-of-the-c-crane-cc-skywave-portable-radio\/\">the original C. Crane CC Skywave<\/a> meets all of your specifications save the ability to potentially tune in the 2M ham radio band.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Post readers:<\/strong><\/em> Is anyone familiar with the HanRongDa HRD-737?\u00a0 Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Jamie Anderson (KM4WYO), who writes: I have been browsing around eBay too much and was trying to put together a do-it-all radio for camping\/backpacking that is small. It is hard to find SW\/broadcast\/weather\/air band together (for good reason, of course). I did run across this radio that is interesting: the [&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":[373,3781,545,836,3,3196,26],"tags":[7536,7535,7537,4082],"class_list":["post-35586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-ham-radio","category-new-products","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-radios","tag-hanrongda-hrd-737","tag-hdr-737","tag-jamie-anderson-km4wyo","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9fY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35602,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/critical-reviews-of-the-37-hanrongda-hrd-737-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":35586,"position":0},"title":"Critical reviews of the $37 HanRongDa HRD-737 shortwave radio","author":"Thomas","date":"January 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Glen and James Fields who shared their experience after \u00a0publishing a post about the HannRongDa HRD-737 portable radio. Glen writes: I received one Saturday I had ordered from Aliexpress. In one word, avoid. The performance is really terrible everywhere except the FM broadcast band.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HanRongDa-HRD-707-e1547468548172.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HanRongDa-HRD-707-e1547468548172.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HanRongDa-HRD-707-e1547468548172.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56205,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/the-hanrongda-hrd-a320-paul-seeks-feedback-about-this-new-portable-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":35586,"position":1},"title":"The HanRongDa HRD-A320: Paul seeks feedback about this new portable radio.","author":"Thomas","date":"March 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWling Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who writes: Hi Thomas, After the HRD-737 : https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/inside-the-hanrongda-hdr-737-wide-frequency-receiver\/ and the HRD-747 : https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/paul-is-impressed-with-the-hanrongda-hrd-747\/ here is the HanRongDa HRD-A320 Does anyone have any information about this new receiver released by HanRongDa? https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/item\/1005005320277700.html With the WB band, this receiver seems intended mainly for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/HanRongDa-HRD-A320-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/HanRongDa-HRD-A320-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/HanRongDa-HRD-A320-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38754,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/imres-hanrongda-hrd-737-modification-increases-sensitivity\/","url_meta":{"origin":35586,"position":2},"title":"Imre&#8217;s HanRongDa HRD-737 modification increases sensitivity","author":"Thomas","date":"July 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Imre Olajos, who writes: Hi, HRD 737 lovers! I have a good news! I\u00a0 (became brave enough to) modify my HRD-737. I tried reverse-engineering- but I gave up. No numbers on IC-s. I found specifications for the analog switches (one for each band )\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/HanRongda-1024x584.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/HanRongda-1024x584.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/HanRongda-1024x584.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35707,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/inside-the-hanrongda-hdr-737-wide-frequency-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":35586,"position":3},"title":"Inside the HanRongDa HDR-737 wide frequency receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"January 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nad, who writes: I bought an HRD-737 a few weeks ago off AliExpress. Was going to write a review but now feel there is no point because it has so many major and minor problems beyond those already reported. Decided to take mine apart.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HanRongDa-HRD-707-e1547468548172.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HanRongDa-HRD-707-e1547468548172.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HanRongDa-HRD-707-e1547468548172.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47826,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/the-new-hanrongda-hrd-747-mei-tao-shares-preliminary-info-and-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":35586,"position":4},"title":"The new HanRongDa HRD-747: Mei Tao shares preliminary info and photos","author":"Thomas","date":"February 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mei Tao, who shares the following: Hi Thomas: Before the Chinese New Year, I received a prototype of the HRD-747 radio and was asked for suggestions on how to improve it. 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