{"id":35602,"date":"2019-01-21T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T16:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35602"},"modified":"2019-01-21T12:07:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T16:07:31","slug":"critical-reviews-of-the-37-hanrongda-hrd-737-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/critical-reviews-of-the-37-hanrongda-hrd-737-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical reviews of the $37 HanRongDa HRD-737 shortwave radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/i> contributors Glen and James Fields who shared their experience after \u00a0publishing a post about the HannRongDa HRD-737 portable radio. <\/a><\/p>\n

Glen writes:<\/p>\n

I received one Saturday I had ordered from Aliexpress. In one word, avoid. The performance is really terrible everywhere except the FM broadcast band. Reception there is OK, but it is prone to overload more than my other radios. Aircraft reception is terrible. Only very strong shortwave signals are present. Same with AM broadcast. VHF performance is abysmal. To illustrate, my closest NOAA transmitter is so strong it trips the \u201cclose signals\u201d quick scan in my Whistler TRX-1. On the HanRongDa, the NOAA signal is present, but it\u2019s weak. All my other weather band receivers can get signals on all 7 frequencies. The HanRongDa hears only the very close one. This is easily the worst receiver I\u2019ve ever gotten. Perhaps it\u2019s defective. Eager to hear experiences from anyone else.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

James Fields writes:<\/p>\n

Received mine yesterday. Have only tested in my office which is a challenging, RFI-rich environment, so trying to withhold final judgement. However so far my experience matches Glen\u2019s. Can only pick up the strongest shortwave signals. MW AM so far terrible. FM broadcast passable but not at all remarkable, and most stations have a LOT of hiss in the background. Have yet to pick up AIR band transmission on frequency that I can get on every other receiver I have. Nothing on CB yet. Cannot receive any NOAA frequencies, including two that I get solidly on other radios. Interestingly I can receive local police dispatch frequency pretty well.<\/p>\n

Construction is pretty cheap.<\/p>\n

Positives? I got mine for $37 shipped from a reseller on Ali Express . If I had paid over $40 I would feel worse about the value. And it really is a shirt-pocket portable. Super small and light.<\/p>\n

At this time I cannot recommend this for anyone, for any purpose.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for sharing! I think I\u2019ll pass on the HanRongDa HRD-737!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. Reception there is OK, but […]<\/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":[3,129,43,154],"tags":[7536,7555,4085,4086],"class_list":["post-35602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","tag-hanrongda-hrd-737","tag-james-fields","tag-reviews","tag-shortwave-radio-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9ge","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56205,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/the-hanrongda-hrd-a320-paul-seeks-feedback-about-this-new-portable-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":35602,"position":0},"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 "New Products"","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":35586,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/any-reviews-of-the-hanrongda-hrd-737-portable-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":35602,"position":1},"title":"Any reviews of the HanRongDa HRD-737 portable radio?","author":"Thomas","date":"January 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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