{"id":54253,"date":"2022-10-06T07:13:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=54253"},"modified":"2022-10-06T07:15:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:15:27","slug":"alex-shares-details-about-the-latest-belka-portable-and-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/alex-shares-details-about-the-latest-belka-portable-and-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex shares details about the latest Belka portable and upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54254\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-4.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-4-300x241.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-4-1024x823.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-4-768x617.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-4-624x501.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><strong>After posting information about <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/belka-dx-updated-to-now-cover-mediumwave-and-longwave\/\">the new Belka upgrades yesterday<\/a>, Belka designer, Aleksandr Buevskiy, reached out to me and shared the following details and clarification about the latest design:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I would like to share some more details\/photos about Belka so that there is clear understanding of what features the new version has.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">First, regarding its name. Now there&#8217;s no &#8220;DX&#8221;, &#8220;DSP&#8221; or something else. Belka is just named &#8220;Belka&#8221;. As simple as that \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54255\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-3.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-3-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Second, frequency range was extended with the same parameters and performance. It&#8217;s now 0,1-31 MHz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In previous versions there were 32 memory cells, we&#8217;ve now added a few more &#8211; 36 is exact number now to be precise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54257\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-1-300x233.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-1-1024x796.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-1-768x597.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-1-624x485.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">One more thing about memory cells is that now there is a possibility to listen to memory cells before loading. See attached how it looks like (I&#8217;ve added video illustrating memory cells listening just because there were questions).<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 53.75% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Belka: Memories listening\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/757529945?h=6258b8810a&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I also attach several photos of new version and add block diagram. You&#8217;ll find attached also PCB photo of new version:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Block-Diagram-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54258\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Block-Diagram-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Block-Diagram-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Block-Diagram-1-300x108.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Block-Diagram-1-1024x368.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Block-Diagram-1-768x276.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Block-Diagram-1-624x224.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54256\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-2-300x249.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-2-1024x848.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-2-768x636.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Belka-Shortwave-Portable-2-624x517.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Cheers,<br \/>\nAlex<br \/>\nEU1ME<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for sharing all of this detail, Alex. I believe your new Belka will be a hit! I&#8217;m sure readers reach out with their reviews and we will share them here on the <em>SWLing Post!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/belrig.by\/belka%20dx\">Click here to check out the new Belka.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After posting information about the new Belka upgrades yesterday, Belka designer, Aleksandr Buevskiy, reached out to me and shared the following details and clarification about the latest design:\u00a0 I would like to share some more details\/photos about Belka so that there is clear understanding of what features the new version has. First, regarding its name. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[836,3,43],"tags":[8933],"class_list":["post-54253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-belka"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-e73","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48411,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/fenus-assessment-of-the-belka-dx-dsp\/","url_meta":{"origin":54253,"position":0},"title":"Fenu&#8217;s assessment of the Belka-DX","author":"Thomas","date":"April 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently noticed that Fenu (at Fenu-Radio.ch) has added a review of the Belka-DX on his excellent website. He agrees that the Belka-DX is a brilliant little portable that delivers a lot of performance and features for the modest price. As with my Belka-DX, Fenu's unit includes the built-in speaker\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\/2020\/12\/Belka-DX-SC-Coast-Dockside-DX-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Belka-DX-SC-Coast-Dockside-DX-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Belka-DX-SC-Coast-Dockside-DX-2.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Belka-DX-SC-Coast-Dockside-DX-2.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Belka-DX-SC-Coast-Dockside-DX-2.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46832,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/the-new-belka-dx-speaker-option\/","url_meta":{"origin":54253,"position":1},"title":"The new Belka-DX speaker option","author":"Thomas","date":"December 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0 Alex (EU1ME)--developer and manufacturer of the Belka DX\u00a0 and Belka DSP shortwave receivers--who shares information about a new version of the Belka-DX: [Based on customer feedback, we've] added a built-in speaker to the Belka DX version. It's an option that I believe also can be useful when\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\/2020\/12\/IMG_5276-e1607434802412.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5276-e1607434802412.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5276-e1607434802412.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5276-e1607434802412.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_5276-e1607434802412.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45988,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/the-new-belka-dx-dsp-now-available-via-mobimax\/","url_meta":{"origin":54253,"position":2},"title":"The new Belka-DX DSP now available via Mobimax","author":"Thomas","date":"October 18, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, JMMHam, who comments: The new DX version of BELKA -DSP is now available in the Mobimax Store. The new Belka-DX receiver is about 5 euros more expensive but great. I bought it here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.mobimax.bg\/en\/BELKA-DX-shortwave-receiver Very fast delivery !!! Thank you for the tip! I've only\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\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-R9500-v-PL-990x-1-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-R9500-v-PL-990x-1-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-R9500-v-PL-990x-1-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-R9500-v-PL-990x-1-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Icom-IC-R9500-v-PL-990x-1-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50072,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/gregs-uniden-stand-works-perfectly-with-the-belka-dx\/","url_meta":{"origin":54253,"position":3},"title":"Greg&#8217;s Uniden stand works perfectly with the Belka-DX","author":"Thomas","date":"August 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Greg Hathaway, who writes: Hi there - I bought a Belka-DX recently and am really enjoying it! 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