{"id":60122,"date":"2024-07-01T07:56:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T11:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=60122"},"modified":"2024-07-01T08:02:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T12:02:41","slug":"raddy-919-firmware-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/raddy-919-firmware-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Raddy 919 Firmware Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For current owners (or future owners) of the RF-919, Raddy has discovered an issue with upgrading the firmware from the original firmware shipped with the radio (version 1.689). There have been some instances where the radio becomes inoperable after trying to upload the new firmware (version1.706).<\/p>\n<p>Please do not upgrade the firmware from the original version until Raddy has this issue sorted out. I am in touch with their representatives and will post a notice here when all is clear to upgrade (the upgrade will add some nice features based on what it was intended to do).<\/p>\n<p>If you have already experienced the problem, contact Raddy Support for more information, as they have an excellent warranty policy and responsive customer support team.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to Dan Robinson&#8217;s excellent review of this radio for those who have not read it yet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BdUQflmYh9\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/dans-in-depth-review-of-the-new-raddy-rf-919-shortwave-portable-radio\/\">Dan&#8217;s in-depth review of the new Raddy RF-919 shortwave portable radio<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Dan&#8217;s in-depth review of the new Raddy RF-919 shortwave portable radio&#8221; &#8212; The SWLing Post\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/dans-in-depth-review-of-the-new-raddy-rf-919-shortwave-portable-radio\/embed\/#?secret=yCohMTNDKv#?secret=BdUQflmYh9\" data-secret=\"BdUQflmYh9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cheers! Robert Gulley, K4PKM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For current owners (or future owners) of the RF-919, Raddy has discovered an issue with upgrading the firmware from the original firmware shipped with the radio (version 1.689). There have been some instances where the radio becomes inoperable after trying to upload the new firmware (version1.706). Please do not upgrade the firmware from the original [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":60123,"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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RF-919.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fDI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59728,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/dans-in-depth-review-of-the-new-raddy-rf-919-shortwave-portable-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":60122,"position":0},"title":"Dan&#8217;s in-depth review of the new Raddy RF-919 shortwave portable radio","author":"Thomas","date":"May 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following review: [Note that all Amazon and Radioddity links are affiliate links that support the SWLing Post.] Raddy RF-919 Receiver: Best Portable in Years \u2013 Held Back Only By Soft Muting While Tuning by Dan Robinson It\u2019s quite extraordinary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Raddy-RF919-Cropped-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Raddy-RF919-Cropped-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Raddy-RF919-Cropped-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Raddy-RF919-Cropped-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59615,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/raddy-rf-919-first-new-portable-to-feature-recording\/","url_meta":{"origin":60122,"position":1},"title":"Raddy RF-919: First New Portable to Feature Recording?","author":"Thomas","date":"May 5, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: SWLing Post readers have no doubt seen the appearance of the Raddy RF-919, which is manufactured by Hanrongda in China. 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