As promised a full review of my new H501 receiver from Tecsun. First off this is the 501, and not the 501/x. Not a whole lot of difference, but I thought I should mention it. The performance of this radio is outstanding. I have only used it on HF mainly to hunt pirates. I have been very happy with the results. The radio is very sensitive and selective, with several tweaks available to really dig em out of the mud. I got my first pirate qsl in about forty years. I was even able to log an Irish pirate station. Last night I was listening to NHK Japan like it was in my town. I purchased four 3500ma batteries and one battery lasts for about 15-18 hours. The original batteries last about 12. It came with a leather like case, but I opted for an optional $30 hard case. The hard case has room for the radio, paperwork, 6 batteries, earbuds and the battery charger. Although the charger works fine I opted to buy an external stand alone charger to ensure I don’t have any possibility of damaging the radio by charging the batteries internally. The radio is only the second radio I have that doesn’t need a BFO control. SSB signals are crystal clear and dead on freq. a large radio for a portable, even larger then a Sangean 803a/DX-440. All in all a nice addition to my collection. As for AliExpress I have done business with them several times and have had no problems.
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