Y-706 Portable Pocket Radio AM FM SW Band Compact Receiver Battery Operated Transistor with Good Loud Sound Speaker Support USB/TF Card Play Headphone Jack for Indoor Outdoor Emergency (Red)

Very bad

The reason I purchased this radio. Is it’s look and price. Did not expect it to be much good. I am pleased to announce it is a very good radio. It reminds me of my youth the radios that were available the sound is pleasant. I can sit down and listen to this radio for hours. Surprisingly sensitive on all three bands. The FM band has big full sound. AM has a nice sound. And I can pick up all of the stations. That are local SW. at night you can pick up quite a few stations. With the whip antenna to me that is amazing for such an inexpensive radio. You can pick up a lot of stations on FM also. The radio isn’t a DXing powerhouse. But it holds its own. Now what I don’t like. The tuning knob is hard to work with easy to miss stations. The knob on the front of the radio is the volume knob. That should have been the tuning knob. Instead of the thumb wheel knob on the side. That would make more sense. And easier to work the radio. You can use a Nokia battery to power the radio. And you can recharge that battery but you can power it with three triple a battery’s also. That is nice. I don’t know if you can charge those triple a battery’s. This radio has the ability to use usb and tf cards. Which is great. For under ten bucks. You can’t go wrong you can give this radio to kids for presents. Then they can learn about radio. Even shortwave. This is a fun radio. I give it a a

I heard that the Swedish government told their people to buy a battery operated AM/FM/SW radio in preparation for the worst. I'm not Swedish but I decided I'd follow the advice.Great little radio. Easy to use.

First, you have to set your expectations low. This is an $8.98 radio. It’s chintzy. Once you’re past that, it’s actually a relatively decent radio.Sound plays loud with ok sound quality. Bluetooth works very well to stream music from a smartphone. The radio part is DSP so it does a good job of pulling in stations and holding them drift free on FM. I do not listen to AM so I can’t comment.Haven’t tried SW (shortwave) yet but I’m assuming I’ll pick up very little…as with all of my small pocket radios with SW.I like how the battery compartment holds 3AAA or a rechargeable BL5C rechargeable (I’m using the latter and it works great).To be honest, I love the cheap Christmas Cracker build quality and the overall cheap aesthetic. You will never mistake this for a Panasonic or a Sony. But with lowered expectations, It’s a fun little radio. It’s very feature rich for an impossibly low price. I would definitely buy it again.

Good quality for a cheap radio. The sound is better than other radios in my collection costing twice as much.

I followed directions. Placed 3 AAA batteries in the unit and plugged it into the USB port in my truck with the connector cable provided with the radio. I could not get reception on AM or FM bands. I live in a metropolitan area where FM service, for instance, is good.I suggest you shop the portable radio mariket wisely before making a purcvhase.