Tecsun PL-310ET Fully Featured Pocket Size Radio Black

This radio came with only German instructions but I eventually managed to find some information on line. It would not work on rechargeable batteries however and indicated low battery and then switched off even when the batteries had been fully charged. The tuning knob also kept falling off and the reception was very poor. I think that I had ended up with a faulty radio and sent it back after one day. I have since purchased a Tivdio which was a third of the price but much better in every way.

This radio really is small enough to fit in back pocket of jeans or a larger shirt pocket. Buttons are flush with face of radio and the tuning knob also has positive click steps both of which help prevent accidental operation.Reception on all bands is very sensitive using the built in antennas, in addition the aerial socket functions on all bands also which makes this radio ideal for medium and long wave broadcast band DXing as well. I especially like the digital bandwidth adjustments on both medium and short wave bands which help to single out radio stations.Electronic Tuning Mode is a real boon on this travel radio making finding all of the local radio stations a one touch process and they are even loaded into a temporary memory as well.Batteries last a long time and the built in USB charger works well. The headphone socket reveals just how good the audio really is from this radio when not held back by the small inbuilt speaker, with a 3.5mm cable to a Bluetooth speaker the FM stereo is excellent.One negative point is the tuning steps, slow or fast tuning is dependant on speed of turning tuning knob, a way to force 5 kHz steps to be default on medium wave would be a great improvement.Overall I am very pleased with my Tecsun pl-310et and would recommend it.