That what i was thinking, but in the end I decided to open radio unit. It is easy to open, but then you have to separate pcb from Keys and finally take off white sticker with aluminium foil which

The CD1622CB seems to be a dual channel audio amp. The Chinese do make a Si4735 look-alike called a KT0936M. Has LW/MW/FM/SW. Similar specs. Bill

I was thinking one might put some gold or brownish colored cellophane over the display. That would reduce the brightness and also eliminate the bluish tint. Sounds silly but it might work! Now, where

This might be of interest: https://datasheet4u.com/datasheet-parts/CD1622CB-datasheet.php?id=696885 -- Paul

The following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the main@UltralightDX.groups.io group. /1. Start Here/An Introduction To Ultralight MW Radio DXing_2020.pdf By:

I have reports from aliexpress users that the chipset is a "CD1622" Chinese variant to the SiLabs 4735. I'm not prying mine open just yet. But I may get around to an external 26650 size LiIon

Regarding Soft-Mute on the SW Frequencies. It appears that there is a way to defeat the Soft-Mute in my Tecsun PL-330. A bit tricky, and found it by listening to SW after AM-BCB. 1.) Tune-in to your

Regarding the brightness of the display, what is the best way to reduce this? One of my radios "lights up the room" when used of a night time. Paul

Date: 19/10/2020 Time: 23:30 Location: Home, Launceston Tasmania Notes: A late night session at home. Using just my TEAC PR130 barefoot, I was able to log all 10 stations. The 3 x 50KW big guns of

Agreed, the display is very bright and has a slight bluish tint to it which might offend some people. I'm an older guy (73 soon) and don't see so well unless the brightness and contrast is turned up

Date: 19/10/2020 Time: 15:30 Location: Home, Launceston Tasmania Notes: A mid afternoon session with a mixed bag of signals. 3RN on 621kHz hit excellent signal levels with 3LO on 774kHz also being

Thanks for the information. As I use headphones for most of my listening, I have not noticed the issues with the AGC, maybe you had an early model / faulty unit? The great thing about this hobby is

TP DX was somewhat in the tank here this morning. 567 JOIK poor at 1238. 558 unID heterodyne (no audio) at 1220. 594 JOAK very poor with KXSP 590 QRM at 1202; poor at 1236. 702 JOKD poor NHK2 at

I would say R-108 display is way too bright, it real bothers me in the night, so I decided to change or paint lCD led. Switching bands on r-108 is tideous as it is done with one buton, there’s also

I got mine two days ago. I'm extremely happy with it. The build quality is very good. Excellent sensitivity on medium wave. Shortwave is good too. I'm also enjoying the air band. Buttons work well

Sounds promising. Paul

I did order an R-108 on the Amazon Prime day price. I just received it this morning and I'm beginning to evaluate it. I noticed an earlier message thread on the warranty offered by 'RadioWow' on the

I listened at 1157-1233 and TP DX was down from yesterday. 747 JOIB poor strength at 1157 and 1213. 774 JOUB fair in KSPI 780 splatter at 1214 (fair on barefoot receiver at 1216). 828 JOBB good

Thanks for the information and feedback, I will keep that in mind.

CLARIFICATION: The test is the normal late night Saturday into Sunday morning period. The error is mine in editing. Apologies. Thanks to Andrew of the Medium Wave Circle for flagging the mistake. -