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I noticed your frequency correction is set to zero. When you were looking for the 10m beacon you never tuned once, expecting it to be centered in the filter and despite the beacon seeming to be present in the waterfall. Try tuning, figure out the offset and set the frequency correction accordingly, e.g. with WWV as they don't seem to ship with that calibrated, mine is set to -1, it was not far out but possibly that's enough of an offset to not hear a beacon in a narrow filter. The Russian original DSP1 was much further out frequency wise. Same goes for the time setting, it is one of those real time clock crystals and I had to set -10.2s per day. Logic for CW is not what I would call standard, the setting needs to be SSB with the CW button setting the bandwidth. Odd but you get used to it. It will decode CW, sort of. RTTY too. FT8 even which is useful as quite often it seems that's all that is on the bands these days.

Wow!!!Some great radio. One of the great gen purpose comms' receiver. Thanks for sharing your video.

0.1 MHz = 100 kHz, not 100 Hz. But everything else in the video was great! 🙂

The Zenith has too much in one Shortwave Band.... not good 😮

I like the Sony Best 😮. ..the Zenith I want is the one that includes the VHF Band

I like the Phillips Best....

Back in the day. .I wanted these radios.....I was wondering if I still can get one of these 😮

Amazing 40+ radio still beats down a morder one like this Tecsun, lo my 2001, definitely need this Sony !!

You didn't have the cw signal tuned correctly for the CW patch that was set on the 5000. Learn how to use radios before you demo them! You don't even know what a notch filter is. You don't know what the audio peak filter is. And you were wayyy out of tune on the CW pitch. You have to center the CW note for where the pitch is centered. That's the equivalent of the BFO control on the WJ. Randomly spinning dials and punching buttons isn't the way to compare receivers. You could have dialed both rigs to be exactly matched. Not impressed at all. More money than sense.

still,the Sony is better,,,audio better on Tecsun

Great video! I couldn't find any info like the manual of your TR860 but, not sure if is going to help, I used to have the TR807 and I discovered that it was produced in Japan as Koyo KTR 1770 when apparently Grundig had shortages on their own production. Will be worth to look at the same radio with other aliases.

Grundig Satellit Transistor 6001: next on the line? They were great receivers back in the late 60s, early 70s...

Thanks for the demonstration I have a National Panasonic DR -2800 that I bought in 1983 with a blue display. I still listen to it on medium wave (AM) as it drifts horribly on Short-wave since it was new. I also have a Sony 6800W and both use 6 D cells and have excellent battery life. Both are DX machines on MW but the Sony shines on shortwave reception. However the Sony was around $550 new where a I paid about $182 new at the ship’s store in Diego Garcia…military discount. 73!

too bad the tecsun being modern does NOT have air band.

Thank for the video. You forgot to press the LW switch from band selector. You still on SW, trying to tune on LW.

This really not that big a difference. And frankly, I don’t understand the point. It’s not something you would listen to. Not for very long. Meanwhile, there’s so much more to receiver than just AM. Lots of sideband and data and CW as well. A lot of the HF operations for airlines is on upper side bend. I do agree that the DSP should’ve been available for a.m. But direct sampling technology has caught up to superhet. The only thing in the way was the quality of the A/D chips

Try turning off the display of the 705 for less noise and interferences

I can see the same difference between my Panasonic DR26 (EU version of the 2600) and my Grundig Satellite 400 International...in favor to the Grundig. Greetings from Leeds (UK)

I always felt that my Panasonic radio were a notch above the Sonys I have owned!!!!

Yesterday, you posted the "Shoutout Teaser" video of these two beauties, and I knew I was going to enjoy it. Great comparison as always, and thanks for posting this.

Hello there! My Transoceanic D7000Y (by the way, you are correct, your radio is a D7000Y too), is one of the best DX and SWL radios that I've ever had, despite having suffered a 6 feet fall (a very unfortunate accident). The upper part of its case is broken, but everything works perfectly. Best regards and 73's!

Thanks for this comparison video of two old DX warriors…in hot humid buggy Dallas Texas. As compared to my QTH in Hot (Humid for a change) Tucson , Arizona an irritating bugs paradise in our monsoon season. 73! Have a great day!

Great video they are portable that is a great test on thier own antennas bueatful radio's well done 👍

Great to see two of the top portable performers of their day competing with each other with that sweet solid state DX.! Nice to see analog dials that I can read with out my glasses! I believe you have to pushin or pull out the BFO button in to control the RF gain on your Sony. 73! Have a great day!

You will be a hit with the radiophiles at the beach…👍😀! Those are mint 60/70’s receivers with style, unfortunately both manufacturers are gone…😢! 73! Have a great day!

Your sure do have good taste in radio receiver; in every video you have beauties. Can't wait to see that shootout. Thanks!

Just Im planning to buy predecessor - Satellit 600. I have 400 too and I had 2000. Nice old staff from the time when quality was most important. P.s. today Grundig is a Turkey brand in Europe. They sell shitty staff with this brand. The owner of Grundig name is Arcelic Turkey (also Beko, Whirpool etc...)

Thank you for this awesome demonstration as usual. Keep up the good work.

Even after 1 year I still enjoy the video. And the TS-890S does have IF shift capabilities. Just called something different.. I wanted you to know I finally have Given Up!! I have been outside your home every trash pickup day for the last year, and still no TS-890S radio in the trash... BTW, I think it is time to place the Malahit DSP2 SDR Radio up against the IC-R9500 receiver.... Come On Lets Do It!!!!! 🙂 Robert.....

This is not a fair comparison. The Belka is optimize for hi-Z antennas (very high Z in fact, like 5-10k Ohms) whereas the GA-800 outputs at 50 Ohms.

The Philips / Magnavox D2999 has a place among the classic portables. For those who have never used one, the D2999 is a very interesting unit -- it has huge audio performance, with a switchable top/front speaker and a huge telescopic whip. This is an interesting comparison. But the SW8 is simply in a different class. Do not expect decent SSB performance from the D2999 since it wasn't really made for it. And switching from automatic to manual gain improves SSB. It has basic NARROW/WIDE filtering. For those interested in getting a D2999, ask questions before buying, including whether the backlight bulbs on the meter and main display are working, because replacing the bulbs is a bit of a technical challenge. Occasionally, D2999s, whether under the Philips or Magnavox label, appear NIB and certain Ebay sellers try to get high prices for those. Just be careful.

I purchased a 525 from Universal Radio in the early 90s. I had them install the really narrow CW filter (I think it's 500hz) and it works really well, as you might imagine.

Thank you for the review. Based on what I heard I think you are very near to Fort Worth, TX. Just realized you said you are near Dallas, so I guess no big surprise.

As others mentioned and you surmised, PBT only in SSB on Kenwood. Audio on 515 -- don't underestimate that receiver. The 515 is IMHO among the top 10 best receivers of all time. Also, you should start IDing your stations: 6185 Radio Educacion Mexico and Rsdio Nacional Brazil...

Good video. Yes, even Janhke repairs sometimes don't completely resolve the key bounce unfortunately. The 525 was my first venture into JRC consumer receivers in 1986. Today, you see many appearing on the used market with cosmetic and other issues. The challenge with the 525 is that the displays start failing so you have to examine photos carefully for signs of that. Performance-wise, the 525 was nice, but criticized for "wooly audio" which also was the main criticism of the 515. I think the audio issue on JRC consumer rigs was overblown -- the 535/D I have here -- thanks Nick -- has quite nice audio in my opinion.

Now always run my radios on 12VDC, run much cooler, and just got my D2999 going again after watching your video, I had a R5000 but it overheated and never worked again, R5000 runs hot as hell.. happy I got my D2999 going been years since I used that radio, matt

Malahit dsp2 switching off the screen makes also a huge noise difference

Now you’re going to have peeps loitering by your garbage tomorrow 😂 - great video.

Shootout!!!!! 😮😮 so the looser goes to the firing range for target 🎯 practice!!

Love all your videos… you make me laugh! The Wellbrook antenna is its fix or on the rotated?

Crazy one sounds good than the other and it’s reversed but that manavox is very good to

Drake also make military trancevers quality stuff

Had the Philips magnavox all right but too heavy with batteries like the Drake might look out for one got the Lowe hf 150 a few weeks ago battery and mains simple to use basic but excellent recivier thanks for the video

Thanks Nick for the comparison of two Portatop receivers from the 80’s. I owned the Drake SW8 1st generation that had DSB sync only. I never have seen a Magnavox receiver or heard one either so nice to see one in action. Both sound good with the Drake easier for me to understand on your video. 73! Have a great day!

Hi, Newer Drake SW8 sounds more professional but I prefer the audio from the Magnavox D2999. I have a Philips D2999, it has a problem with the LCD display: a black spot which obscures a small part. 73

Beautiful video, I didn't know Drake, I loved his style, although all 4 are beautiful. Greetings from Argentina

Someone gave me a NRD-525 ~2 years ago. With vhf/uhf board, rtty, and some other board i cant remember.

Great video and enjoy all of your series. I've owned all of these and they all sound great! That being said if I were shopping today would have to go with the Kenwood due to the fact that it can still be serviced. None available for JRC or Drake. As for the best on the table.....I would say the Drake, as it's only weakness is the tuning encoder, as they are prone to fail with age.....but are readily available in eBay ( cheap ). Loved the JRC 515 and was my favorite old school receiver. and bought a mint used one in Dallas many years ago for $100 at Texas Towers.....they knew nothing about it. Love all of the later JRC receivers but once the florescent readouts fail they are kaput.....no replacements available according to the NRD-JRC people. Your reviews are absolutely the best.....thanks!

6180 and 6185khz test pretty impressive for that 3rd order mixing they reckon is a telling test for any decent hf receiver in real world conditions, probably why you don't see many of these on sale?

another cracking receiver Nick