Thanks Roger!

It looks cheaply made. I doubt how long it will last.

@@grjoe4412 LOL... 1.5mm aluminum top+bottom shells / 1mm side panels, at that small size this means it could be one the most mechanical robust receivers ever. The all-metal construction also gives it excellent shielding properties, nothing gets in w/o an antenna connected. My oldest Belka is now 4 years old and still fine. Look again. ;)

@@gerdpfeil The case looks cheap. It's not the case that I am worried about. It's the electronic components.

​@@grjoe4412its not the radio that concerns you but the country of origin. Pretty bigoted of you

what is computer software at end of video ?

​@@patrickwatkins7572SDR++

@@aDistantLight Not at all. If you try it, you'll understand and like it.

Any time!

For the Belka I would gladly add to the Belarus tax take. In fact, I did. And I shall do it again. :)

Don't trust american propaganda about "dictatorship" in Belarus, it's a great country with a lot of amazing high-quality products for created for it's Belarus and it's friends.

magnetic loops

The BNC on the new model is firmly bolted onto the metal case 😊

I'm your friend from now on.....😂😂😂😂

Are you my friend too? 😂

@@TechMindsOfficial 😂😂😂👍

Forgot to say from South Spain

The first thing I usually do when I take the Belka on a walk is checking the condx on the IBP frequencies. Unless the space weather is bad I can usually hear the 100W VK6RBP beacon from the (almost) antipodal point of the globe on that little whip, and of course the beacons along the way. Makes me smile every time. 2 days ago I took a walk along the shoreline (North Sea) and heard a Spanish station attracting DX on 20m, first a loud JH station, then VK4SX booming in, then a weaker but fully readable ZL station - surely the nicest kind of pile-up, but also perfectly normal to hear these countries on the Belka. What strikes one most is that the Belka sounds and behaves like a $$$$ tabletop when receiving these stations, and absolutely not like the even more expensive Tecsuns. 🙂

It covers 2 meters😊

@@melissasmess2773 thanks 😊

Unlike the Belka DX, the new Belka compensates the CW offset correctly depending on the pitch you selected.

That's a brutally rich sounding combination. 🙂 I always cringe a little when people use the tiny speaker of the Belka, the true signal quality it is capable of can only be enjoyed on a good pair of cans or a fat speaker like the CCRadio.

The input impedance is >10kOhm. However, I found impedance matching considerations are really only necessary when using "lossy" antennas so a mismatch could actually drop signals below the sensitivity threshold. The Belka is not exactly fond of small shielded loops etc.

hm did this post? apparently it does have a "pseudo" sync AM mode (per the user manual)

@@MattSF23 Alas the channel OP doesn't approve comments with links - if you want to hear the "pseudo"-sync detector in action google 'SWLing Post sync detector crash course'. In the article you'll find a number of audio clips demonstrating what a sync detector is meant to do, with the Belka being the radio to demonstrate it.

@@gerdpfeil Ah thanks Gerd. Yeah I had heard of sync detection before. I own a Sony ICF-2010! 💪😄I just hadn't heard the 'pseudo' nomenclature before. But it makes sense I suppose, since it is synthesized by the radio. But thanks for the info I'll check it out!

@@MattSF23 The article also briefly explains the difference between a pseudo-sync detector and a PLL sync detector like in the ICF-2010. :)

@@gerdpfeil D'oh! ok I'm on it! 😆

There is FM mode, there are many bandwidth filters to select from. You guessed wrong .

@@nine7295 ah well that's good to know I'll investigate further thanks

So then which ones would you prefer?

It's an HF receiver. There is your answer.

No. This receiver is not designed to tune above 31 MHz. WFM is not normally used below the VHF broadcast bands. He tells us which software he is using when he connects it to his PC. There are a variety of SDR apps which can be used.

Basically it’s a receiver that allows you to listen to shortwave (music, news, etc) as well as Ham radio stations from around the world. Not limited to hobbyist types though - some travelers use these and other similar radio receivers to stay tuned in when away- catching news, sports, etc. but there is also a hobby aspect of trying to catch far away stations

Belarus Rouble..

Subscribe to my channel, I have both radios and plan to do a video soon, hopefully over this weekend. The pl-680 is very hard to beat for the money and it sounds so good on ssb making ECSS a joy to listen to. I also prefer using the pl-680.

Forget the Techsun, just buy it!

@@TR6Telos The Tecsun PL-680 is a great radio and it sounds a lot better via it's built in speaker and ECSS sounds fantastic also. Much better than these newer DSP radios which I would avoid if in any way interested in SSB or ECSS. The Belks is good but it's tiny and while it's great for putting in your pocket, ergonomics suffer due to it's size and for SWL the filter sadly only goes to 4 Khz and Audio quality suffers as a result. I suspect the Belka was designed more with Hams in mind and for SSB it's really great.

@@o00scorpion00o Again, this is 4kHz audio bandwidth (actually it's 4.5kHz, perfectly fitting a 9kHz medium wave channel), not IF bandwidth. The equivalent analog IF filter bandwidth would be 9kHz where most classic mulitband/general coverage radios have only a 6kHz "wide" IF filter (3kHz audio bandwidth on AM) made to fit the 5kHz channel spacing on shortwave. Accordingly, the audio is absolutely fine and even better than on said classic portables and tabletops.

Yup!

The older models did, but I think the new one flashes on/off.

@@reecehoffmann3722 I have two v3 Belkas and none of them flashes, the LED just goes dark. :). There could be some that flash, or maybe that's just one guy with a funky charger, who knows.

That's because everyone jumps on the speaker version, which Alex was a bit reluctant to offer I think, and nobody honors the brief instructions about that. The Belka needs the headphone cable (or the cable to the external speaker) as a counterpoise to get full sensitivity, or in case of the speaker version some wire attached to the (device) ground. Putting it on a car roof or other metal surface is fine too, otherwise you have to hold it in your hand indeed. This is not an issue with either version if you use it for what it was made for - the headphone cable and the residue coupling to your body mass when you wear it in a breast pocket is sufficient for full sensitivity.

where is that if you would please I am keeping my eyes and ears open to see how close i am to the same situation how long have you been under this kind of rule

I found out it is in Belarus which is part of Russia and because of the war The banks have put sanctions on purchasing with credit cards

Putin says 👍🏿

Works with aviation frequency 108 mhz and more in the god mode (am or fm) ? Thanks.

There is a Russian channel with Alexej Igonin where he puts both through their paces in several videos. The Belka is consistently better in a lot of aspects - dynamic range, noise floor, sensitivity, display noise and whatnot. I have made several tests how it deals with big signals out of gainy antennas and found it surprisingly resilient to overloading (after all it's an SDR too) and was amazed how benign it reacts on overloading. The Malahit is based on the Mirics tuner chips and while it has a lot of bells and whistles and its own merit, it has also inherited the convoluted RF gain vs. LNA input stage management and the need to use that. The Belka does not need these settings, you just attach whatever antenna and it works. The Malahit is quite compact but it couldn't compete with the Belka as a "wearable" shack in the shirt pocket. The Belka's noise reduction is that you take it outside to places where there's not much noise to reduce. :) Also, the Belka does have sync, for panadapter view you need to connect it to your soundcard, without VHF/UHF it doesn't need a squelch but yes, the noise reduction of the Malahit is actually crazy good. Alas the video here does not at all explain why exactly the Belka is so great. It lets the radio speak for itself but that isn't well understood by most, particularly when so many people didn't even bother to actually watch and listen, like so many comments indicate.

@@gerdpfeilI agree that the Malahit is more noisy, has a bunch of birdies, is less sensitive in the LF-VLF range and has some serious intermod problems when connected to a wideband antenna while operating with active preamp and/or high gain settings, a situation in which the Belka might not have any problems. I use it with reduced sensitivity or home made HF and VHF/UHF band filters and then this is actually a very nice receiver with a state of the art spectral display, showing you what is going on at nearby frequencies. The ironic thing is that most people who are also transmitting, have mainly noisy electric antennas and they suck at reception unless they are far away from the house on a tower, but most wire antennas are so noisy that the most noisy receiver will not make any difference in real life. I am not used to so much noise anymore though I only have a cheap active magnetic wide band loop in the attic of a multi family home, with TVs, PLC and DSL, but I am not used to noise like that in this video anymore. That mainly exists in the electric near field and can be avoided by receiving purely magnetic in that short range. I would definitely recommend the Belka to any newcomer, or pure HF ham voice listener, because with the wrong settings the Malahit turns into a total nightmare that is so bad, on the first day I thought it was broken!!! I was about to return it! No kidding! It is so overly sensitive that you can use a small telescopic antenna and still don't have to crank up the amp stages, which is totally counterproductive to the signal to noise ratio. Now I run it mostly with DSP and auto notch turned on at night on HF aircraft frequencies listening to planes and ATCs all over the world often in clear audio quality out of almost total silence, which would be impossible with the Belka and even a lot of other transceivers and receivers from a much higher price range. I have another set of spare Alps encoders, I might just order another China clone for 130 bucks and modify it on the hardware and software side, because I enjoy it so much in real life. It can also be used via USB as an IQ soundcard, so no analog sound card tinkering necessary, and you can listen to DRM, HFDL, FT8 ... or on VHF to ACARS, VDL2, APRS, POCSAG, DSTAR, DMR ... whatever you like with a notebook attached. For good Air Band reception you definitely need at least an FM blocking filter, ideally an Air-Band band pass, else you will miss the weaker signals from far away ATC on the ground. So I totally recommend the Malahit for someone who is a real geek, loves tinkering, knows how to solder, flash chips and wants to try almost everything possible within the radio domain. It is tiny, you can take it everywhere, may have a rechargeable battery built in and a USB-C connector to be charged everywhere, ideal for on the go. A built in Bluetooth interface would be fantastic, then you can just use your smartphone headphones, but you can put it into a bigger case and implement a BT module yourself. Gerd, thanks for your feedback and best regards Joerg

I couldn't live without NR.

@@ON8EI Sadly, this is mostly true for even rural areas nowadays. If it's just for convenience when listening to local (-ish) rag chewing on 80, reducing gain is pretty much doing the same w/o any artifacts.

It’s a radio receiver, mainly for the Ham Radio bands but also covers MW. It’s very good.

Yep, it’s awesome!

I ordered one direct from them (Belka, not the DX version) and it took about 3-4 weeks after I placed the order. It made it through all customs just fine and should be delivered to me in the USA by 04/12/2024. I am so excited to get it...its been a long few weeks, lol.

About 160 Euros. If the build and audio quality are as good as presented here, not a bad price, I think.

@@timbookedtwo2375 fair i guess but you can get a decent uSDX for 120euro that will also tx... tomato/tomahto? Id rather play than just tune in for the cost. My opinion. I do understand there is a SWL crowd so cudos to them for an awesome, inexpensive (relative to the person?) Receiver.

Ummm where it says “Purchase here” there is a link!

@@TechMindsOfficial Thanks,i see it now,I just got to the Amazon site,but the price? Is it about 180 Dollars ?

just under 200dollars

I received mine (no pun intended!) about 10 days ago. No issues with delivery or customs, and it's trackable too.

The whole world ignores the West sanctions ! Let's do the same ... The societies must go on forward ...

@TopNights I got mine without problems.

@TopNights do you bet it ??

@@maverick5117 No the whole world does not ignore the wests sanctions. If you believe that it just means you have no idea what the sanctions being imposed are. Right now most are sanctions on exporting to Belarus, freezing government assets, freezing financial transactions with state (regime) controlled banks and businesses and other sanctions that don't impact the import of most products from Belarus, although shipping via UPS, DHL OR FED EX, I don't think are possible at this time, so shipping times may be long.

I DO NOT MAKE SPONSORED VIDEOS!!

If I did then it would be labelled as “paid promotion”

@@TechMindsOfficial ok. Not implying anything but I feel clarity is important. Thanks for the reply.

There is one video on my channel, where I feature an Anker power bank, that was a paid promotion, and that video has the “Paid Promotion” box ticked. I guess viewers just automatically assume that we are paid to say nice things about products that we review. If only that was the case, I’d be rich! lol

It’s real smooth! :)

Correct. DSP done right.

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