PanasonicRF-562D AM FM SW Shortwave Transistor Radio - Retro Design (Battery operated)

Fantastic radio! Reception is incredible; very happy with my purchase 😃

Follow-Up/UpDate -09-02-2022Now, after 17 months of usage, I will 're-evaluate' this purchase.First off, this is not, NOT a marketed N. American product [check your "MW" listing for "AM", is your indicator]. AND should you need 'parts', you'll find yourself quickly being directed to Europe and/or the Middle East... I needed an antenna [knocked over and bent this one]; after doing so, I soon discovered this model of radio is not covered with PANASONIC N. America, and henceforth no parts...Since having it, the volume/0ff-on knob has began to fail... Now, it has little to no volume control at the lower end of the range and when 'turned-up', it soon grows annoying at the higher-output. This to me, is indicative of low /or poor quality materials used in the control [I'll use two of my radios, both portables, which are over 38+ yrs old and still function like the day purchased - One has a 'rotary-styled' potentiometer; the other a 'slide-style' AND I can still lower the volume to a whisper].My other 'big' complaint, with this radio is the quality [or lack thereof], of a decent working receiver portion and its ability to 'tune-in' to a radio station... It is weak, as is the sound-tonal quality from its speaker!Normally, I am an AM listener AND this radio has a hard time gathering that particular signal and locking on it strongly. This radio does not have a worthwhile tuner, plain-n-simple. I am located in suburbia-Americana and my other portables receive AM signals wonderfully, and with little to no issue - Especially when it comes to 'signal-fade'. This radio fails in this area.I finally grew tired of this particular PANASONIC, recently purchased a PANASONIC RF2400D Am/FM and absolutely love it! Great reception and great tuner dial - AND great volume.Do yourself a favor - Pass on this one and think of the purchasing another model, especially if you want decent sounds and reception... It's your money. As for this one, it is going 'out' and it won't be missed.It's everything I expected of an AM [MW... now]/FM radio.It's has decent sound quality - Good volume - Great reception - Looks 'old school', and I am 'old school'.Bought this for a replacement, for a multi-band 35+ yr old portable radio, used out in my garage [tuner was getting weak and I was losing tuner capabilities and reception integrity]. Once unpacked and set up, I have no complaints regarding this radio.Batteries replaced after nearly a full-month of it being left on, nearly 10-12 hrs a day - Yes, I like listening to the radio, out in my garage. And if you don't want to run it on batteries, pick up a power-pack and run it that way [Panasonic will give you the 'battery-eliminator-power-pack' info by just checking their website or the 'owners manual' has that info.About my biggest and only real complaint, is there is no dial-illumination light/lamp, one can reference when 'dialing-in' your radio station, in low-light conditions...My old one had that luxury.Overall, it is a good radio and I'd buy another without hesitation.

The body is very plasticky. Loud speaker is enough to listen to music.This redio works not only butteries but also AC/DC converter.

I use this hiking and on remote jobs/conservation projects. I've left it on all night and day and haven't had to change out the batteries. I've dropped it 6ft onto concrete and it's still all in one piece in working order, no rattles. It is a bit touchy to tune and the display does not lend itself to navigating the airwaves much at all aside from a very general reference. That said, I'm able to lock onto my weak community radio station thats sandwiched between two extremely high power awful country stations just fine. I love it.

UPDATE AS OF 23 OCTOBER 2020-Took off one star.Felt it necessary to log back in to update my experience with this radio. After approximately three months of near daily use (@four hours a day of run time) I am finding that the volume control is failing a bit. I use this radio at my desk at work and like to keep the volume low. The volume control has lost the ability to provide low volume, it goes from silent to medium high-ish with a bit of a crackle. It's clearly a mechanical failure and a disappointment as I otherwise like the radio.On another note, the battery life has been excellent; haven't had to change them yetLike most of the reviews of this radio, mine is positive.I purchased two Panasonic radios, this one and ASIN B072KLXG5Mhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072KLXG5M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1I actually like the other radio better, but this one is also quite good (so far). The carrying case is not leather, nor of particularly high quality (pleather vinyl type "fabric") and interferes with my ability to turn the knobs (which otherwise have a good feel to them), so it's gone. The radio looks and sounds better without it on anyway, but it is nice that they included it for those folks who have a need for such setup. Reception on "major" FM stations is clear in the Puget Sound area which due to topography has craptastic signal range. I don't get great AM reception on this radio but I didn't expect to without a different antenna. Haven't tried shortwave.As mentioned in other reviews, this radio is true analog tuning. That's unfortunately getting to be rare because it enables "finer" tuning.I do wish that at this price it would have included the AC adapter; the other radio that I referenced above did come with one and is a tad less expensive.I'm not motivated enough to log exactly how many hours of play time I get on a set of batteries, sorry.

On FM this is every bit as good as another radio I have which cost many times more. On AM once you get used to tuning more slowly because of the dsp it is highly capable and the nice audio was a real surprise and better than I expected. On shortwave the reception is decent and its easier to tune on SW if you are careful and tune slowly. The audio recovery on SW is surprisingly good and the dsp makes for decent selectivity which is true on MW as well. Construction quality is good and I happen to like the case. I have military grade gear and many portables and this rig is, to me, definitely worth the price. Older guys like me might like the old style tuning dial just to remind them of days gone by. This inexpensive radio is, in its own way, a gem. I am 73, did military comms and am an Extra class amateur operator. Got my radio licenses when one still had to study and work hard for them, especially the Advanced Class license which doesn't exist anymore thanks to the ARRL and the FCC. Panasonic did a decent job and this radio is very fairly priced. Anyone who denies this doesn't know what they are talking about!