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Tecsun PL-660 vs PL-880
I’ve owned my Tecsun PL-660 since 2011 (12 years). It’s not the newest version of that radio –there have been firmware updates since then — but it works well, and is arguably the best radio I own. More recently the … Continue reading
Posted in Product Reviews, Radio
Tagged AIR band, Radio comparisons, shortwave radio, Single Sideband, Tecsun PL-660, Tecsun PL-880, WWV
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Radio Time
I was in the chat room of the OfficialSWLChannel on YouTube when someone commented that the clock on their radio wasn’t accurate. I got out a few of mine and observed some a minute or so off, some more, but … Continue reading
Tuning, Muting, and Things that Go Chuff in the Night
Terminology one sees online isn’t always precise, and many people equate muting, soft muting and chuffing. I tend to get sloppy too. For the purpose of this article, here are the terms as I’m using them: Whenever someone asks a … Continue reading
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Tagged DSP radios, Phase Locked Loop, PLL, SDR, Soft Muting, Superheterodyne, Tuning Muting
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Phase Locked in Battle: Tecsun PL-990 Against All Comers
Someone made a comment on the Official SWL Channel Facebook group: So I’ve got the modern raft of DSP and SDR radios, just the same as anyone else. I was wondering whether, in 2025, there’s any point in picking up … Continue reading
Posted in Radio
Tagged Grundig G4000A, Grundig Yacht Boy 400, Kaito KA1101, Official SWL Channel, Sangean ATS-909, Tecsun PL-660, Tecsun PL-990
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Radio Silence
No posts for a while. I have two projects in the works and they aren’t progressing as fast as I would like. One is a comparison between the Sparkelec DP-666 and my other TEF6686 radio, the Qodosen DX-286. The other … Continue reading
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PLL Progress
I have an ongoing project to compare some PLL Superhet radios I have, a Grundig G4000A, Kaito KA-1101, Sangean ATS-909, Tecsun PL-660 and Tecsun PL-990. I’ve had some bad luck with my last TWO visits to the park, interrupted by … Continue reading
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Tagged Grundig G4000A, Kaito KA1100, MLA-30+, Qodosen DX-286, Sangean ATS-909, Tecsun PL-660, Tecsun PL-990, Videos, WUP Antenna
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Radio Ghosts and Other Things that Go Beep in the Night
Images My first shortwave radio was a Nanaola 10NT504, a receiver that uses superheterodyne technology. In that mode, a radio is tuned by mixing the incoming radio signal with a locally generated variable frequency carrier signal (from a variable frequency … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliases, Eton Elite Executive, Images, SDR, Superheterodyne, Tecsun PL-330, VFO, XHDATA D-109, XHDATA D-808
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