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Author Archives: Kevin
Unboxing the ZHIWHIS ZWS-603
My pet peeve about “unboxing” videos is that invariably the item being unboxed was already unboxed before the video, and often not even in the box. This isn’t a video, but this series of photos is authentic, and taken as … Continue reading
Posted in Radio, Technology
Tagged Bluetooth Speaker, MP3, shortwave radio, Unboxing, XWS-306, ZHISWHIS
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Great price?
I’m completely recycling my shortwave radio inventory, selling mostly, but I bought a couple of new ones to check out. One new one I ordered this morning was an XHDATA D-808. It’s feature rich, combining SSB with Air band and … Continue reading
Deciphering the Kchibo KK-9615
The Kchibo KK-9615 is a Chinese AM/FM/Shortwave shirt-pocket radio from a decade or so ago. It has analog tuning and a digital display with clock and alarm. I know of no English-language manual for the Kchibo KK-9615, but through trial … Continue reading
Keepers
I’ve been interested in shortwave radio since I was a teenager, and over the decades I’ve owned quite a few shortwave radios. Now it’s time to downsize and I’ve been selling radios on eBay right and left, 61 so far. … Continue reading
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Tagged Degen, G4000A, Grundig, Kaito, Kaito Voyager Pro, RDS, shortwave radio, Tecsun, Travel Radios, Weather Radio
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Comparing 3 Tecsun radios: PL-660, PL-380, PL-330
I haven’t bought a radio in quite a while, but the new Tecsun PL-330 seemed quite capable, so I used the proceeds from selling off older radios on eBay to buy a new PL-330 (with firmware version 3306). I was … Continue reading
Posted in General, Radio, Technology
Tagged PL-330, PL-380, PL-660, shortwave radio, Tecsun
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Will Tesla actually be able to do full self-driving?
Based on my original article at Quora. I’ve driven every incarnation of Tesla’s Autopilot system, from the Autopilot Convenience Feature using the Mobileye chip, to Enhanced Autopilot using TeslaVision and the NVidia computer, to the FSD computer and Tesla’s limited … Continue reading
Who Done It?
Reprinted from my post at Quora. There is a very curious thing about Republican claims of a stolen election in 2020: they never say who personally did it. One guy with Dominion Voting Systems supposedly said something, and one low-level … Continue reading