Author Archives: Kevin

This is a semi-blind experiment, to try something new after bypassing the new Tecsun PL-520 and MLite-880 SDR. The price from Banggood is $72.99 including shipping, plus tax. They’re also available on Amazon for (gasp) $150 plus tax.

There’s been quite a stir with questions on social media about a new radio model from Tecsun, the PL-520. At first glance, it looks like a PL-330 with rounder corners, gray instead of black.

If at first you don’t succeed, order, order again. After returning the QFX R-333BT that I paid around $30 for because it was defective, I looked around on TEMU to reorder what I hoped to be a fully working model … Continue reading →

This thing is HUGE. The second thing is that it reminds me of my Evche EVCHE EC-2110BTS radio, although the latter is considerably smaller and less colorful. Both are MW/FM/SW radios that can be powered by D-cell batteries, both have … Continue reading →

Not new, but I finally got around to installing v4.21, October 27, 2025, on my ATS25 max-Decoder. Release Notes AIR beta 27/10/2025 Supported Models: ATS25 / ATS25+ / ATS25X1 / ATS25X2 / ATS25 max, ATS25 max-Decoder, ATS-Decoder Pocket, ATS120, ATS25AMP, … Continue reading →

It was New Years Day 45 years ago when I opened my new Radio Peking calendar to the first page of the new year. And in that January 1 square I penciled in reception notes from what I heard on … Continue reading →