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Tag Archives: eBay
Incoming Surprise: Kaito KA1101
Like a fish tempted by a juicy worm, eBay dropped this radio onto my front page and I was hooked. It is a dual conversion superhet radio, as is the other current incoming radio, a Sangean ATS-909. This appears to … Continue reading
De maximus: Updated
I’m no fortuneteller and I don’t have any special expertise in international trade, but I can report what I saw today. I ordered a Chinese-made WWVB time signal receiver module from a Canadian seller on eBay. It cost $9.13. Here’s … Continue reading
Goodbye PL-880
It became obvious some time ago that it made no sense to own both a Tecsun PL-880 and a PL-990 portable shortwave receiver. I knew one of them should go — but which one? The PL-880 had the best speaker … Continue reading
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
DAGI Capacitive Stylus Pen P602 for Microsoft Surface
Naturally I wanted to try out drawing on my new Microsoft Surface RT. I have some fat rubber styluses, but I wanted something better, but I wasn’t willing to buy the pricey styluses just for the Surface. I tried eBay … Continue reading
A tale of 3 Naxa radios
This is confusing. I bought what was described as a Naxa NX-716 radio on eBay. I paid $9.98 for it, including shipping. I bought this “cheap” radio because it looked cool. Here’s the picture from the auction: I didn’t pay … Continue reading