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Tag Archives: Qodosen DX-286
Look ma, the DX-286 got batteries!
It’s no big deal for me since I have a pile of 18650 batteries, but reading anecdotes on the Internet leads me to think procuring them is a problem for some folks. Initially, the DX-286 was sold without batteries. Then … Continue reading
Santa’s Nice Radio list for 2025
Unlike my “Top Ten Portable Shortwave Radios for 2025,” these are not necessarily the best you can buy, but ones that I think bring something worthwhile to the table, and are good value. They’re ones that I personally use and … Continue reading
2 Radios, 4 Ways
The fellow with the hard hat standing next to one of the three big power company trucks parked in front of my neighbor’s house said they were working on the transformer and the power would be off for a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Radio
Tagged Antennas, FEBC, Qodosen DX-286, Tecsun PL-330, WOW Antenna, WUT Antenna
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The Battle of the Sixes: Part 2
Continued from The Battle of the Sixes: Part 1. In this part I discuss reception performance and audio quality, with my final conclusions. Performance MW The first barrier in comparing MW performance is that the DP-666 doesn’t have an internal … Continue reading
Posted in Product Reviews, Radio
Tagged Ferrite antenna, Portable Radios, Qodosen DX-286, SPARKELEC DP-666, TEF6686
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The Battle of the Sixes: Part 1
A Comparison of two radios based on the TEF6686 DSP chip This post title was inspired by my new Sparkelec DP-666 radio based on the NXM TEF6686 DSP chip. That’s a lot of sixes. Here I compare two radios based … Continue reading
Setting Multi-Zone Radio Clocks
The Problem I have 4, perhaps more, radios that have a capability to display both local time and UTC. They are: Eton Elite Executive, Qodosen DX-286/SR-286 and Sangean ATS-909. I don’t understand the setting process fully, and the manual didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Clock setting, Eton Elite Executive, GMT, Qodosen DX-286, Sangean ATS-909, UTC
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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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