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Tag Archives: SPARKELEC DP-666
The Battle of the Sixes (DX-286 and DP-666): 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
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Tagged Ferrite antenna, Portable Radios, Qodosen DX-286, SPARKELEC DP-666, TEF6686
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The Battle of the Sixes (DX-286 and DP-666): 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
Upgrading the Sparkelec DP-666 Firmware
Don’t That’s my advice. There is a newer version with the Megatron M17 mods and I was led to get it from the Deepelec website. After installation, the new version showed a Deepelec logo when I boot the device, but … Continue reading
First Impressions: Sparkelec DP-666 (Updated)
My DP-666 finally arrived today. It’s based on the NXP TEF6686 chip, designed for automotive applications. The contents of the box bore an uncanny resemblance to the seller photo (what we call a “good thing’), and here it is: