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The Professor reviews the RFA200 external ferrite antenna
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, The Professor, who shares the following review of the RFA200 external ferrite antenna: The Tecsun R-9012 and RFA200 MW antenna (Photo credit: The Professor) A...
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A review of the Tecsun R-9012 shortwave radio
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Laurence Neils, who shares the following guest post: A review of the Tecsun R-9012 by Laurence Neils I have cheap radios. I can’t really justify buying more...
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Bill discovers a number of Tecsun S-8800 Hidden Features
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill (WD9EQD), who writes: I’ve owned a Tecsun S-8800 for about eight months and have come to enjoy it more all the time. It, along with my PL-880, have become...
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Tecsun S-8800 Hidden Feature: Frequency display calibration
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following procedure for calibrating the Tecsun S-8800. Dan received this procedure from Anna at Anon-Co: Apparently there is a...
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A detailed review of the Tecsun S-8800 and comparison with the Tecsun PL-660...
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, 13dka, for the following guest post: Tecsun S-8800 Review by 13dka Looking for a new toy again I recently revisited the Tecsun S-8800, which looked like it...
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A review of the Tecsun S-8800 shortwave/LW/AM-MW/FM portable receiver
Earlier this year, Tecsun released its long-awaited newest large portable: the Tecsun S-8800 portable shortwave/LW/AM-MW/FM receiver. Though I fully intended to buy a Tecsun S-8800 for review, our...
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Troy compares the Tecsun S-8800 with the Grundig Edition Field BT
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, for producing this excellent comparison of the Tecsun S-8800 and Grundig Field BT “lunchbox” radios: The Lunchbox Showdown by Troy Riedel I have...
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Dmitry’s video overview of the S-8800
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dmitry Elagin, who shares the following: Good afternoon! I became the owner of Tecsun S-8800 recently. I made two videos – unpacking and the overview of the...
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Discounted New Tecsun PL-310ET Receivers on Amazon
Today I noticed that Amazon is offering an excellent price on the fine performing Tecsun PL-310ET portable AM-FM-SW radio. The current sale price is $39.80 with free shipping for Amazon Prime members....
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eBay Deal: Tecsun PL-660 for 50.90 GBP shipped
Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, George T, who writes: Just a tip that I found a bargain price on eBay for a new Tecsun PL-660. The price is £50.90 with free P&P…best I’ve ever seen. I grabbed...
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Tecsun PL-680: Rolf touts enhanced performance using PL-660 mod
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rolf Snijder, who writes: I have made the same modification to the Tecsun PL-680, that was done [by many on the] PL-660 earlier. The PL-680 is now a great...
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Tecsun PL-300 series modification: disabling soft mute
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following tip. Troy writes: While surfing the Net I found the following procedure that is said to “disable soft muting in Tecsun...
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Rolf’s PL-680 modification allows external antenna on LW and MW
The Tecsun PL-680 Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rolf Snijder, who writes: I did a modification today on the Tecsun PL-680 [which allows for an] external antenna on LW and MW. The internal...
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For Sale: My Tecsun PL-600
>>>>>UPDATE: This radio has been sold! Thanks for your interest!<<<<< I’m in the process of thinning the herd around here at the SWLing Post HQ! I have dozens of...
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Tecsun PL-660: A simple hack to scan the air band
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bruce F, who writes: HI Thomas, I thought I would put this idea out to your site – in case it isn’t already there. It’s a brilliant solution to the apparent...
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DE1DGK reviews the affordable Tecsun R-9012
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, DE1DGK, who shares the following mini review of the Tecsun R-9012: I also have the Tecsun-R-9012, the little analog brother of the R-920c with digital display,...
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The Tecsun S-9900: A new high-performance shortwave portable?
[Update: Please check out this post about the Tecsun S-9900.] [Update: Also see this post that includes an image of a Tecsun PL-990. I will try to confirm if one or both of these radios may indeed be...
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The Tecsun PL-990: The next full-featured portable?
[Update: Please check out this post about the Tecsun PL-990.] Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following image originally posted in the Shortwave Radio Listener...
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Tecsun PL-990 and S-9900: A few facts about the new Tecsun radios
Yesterday, we posted a photo of a Tecsun S-9900 “prototype” that was shared by @katsu3_uc on Twitter: Screenshot of katsu’s tweet with translation by Google. Shortly thereafter, another image was...
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Tecsun PL-880: turning off backlight and one mystery function
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Carrod, who writes: I took delivery of my PL-880 and have seen your notes on hidden features. With the radio off, press and hold button 5, this...
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