dane have you fouhnd any of the problems noted in gthe earlier reviews
regarding ssb reception.
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From: "Dane Trethowan" <[email protected]>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: Tecsun PL880 Radio Arrived Today
Okay, I can help you with the 9 key, that's the control for the muting
threshold so here's what you do assuming you want to turn that off which I'd
imagine you do.
Hold down the 9 key for 4 seconds and then rotate any of the tuning knobs
anti clockwise for say half a turn. Then press the 9 key again and that
should do the trick.
You also may wish to turn off noise reduction, this is done by holding down
the 6 key for 4 seconds.
On 3 Apr 2014, at 8:18 pm, [email protected] wrote:
I just got mine as well and its seems quite nice -- my environment is
not great -- two computers running, but the radio does very well in the
short wave and fm bands and the am is not bad at all. I was unable to
activate some of the hidden features, however -- holding down the 9
key had no effect whatsoever.
One nice feature is if you are using ssb the band controls cycle through
the ham bands, if you switch to normal the band selector cycles through
the broadcast ones.
Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote:
I've had the radio for 8 hours and I'm utterly delighted with my
purchase, here are a few observations I've made about the radio.
Firstly this set is not a "killer" set when it comes to Medium wave
sensitivity though its far from dreadful so if you're looking for a good
performing AM set and not bothered with Short Wave, SSB and CW then your
money would be perhaps better spent on the CCrane 2E AM/FM radio. The
Pl880 is squarely aimed at the traveller and AM reception through this
radio should be good enough in 99% of cases but its on the Short Wave,
SSB/CW and on FM that this receiver shines.
Having said all that however the audio quality on the AM broadcast band
is far better than a lot of similar sized portables on the market thanks
to the selectible Band width filter which can be adjusted between 2.4 and
9KHZ thus giving superb quality for audio on AM stations which permit
it - most in Australia do <smile>.
Short Wave reception his hot on the built-in telescopic whip which is
reasonably long and very thin at the top end so be careful with it.
The PL880 charges from a USB socket and takes around 3 hours to charge
the lythium-ion battery.
Sound from the internal speaker is something which puts similar portable
radios of the same size to absolute shame, in particular the Sony
ICF-sw7600G and GR sets sound like paper compared to the PL880.
2 tuning knobs are presented, one for fast and one for slow tuning, they
have a nice thick smooth feel to them, just like tuning an older 60s
style analogue radio.
More notes to come as I play and explore.
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Dane Trethowan
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
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Fax +61397437954
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