Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors, Tom, Markku, Dave Zantow, and Dan Robinson who note that the Tecsun PL-368 is now available via sellers on eBay.
Fans of the Tecsun PL-360 and PL-365 will be happy that among other things, the PL-368 has sync detection. The price is $88 US plus $3 shipping from China.
Hello – I have an unknown function with my tec 368: if I press and hold number 9 with the device switched off, you can switch something ON and switch OFF. What kind of function is that? Maybe someone has information. Greetings from Austria – fritz
i bought the 368 from china, unfortunately i only have a description in chinese, does anyone have a tip where i can get one in english? can someone tell me how to save the desired station in the alarm function.
Note this has a NARROWER rand the the pl-365 missing 514-519 Khz in the medium wave
365
Frequency modulation: 76-108MHz, 87-108MHz, 87.5-108MHz (optional)
LW: 150-519KHz
MW: 510-1710KHz
SW: 1711-29999KHz, divided into 14 bands (120M, 90, 75, 60, 49, 41, 31, 25, 22, 19, 16, 15, 13, 11)
SSB: 160M, 80, 40, 30, 24, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10
368
Frequency range and tuning step:
* Long wave (LW): 153-513kHz
* Medium Wave (MW): 520-1710kHz/522-1620kHz
* Shortwave (SW1): 1711-29999kHz
* Frequency Modulation (FM): 64-108MHz/76-108MHz/87-108MHz/88-108MHz
Hi everyone! What’s the latest PL-368 Firmware ? Anybody knows if it is stable ? Any known bugs ? Regards.
The PL-365 is easy to tune and adjust volume with the thumb from the same hand holding the radio. If fine tuning works like the PL-330 and won’t have the “reverse tuning bug” it seems like a winner to use while walking. So far the PL-360, 365 and now 368 are the only well performing shortwave radios with such ergonomics I’m aware of. Looking forward to a review that includes testing 10 Hz fine tuning.
The PL-368 uses some type of Lithium battery which is not described. An 18650 would appear to be too big.
It uses a BL-5C of 1000mAh
73 de Demetre M0SUY
Two things:
(1) Beware of $2.99 shipping from China … that will be painfully slow & not readily trackable (it might be tracked until it departs China but then it’ll drop off the radar – see below ); and
(2) Estimated between Thu. Feb. 11 and Tue. Mar. 2 (if ordered Sun 17 January).
I ordered two things via China on 11 November. It’s 17 January & I am still waiting. One item left China on 13 Nov (via tracking), but doesn’t show that it arrived in the USA (no tracking update since 13 November). The 2nd item left China on 12 Nov, arrived in the USA on 28 Nov, and “left Atlanta shipping partner on 20 Dec” … not tracked after that date.
For anyone in the USA who desires this radio, wait until Anon-Co has it … they’ll ship it FedEx, it’ll be properly tracked, and I typically have my radio in 7-days & never more than 10-days. And it’s usually shipped free. Trust me – USA buyers – go with Anon-Co!
Agree.
I got my PL-368 via Aliexpress. Advertised price was around $89 but when I paid via PAYPAL I was charged $106.50. Nevertheless I did not complain much and the postman brought my new toy to my doostep in 9 days from the day I ordered it.
Great radio BTW. Synchronous detector works great, it has both a keyboard and a tuning wheel, a BL-5C rechargable lithium ion cell of 1000 mAh and it is very sensitive. It is as good as my BELKA-DX, although the BELKA-DX does not get blocked when I listen to a broadcasting station on 9420 kHz with it’s telescopic antenna and my IC-7300 fires away a JS8 transmission on 7078 kHz at 40 watts using a 16.2 meter long inverted L antenna only 4 meters away from the radio. TECSUN PL-368 loses the station altogether when the IC7300 transmits, but this is to be expected I guess since the BELKA-DX is enclosed in a metal box and I is a better radio using SDR technology and better filters than the PL-368 which is in a plastic box.
73 de Demetre M0SUY