{"id":10670,"date":"2014-09-17T11:33:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T15:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10670"},"modified":"2014-09-17T20:56:06","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T00:56:06","slug":"tecsun-2p3-am-radio-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/tecsun-2p3-am-radio-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecsun 2P3 AM radio kit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tecsun2P3superhetAMkit\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to the excellent Herculodge blog<\/a> for making me aware of this cool–nearly retro–Tecsun 2P3 AM Radio Receiver Kit on Amazon.<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

Should be a fun, inexpensive and relatively simple through-hole kit. I am curious how well the instructions are written in English. Has anyone assembled the\u00a0Tecsun 2P3?<\/p>\n

Update: Bob points out that\u00a0the Tecsun 2P3 is also available on eBay.<\/a>\"\"\u00a0(for $26.99 US shipped)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to the excellent Herculodge blog for making me aware of this cool–nearly retro–Tecsun 2P3 AM Radio Receiver Kit on Amazon. Should be a fun, inexpensive and relatively simple through-hole kit. I am curious how well the instructions are written in English. Has anyone assembled the\u00a0Tecsun 2P3? Update: Bob points out that\u00a0the Tecsun 2P3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,344,3,26],"tags":[3210,3211,345,479,3209],"class_list":["post-10670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-kits","category-news","category-radios","tag-2p3","tag-am-radio-kit","tag-radio-kit","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-2p3"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2M6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11920,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/video-chris-reviews-the-tecsun-2p3-am-radio-kit\/","url_meta":{"origin":10670,"position":0},"title":"Video: Chris reviews the Tecsun 2P3 AM radio kit","author":"Thomas","date":"January 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Chris, writes: \"I just wanted to let you know that I just put together the Tecsun 2P3 AM radio kit over the holiday break. I wanted to also let you know that I made a YouTube review on this radio and some of the short comings on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tecsun2P3superhetAMkit","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tecsun2P3superhetAMkit.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tecsun2P3superhetAMkit.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tecsun2P3superhetAMkit.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10496,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/field-recording-with-the-tecsun-pl-380-and-transcend-mp330\/","url_meta":{"origin":10670,"position":1},"title":"Field Recording with the Tecsun PL-380 and Transcend MP330","author":"Thomas","date":"August 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, London Shortwave, shared photos of his portable recording kit on Twitter yesterday.\u00a0It consists of a Tecsun PL-380, Transcend MP330, in ear headphones, and a simple clip-on antenna (supplied with the PL-380). 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