{"id":10886,"date":"2014-09-24T11:55:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T15:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10886"},"modified":"2014-09-24T11:58:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T15:58:11","slug":"dave-reviews-the-tecsun-pl-880-pl660-and-sangean-ats-909x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/dave-reviews-the-tecsun-pl-880-pl660-and-sangean-ats-909x\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave reviews the Tecsun PL-880, PL660 and Sangean ATS-909X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ATS-909X.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10197\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ATS-909X.jpg\" alt=\"ATS-909X\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ATS-909X.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ATS-909X-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ATS-909X-100x66.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>Dave Zantow (N9EWO) has posted reviews of the Tecsun PL-660, PL-880 and Sangean ATS-909X on his website. Dave even includes a review of the Radiolabs &#8220;ClearMod&#8221; version of the Sangean ATS-909X. \u00a0<a title=\"Dave's reviews\" href=\"http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/ats909x.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the reviews (scroll down to view all)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks, Dave; I always value your reviews!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Zantow (N9EWO) has posted reviews of the Tecsun PL-660, PL-880 and Sangean ATS-909X on his website. Dave even includes a review of the Radiolabs &#8220;ClearMod&#8221; version of the Sangean ATS-909X. \u00a0Click here to read the reviews (scroll down to view all). Many thanks, Dave; I always value your reviews!<\/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":[3,129],"tags":[2584,3198,4085,4086],"class_list":["post-10886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reviews","tag-dave-zantow-n9ewo","tag-n9ewo","tag-reviews","tag-shortwave-radio-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2PA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11433,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/dave-recommends-the-ccrane-witness-plus-ac-adapter\/","url_meta":{"origin":10886,"position":0},"title":"Dave recommends the CCrane &#8220;Witness Plus&#8221; AC Adapter","author":"Thomas","date":"November 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Dave Zantow who shares the following: CCrane \"Witness Plus\" AC Adapter Review Now Posted : The CCrane 5 volt USB-mini REGULATED AC power adapter (for the Witness +) is perfect for use with OTHER USB radios and has a 900ma MAX current rating. 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Like Matt\u2019s recent comparison of the Tecsun PL-990x to the Icom IC-R9500, this review is in audio form and brilliantly narrated by Matt. 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