{"id":11920,"date":"2015-01-03T12:43:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T16:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11920"},"modified":"2015-01-03T12:43:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T16:43:54","slug":"video-chris-reviews-the-tecsun-2p3-am-radio-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/video-chris-reviews-the-tecsun-2p3-am-radio-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Chris reviews the Tecsun 2P3 AM radio kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tecsun2P3superhetAMkit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10672\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tecsun2P3superhetAMkit.jpg\" alt=\"Tecsun2P3superhetAMkit\" width=\"640\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tecsun2P3superhetAMkit.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tecsun2P3superhetAMkit-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Tecsun2P3superhetAMkit-100x48.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Chris, writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I just wanted to let you know that I just put together the <a title=\"eBay\" href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337571409&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Tecsun+2P3+AM&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">Tecsun 2P3 AM radio kit<\/a> 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 this little radio. I think that some of your readers may be interested also. I have the link below for your review and if you like, you can share it with your readers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Many thanks, Chris, for sharing your video! I plan to purchase this kit soon and look forward to referencing your video again\u00a0and appreciate your advice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5aRrXTnrNt8\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view Chris&#8217; video on YouTube<\/a>, or simply watch via the embedded video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5aRrXTnrNt8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337571409&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Tecsun+2P3+AM&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">The Tecsun 2P3 AM radio kit is available from various sellers on eBay&#8211;click here to search.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWLing Post reader, Chris, writes: &#8220;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 this little radio. I think [&hellip;]<\/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":[373,627,344,3,129,304],"tags":[3209,3511,3510],"class_list":["post-11920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-how-to","category-kits","category-news","category-reviews","category-videos","tag-tecsun-2p3","tag-tecsun-2p3-am-radio-kit-how-to","tag-tecsun-2p3-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-36g","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10670,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/tecsun-2p3-am-radio-kit\/","url_meta":{"origin":11920,"position":0},"title":"Tecsun 2P3 AM radio kit","author":"Thomas","date":"September 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to the excellent Herculodge blog for making me aware of this cool--nearly retro--Tecsun 2P3 AM Radio Receiver Kit on Amazon. 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