{"id":11939,"date":"2015-01-09T15:41:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T19:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11939"},"modified":"2015-01-09T16:34:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T20:34:17","slug":"charging-the-tecsun-pl-880-with-the-c-crane-witness-ac-adapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/charging-the-tecsun-pl-880-with-the-c-crane-witness-ac-adapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Charging the Tecsun PL-880 with the C. Crane Witness AC Adapter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CCWitnessAdapter\"<\/a>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, John Case, comments:<\/p>\n

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“I bought a C. Crane Witness AC Adapter to try it out on the PL-880. It is rated at 900 mA, more than enough to handle the PL-880. I think it is more than reasonable at $14.95.<\/p>\n

I am happy to say that it works very well on the PL-880 and does not introduce any noise in any mode , even when the PL-880 is recharging the internal Battery. I also ran the PL-880 in Shortwave without the battery with no problems off of this AC Adapter. All in all, it is very well filtered, and thus quiet.\u00a0 I can highly recommend it for use with the PL-880.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Update–John adds:<\/p>\n

“I should add that the idea to use the C. Crane Witness AC Adapter for the Tecsun PL-880 came from Dave Zantow, of “Dave’s radio Receiver Page”. He had looked at the Skywave adapter, but it is rated at a maximum of 300 mA, while the PL-880 is rated at &gt; 300 mA. Dave originally tested the Witness Adapter on the Degen DE 1128H, and was pleased with the results. Unfortunately he no longer had his PL-880 test sample, so he could not test the adapter with that radio.<\/p>\n

He did add one cautionary note that it may be necessary to add bypass caps to the power regulators to avoid picking up low level switching hum on a whip or other indoor antenna. I did not experience any of this, but it sound like a good idea easily implemented. Dave’s review is at the bottom of this page: http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/ats909x.html<\/a>“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many thanks, John! I may pick up one of these myself–would be nice to have a regulated supply for many of my radios and digital devices. (Would come in handy if I ever decide to pull the trigger on the CC Witness, too!)<\/p>\n

Click here to view the CC Witness Plus adapter at C. Crane<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post reader, John Case, comments: “I bought a C. Crane Witness AC Adapter to try it out on the PL-880. It is rated at 900 mA, more than enough to handle the PL-880. I think it is more than reasonable at $14.95. 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