{"id":12258,"date":"2015-02-11T21:45:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T01:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12258"},"modified":"2015-02-11T21:45:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T01:45:22","slug":"unboxing-the-tecsun-pl-680","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/unboxing-the-tecsun-pl-680\/","title":{"rendered":"Unboxing the Tecsun PL-680"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tecsun-PL-680-6\"<\/a>When I got home, after a very long day, I found that FedEx delivered the Tecsun PL-680 I ordered from Anon-Co<\/a>. \u00a0I haven’t even had a moment\u00a0to listen to the PL-680 yet, but I hope to make time tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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I’m happy to see that the PL-680 has hassle-free, well-designed packaging: a simple cardboard insert inside the box, yet everything was held in place firmly (no rattling).<\/p>\n

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The PL-680 comes packaged in its padded case.<\/p>\n

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Once it’s removed from the box, you can see the accompanying accessories: four standard Tecsun AA rechargeable batteries, one external wire antenna, one set of earphones and one AC adapter\/charger.<\/p>\n

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The PL-680\u00a0was enclosed in a poly bag inside the padded case–it also\u00a0ships with a protective plastic film over the display.<\/p>\n

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Wow! The PL-680 certainly looks like a spitting image of the PL-600. I believe this is a good thing as I always preferred the look of the PL-600 over that of the PL-660.<\/p>\n

More to come tomorrow! Follow the tag PL-680<\/a> for all posts about this new Tecsun radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I got home, after a very long day, I found that FedEx delivered the Tecsun PL-680 I ordered from Anon-Co. \u00a0I haven’t even had a moment\u00a0to listen to the PL-680 yet, but I hope to make time tomorrow. I’m happy to see that the PL-680 has hassle-free, well-designed packaging: a simple cardboard insert inside […]<\/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":[836,3,26,43],"tags":[3457,479,3456,3611],"class_list":["post-12258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-pl-680","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-680","tag-tecsun-pl-680-unboxing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3bI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13057,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/tecsun-pl-680-now-available-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":12258,"position":0},"title":"Tecsun PL-680 now available on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"April 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Tecsun PL-680 is now available on eBay via my favorite Hong Kong-based seller, Anon-Co. 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