{"id":14005,"date":"2015-07-11T17:05:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T21:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14005"},"modified":"2017-11-17T09:04:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T13:04:07","slug":"pl-680-and-ats-405-radio-reviews-now-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/pl-680-and-ats-405-radio-reviews-now-online\/","title":{"rendered":"PL-680 and ATS-405 radio reviews now online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PL-680-BBC-Click-Frequency.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13404\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PL-680-BBC-Click-Frequency-1024x466.jpg\" alt=\"PL-680-BBC-Click-Frequency\" width=\"640\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PL-680-BBC-Click-Frequency-1024x466.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PL-680-BBC-Click-Frequency-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PL-680-BBC-Click-Frequency.jpg 1025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>This week, both Jay Allen and Chris Freitas have reviewed the <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337647552&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Tecsun+PL-680&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\" rel=\"noopener\">Tecsun PL-680<\/a>. If you&#8217;re considering purchasing a PL-680, you should check out both reviews and also <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/a-review-of-the-tecsun-pl-680-with-reader-survey-results\/\">our PL-680 review and radio comparison from February<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jay has also reviewed the Sangean ATS-405 on his website and Keith Perron tells me\u00a0he will include a review of the ATS-405 on today&#8217;s episode of Media Network Plus.\u00a0Keith has informed me he was very disappointed with the ATS-405, but Jay&#8217;s review is mostly positive, focusing on its great AM (medium wave) performance and new tuning\/muting functions.<\/p>\n<p>This is certainly the week for reviews!<\/p>\n<p>On that note,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal Radio<\/a> is kindly sending me a loaner <a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/4405.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sangean ATS-405<\/a> for review. I hope to compare it with some other benchmark portables in the next few weeks.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/ats-405\">Follow the tag <strong>ATS-405<\/strong><\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the following links to check pricing for both the PL-680 and ATS-405:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tecsun PL-680<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1IRf0ru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Amazon.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337647552&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Tecsun+PL-680&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\" rel=\"noopener\">on eBay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sangean ATS-405<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/4405.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at Universal Radio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1IRfbTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337714042&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Sangean+ATS-405&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\" rel=\"noopener\">on eBay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, both Jay Allen and Chris Freitas have reviewed the Tecsun PL-680. If you&#8217;re considering purchasing a PL-680, you should check out both reviews and also our PL-680 review and radio comparison from February. Jay has also reviewed the Sangean ATS-405 on his website and Keith Perron tells me\u00a0he will include a review of [&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":[3,43],"tags":[3927,2604,3409,3457,600,3926,479,3456],"class_list":["post-14005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ats-405","tag-chris-freitas","tag-jay-allen","tag-pl-680","tag-sangean","tag-sangean-ats-405","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-680"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3DT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14022,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/keiths-review-of-the-sangean-ats-405\/","url_meta":{"origin":14005,"position":0},"title":"Keith&#8217;s review of the Sangean ATS-405","author":"Thomas","date":"July 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Mike, writes: Keith Perron's review of the new Sangean ATS-405 appeared in the last show of Media Network Plus. There is an archive of the show on the PCJ website for you to listen: http:\/\/www.pcjmedia.com\/medianetworkplus The review's at the beginning of the episode and Keith had multiple\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sangean-ATS-405","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-ATS-405.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-ATS-405.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-ATS-405.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14155,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/initial-review-of-the-sangean-ats-405\/","url_meta":{"origin":14005,"position":1},"title":"Initial review of the Sangean ATS-405","author":"Thomas","date":"July 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Just last week, I received the new Sangean ATS-405\u00a0on loan from Universal Radio. Though I've only had the radio for a week, I thought I'd share a few un-boxing photos (by request) and my initial impressions\/review of this radio. Unboxing The ATS-405 comes with a thick owner's manual (in five\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sangean-ATS-405-Box","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-ATS-405-Box.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-ATS-405-Box.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-ATS-405-Box.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15953,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-swling-post-2015-2016-shortwave-radio-buyers-guide\/","url_meta":{"origin":14005,"position":2},"title":"The SWLing Post 2015-2016 Shortwave Radio Buyer\u2019s Guide","author":"Thomas","date":"December 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This article originally appeared in the November 2015 issue of The Spectrum Monitor magazine: Despite the often-expressed view that shortwave may be on the decline, if one were to look at this year\u2019s shortwave technology alone, the truth would seem to be anything but. Remarkably, 2015 has been a great\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"FourRadiosAbstract2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/FourRadiosAbstract2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/FourRadiosAbstract2.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/FourRadiosAbstract2.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14504,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/universal-radio-used-tecsun-pl-680-for-69-95\/","url_meta":{"origin":14005,"position":3},"title":"Universal Radio: Used Tecsun PL-680 for $69.95","author":"Thomas","date":"August 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I just noticed that Universal Radio is featuring the following used Tecsun PL-680 in their used receiver collection. Here's the description: The Tecsun PL-680 receives longwave, AM, FM and SW bands plus VHF Airband. It features a backlit digital display, stereo FM (to ear jack), SSB, clock timer, 2000 Memories,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Universal-Radio-Used-Tecsun-PL-680","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Universal-Radio-Used-Tecsun-PL-680.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Universal-Radio-Used-Tecsun-PL-680.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Universal-Radio-Used-Tecsun-PL-680.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14308,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/update-sangean-ats-405-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":14005,"position":4},"title":"Update: Sangean ATS-405 review","author":"Thomas","date":"August 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"After publishing my initial review of the Sangean ATS-405\u00a0on July 25, I\u00a0contacted Sangean and requested a sample radio for comparison purposes. Back story: \u00a0there were some receiver performance issues that I suspected\u00a0may have been tied to my particular ATS-405 unit. Sangean\u00a0kindly dispatched another ATS-405 which I received last\u00a0week. The following\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sangean-ATS-405","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-ATS-4051.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-ATS-4051.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Sangean-ATS-4051.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14065,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/tecsun-pl-600-74-99-shipped-at-amazon\/","url_meta":{"origin":14005,"position":5},"title":"Tecsun PL-600: $74.99 shipped at Amazon","author":"Thomas","date":"July 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Tom Ally, writes to say that the Tecsun PL-600 is currently on sale at Amazon.com for $74.99, shipping included. 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