{"id":14277,"date":"2015-08-03T12:06:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T16:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14277"},"modified":"2015-08-03T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T16:06:28","slug":"shortwave-portables-that-are-pc-programmable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/shortwave-portables-that-are-pc-programmable\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave portables that are PC-programmable?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tecsun-PL-680-MW\"<\/a><\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Mark, recently contact me with the following question:<\/p>\n

“What portable shortwave radios under $300 have an option to have their memories programmed using a computer?”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I replied to Mark that I can’t think of a single shortwave portable that can be programmed via computer–at least, not a “typical” portable radio like a\u00a0Sony, Sangean, Tecsun, Degen, or Redsun.<\/p>\n

\"Yaesu-VX-3R\"<\/a>

The Yaesu VX-3R HT tuned to the AM broadcast band.<\/p><\/div>\n

I may be wrong, however, so please comment if you can help Mark identify a model.<\/p>\n

I am aware of\u00a0portable wideband communications receivers\/transceivers that cover the shortwave bands: handhelds like the Icom-IC-R6<\/strong>, Icom IC-R20<\/strong>, Yaesu VX-3R<\/strong>, AOR AR8200 Mark III B<\/strong>\u00a0and Kenwood TH-F6A. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Wideband handhelds are\u00a0more akin to a scanner, though, and typically shortwave sensitivity is simply not on par with a dedicated shortwave portable. The AOR AR8200 Mark III B \u00a0($700+) and discontinued Icom IC-R20 \u00a0may be a couple of\u00a0exceptions.<\/p>\n

Please comment if you can help Mark with his quest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post reader, Mark, recently contact me with the following question: “What portable shortwave radios under $300 have an option to have their memories programmed using a computer?” I replied to Mark that I can’t think of a single shortwave portable that can be programmed via computer–at least, not a “typical” portable radio like a\u00a0Sony, […]<\/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":[3,3196,43],"tags":[34,2832,4046],"class_list":["post-14277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-shortwave-radio","tag-shortwave","tag-shortwave-portables","tag-wideband-receivers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3Ih","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11468,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/new-radioshack-portable-amfmsw-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":14277,"position":0},"title":"New RadioShack portable AM\/FM\/SW radio?","author":"Thomas","date":"November 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Paul, points out this RadioShack model 2000669 portable radio and asks, \"Is this a new RadioShack shortwave radio?\" Very good question! 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