{"id":15556,"date":"2015-11-15T08:24:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T12:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15556"},"modified":"2015-11-15T08:28:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T12:28:03","slug":"the-tecsun-s-8800-a-new-receiver-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/the-tecsun-s-8800-a-new-receiver-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tecsun S-8800: A new receiver in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tecsun-BCL3000-001\"<\/a><\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, OWL, writes:<\/p>\n

It seems that Tecsun has a new large portable in line.<\/p>\n

Someone posted a photo of a new Tecsun product catalogue which shows a new model S8800.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Tecsun BCL-3000 for comparison.<\/p><\/div>\n

Apparently it uses the housing of BCL3000 [see above] and is multiple conversion (so a PL880 inside?), DSP based with separate LSB\/USB and 10Hz minimum tuning step, and comes with a remote control (for direct frequency input?). Two 18650 batteries are used.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Tecsun-S8800-Catalog-2\"<\/a>

Photo source: http:\/\/bbs.tecsun.com.cn\/ via OWL. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tecsun-S8800-Catalog\"<\/a>

Photo source: http:\/\/bbs.tecsun.com.cn\/ via OWL. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

[Here’s a] link to the post in Tecsun’s web forum:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/bbs.tecsun.com.cn\/0002.asp?open=730351<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many thanks for sharing this find, OWL!\u00a0This is a very curious development from Tecsun.<\/p>\n

I can imagine why Tecsun is\u00a0re-using the BCL-3000 (a.k.a.\u00a0Grundig S350DL<\/a>) body–not only is it roomy inside, but it’s proven to be a popular large portable form factor over the years. Of course, since this is an existing chassis design, design\/development costs\u00a0will be minimal. \u00a0If Tecsun is\u00a0including a remote, I’m sure OWL is\u00a0correct: it’ll aid with direct frequency entry. The S-8800 will be the first portable shortwave radio with remote control I’ve seen in many years.<\/p>\n

If audio is anything like its predecessors, I would expect rich fidelity from the built-in speaker. In terms of performance, though? This is a completely different receiver than the single-conversion BCL-3000, so only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post contributor, OWL, writes: It seems that Tecsun has a new large portable in line. Someone posted a photo of a new Tecsun product catalogue which shows a new model S8800. Apparently it uses the housing of BCL3000 [see above] and is multiple conversion (so a PL880 inside?), DSP based with separate LSB\/USB and […]<\/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":[373,3781,433,836,3,3196,26,43],"tags":[2874,4397,479,4398,4396],"class_list":["post-15556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-mediumwave","category-new-products","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-portable-radios","tag-s-8800","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-bcl-3000","tag-tecsun-s-8800"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-42U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15637,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/tecsun-s-8800-launch-possibly-early-next-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":15556,"position":0},"title":"Tecsun S-8800 launch possibly first quarter 2016","author":"Thomas","date":"November 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"After learning about the new Tecsun S-8800, yesterday, I contacted Anna at Anon-Co and asked for any information regarding specs and availability. \u00a0Anna replied: \"Regarding the S-8800, there is no information available of when this will be actually launched. 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