{"id":18314,"date":"2016-04-17T06:40:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T10:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=18314"},"modified":"2016-04-17T06:40:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T10:40:40","slug":"simple-modification-to-disable-soft-mute-on-the-tecsun-pl-210","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/simple-modification-to-disable-soft-mute-on-the-tecsun-pl-210\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple modification to disable soft mute on the Tecsun PL-210"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pl210_mod4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing reader, Mini, who wites:<\/p>\n

I am Japanese short wave listener.<\/em><\/p>\n

I found the method that disable soft-mute of TECSUN PL-210.<\/em>
\nAnd, I posted the article in my blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"pl210_mod1\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Please forgive me that may be difficult for you to understand the content.<\/em>
\nIt is automatic translation from Japanese my blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks mini<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here to read Mini’s blog post via Google translate.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here for the original in Japanese.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you, Mini! I don’t have the PL-210, but if I did I would certainly disable the soft mute as I find it very distracting during routine band scans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing reader, Mini, who wites: I am Japanese short wave listener. I found the method that disable soft-mute of TECSUN PL-210. And, I posted the article in my blog. Please forgive me that may be difficult for you to understand the content. It is automatic translation from Japanese my blog. Thanks mini […]<\/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":[3,3196,139,43,1113],"tags":[4972,4331,149,4970,148,479,4969,4971],"class_list":["post-18314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-radio-modifications","category-shortwave-radio","category-tutorials","tag-mini","tag-modifications","tag-mods","tag-pl-210","tag-receiver-modifications","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-210","tag-tecsun-pl-210-mods"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4Lo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28984,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/tecsun-pl-300-series-modification-disabling-soft-mute\/","url_meta":{"origin":18314,"position":0},"title":"Tecsun PL-300 series modification: disabling soft mute","author":"Thomas","date":"October 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following tip. 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