{"id":21934,"date":"2016-11-04T08:03:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T12:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=21934"},"modified":"2016-11-04T08:03:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T12:03:57","slug":"jon-reviews-the-vite-vt-111-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/jon-reviews-the-vite-vt-111-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon reviews the VITE VT-111 receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"vite-vt-111\"<\/a>

Image: jontabor.tk<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Jon Tabor, who writes:<\/p>\n

I’m new to SWL, but found your site a few months ago, and have been loving it ever since.<\/p>\n

I recently picked up, for about $11 off eBay, a cheap MW\/SW\/FM radio called the VITE VT-111<\/a>, which appears to be a rebadged (updated?) Basbon DS-858<\/a>, which I know you’ve seen before.<\/p>\n

Okay, it’s not a great radio, but it was $11! I know, I know, it’s a terrible way to get started in SWL, but did I mention it was $11?<\/p>\n

Anyway, I opened it up and found some differences between the photos you posted of the Basbon, as well as what appears to be an I\u00b2C bus in there; I’m not familiar with I\u00b2C busses, but I thought maybe some of your readers might find it interesting to see the guts of this radio and how it differs from the Basbon, or at least see the insides of yet another cheap radio.<\/p>\n

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Image: jontabor.tk<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s the link:
\nhttp:\/\/jontabor.tk\/wordpress\/?p=31<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for sharing, Jon!<\/p>\n

You’re reminding me that I have a VITE SRW-710S<\/a> sitting on the shelf and must review it soon. One reader was curious if its on-board recording feature would be effective on shortwave. We’ll soon know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Jon Tabor, who writes: I’m new to SWL, but found your site a few months ago, and have been loving it ever since. I recently picked up, for about $11 off eBay, a cheap MW\/SW\/FM radio called the VITE VT-111, which appears to be a rebadged (updated?) Basbon DS-858, […]<\/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":[836,3,26,129,154],"tags":[5593,5592,5590,5589,5591],"class_list":["post-21934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","tag-jon-tabor","tag-vite","tag-vite-vt-111","tag-vite-vt-111-review","tag-vt-111"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5HM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17858,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/us-signal-corps-horseback-mobile\/","url_meta":{"origin":21934,"position":0},"title":"US Signal Corps: Horseback mobile","author":"Thomas","date":"March 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, I stumbled upon this 1940 photograph of the US Army Signal Corps communicating via radio in the field. 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