{"id":2822,"date":"2012-02-21T20:16:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T00:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2822"},"modified":"2012-02-21T20:20:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T00:20:02","slug":"upgrade-your-ten-tec-model-1254-shortwave-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/upgrade-your-ten-tec-model-1254-shortwave-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"A simple upgrade for your Ten-Tec Model 1254 shortwave receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the video below, Alan (W2AEW), shows us the installation and basic operation of an upgraded micro-controller for the <a title=\"SWRI - TT Model 1254\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/db\/2011\/01\/ten-tec-model-1254-superhet-receiver-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ten Tec Model 1254 Superhet Receiver Kit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As Alan points out in the video, this is one of two upgrades offered at\u00a0<a title=\"Open Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cholakian.com\/TT1254upgrade.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cholakian.com<\/a>.\u00a0Both upgrades\u00a0enhance the operation and\u00a0usability\u00a0of the Model 1254, giving it many more choices of tuning steps (yes!), the ability to automatically turn off the LED display, more memories and allowing you to eliminate the 9V battery back-up. This basic upgrade costs $38, the premium upgrade costs $68 even allows you to control the receiver via your PC.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Alan, for showing us just how simple <a title=\"Youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O4dKz8J9bdY\" target=\"_blank\">this upgrade<\/a> is to perform:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O4dKz8J9bdY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see more of Alan&#8217;s projects <a title=\"W2AEW site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qsl.net\/w2aew\/\" target=\"_blank\">at his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the video below, Alan (W2AEW), shows us the installation and basic operation of an upgraded micro-controller for the Ten Tec Model 1254 Superhet Receiver Kit. As Alan points out in the video, this is one of two upgrades offered at\u00a0Cholakian.com.\u00a0Both upgrades\u00a0enhance the operation and\u00a0usability\u00a0of the Model 1254, giving it many more choices of tuning [&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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[344,139,43,304],"tags":[908,25,906,907,905],"class_list":["post-2822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kits","category-radio-modifications","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-installation-video","tag-shortwave-radios","tag-ten-tec-model-1254-shortwave-receiver-kit-modification","tag-ten-tec-model-1254-upgrades","tag-w2aew"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-Jw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7259,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-ten-tec-rx-320d-and-model-1254-have-been-discontinued\/","url_meta":{"origin":2822,"position":0},"title":"The Ten-Tec RX-320D and Model 1254 have been discontinued","author":"Thomas","date":"September 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I just confirmed with Ten-Tec that the\u00a0RX-320D\u00a0PC controlled receiver and the Ten-Tec Superhet receiver kit, the Model 1254,\u00a0have both been discontinued. \u00a0A\u00a0Ten-Tec representative told me the\u00a0reason both of these models have been discontinued and removed from Ten-Tec's product line is because one of the parts used in production is now\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tthe RX-320D black box receiver","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/rx-320dbackpanel-300x187.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":56251,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/comparing-the-watkins-johnson-wj-8711-wj-8712-with-ten-tec-rx-340-rx-331-receivers\/","url_meta":{"origin":2822,"position":1},"title":"Comparing the Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711 &#038; WJ-8712 with TEN-TEC RX-340 &#038; RX-331 receivers","author":"Thomas","date":"April 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paolo Viappiani, who shares the following guest post: The WJ-8711 & WJ-8712 vs. Ten-Tec RX-340 & RX-331 Receivers by Paolo Viappiani, Carrara, Italy In recent years, a renewed interest has grown in regards to the best HF receivers using \"first generation\" DSPs, typically the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image6.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image6.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image6.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9815,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/the-best-general-coverage-transceivers-for-shortwave-listening\/","url_meta":{"origin":2822,"position":2},"title":"The best general coverage transceivers for shortwave listening","author":"Thomas","date":"June 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This article originally appeared in the May 2014 issue of\u00a0The Spectrum Monitor Magazine. 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