{"id":29028,"date":"2017-11-05T07:08:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T11:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29028"},"modified":"2017-11-05T07:08:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T11:08:28","slug":"rolfs-pl-680-modification-allows-external-antenna-on-lw-and-mw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/rolfs-pl-680-modification-allows-external-antenna-on-lw-and-mw\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolf’s PL-680 modification allows external antenna on LW and MW"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Tecsun PL-680<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Rolf Snijder, who writes:<\/p>\n

I did a modification today on the Tecsun PL-680 [which allows for an] external antenna on LW and MW.<\/p>\n

The internal ferriet is also working, but on my active loop, MW and LW is now working !<\/p>\n

So far away stations I can now receive on this portable radio.
\nIt is only a560 pF capacitor added!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

It works on LW and MW now with this mod.<\/p>\n

FM is less now I think, maybe I will put it on a switch so I can turn it off.
\nAnd now also the ferrite is still working, so I hope to find a solution for that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many thanks for sharing your modification and photos, Rolf! Check out Rolf’s other PL-680 mod by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Rolf Snijder, who writes: I did a modification today on the Tecsun PL-680 [which allows for an] external antenna on LW and MW. The internal ferriet is also working, but on my active loop, MW and LW is now working ! So far away stations I can now receive on this portable […]<\/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":[627,3,139,43],"tags":[4331,149,3457,6594,479,3456,6595],"class_list":["post-29028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-news","category-radio-modifications","category-shortwave-radio","tag-modifications","tag-mods","tag-pl-680","tag-rolf-snijder","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-680","tag-tecsun-pl-680-modification"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7yc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28934,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/tecsun-pl-680-rolf-touts-enhanced-performance-using-pl-660-mod\/","url_meta":{"origin":29028,"position":0},"title":"Tecsun PL-680: Rolf touts enhanced performance using PL-660 mod","author":"Thomas","date":"October 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Rolf Snijder, who writes: I have made the same modification to the Tecsun PL-680, that was done [by many on the] PL-660 earlier. 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