{"id":3639,"date":"2012-05-23T17:09:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T21:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=3639"},"modified":"2014-03-07T07:25:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T11:25:44","slug":"the-tecsun-pl-380-a-great-travel-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/the-tecsun-pl-380-a-great-travel-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tecsun PL-380: a great travel radio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My Tecsun PL-380 and Eagle Creek pack<\/p><\/div>\n

SWLing Post reader, Alan, commented on our “most durable radios for travel” post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

You should include the Tecsun PL-380 [on] the list. It is an excellent tuner with good selectivity. The ETM feature was made for a traveler. The radio is cheap enough that it won’t bother you if you lose it or break it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have to say, I agree! In fact, I travel with the PL-380 quite often. It has become my back-up radio when I make field recordings (my primary portable for field is the Sony ICF-SW7600GR<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Eagle Creek pack with contents: Tecsun PL-380, Zoom H1 recorder, earphones, audio cables, external antenna, spare batteries and Kindle. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

In fact, I have a small Eagle Creek bag with a shoulder strap that holds my field recording kit and other electronic “necessities:”\u00a0 Tecsun PL-380<\/a>\"\", Zoom H1 recorder<\/a>\"\", ear buds<\/a>\"\", audio cables, roll up antenna<\/a>\"\", spare batteries, and, of course, my Kindle<\/a>\"\"\u00a0(so I can read while waiting for my plane\/train\/bus). In a pinch, it can even\u00a0accommodate\u00a0a Sony AN-LP1<\/a>\"\"
\nactive antenna (which I use primarily in hotel rooms with inoperable windows). To help you visualize, check out the photo on the right.\u00a0 It’s my grab-and-go bag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post reader, Alan, commented on our “most durable radios for travel” post: You should include the Tecsun PL-380 [on] the list. It is an excellent tuner with good selectivity. The ETM feature was made for a traveler. The radio is cheap enough that it won’t bother you if you lose it or break it. […]<\/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":[8,26,43,154],"tags":[525,526,480,1155,4082,965,479,478],"class_list":["post-3639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","tag-best-portable-shortwave-radios-for-travel","tag-best-travel-shortwave-radios-review","tag-pl-380","tag-shortwave-field-recording","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-shortwave-radio-review","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-380"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-WH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10496,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/field-recording-with-the-tecsun-pl-380-and-transcend-mp330\/","url_meta":{"origin":3639,"position":0},"title":"Field Recording with the Tecsun PL-380 and Transcend MP330","author":"Thomas","date":"August 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, London Shortwave, shared photos of his portable recording kit on Twitter yesterday.\u00a0It consists of a Tecsun PL-380, Transcend MP330, in ear headphones, and a simple clip-on antenna (supplied with the PL-380). 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