{"id":40072,"date":"2019-10-09T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=40072"},"modified":"2019-10-06T08:46:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T12:46:26","slug":"40072","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/40072\/","title":{"rendered":"Free download: A Tecsun PL-880 hidden features booklet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, S. Thomas Bradley, who shares the following:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I just upgraded my receiver from my trusty old FRG-7 (I bought it new back in the 70’s) to a Tecsun PL-880. For my own benefit I have gathered together all of the PL-880 hidden features I could find on the web and put them into a booklet which I then printed out for easy reference and put a copy with the PL880 Operators Manual.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if anyone else would be interested in this, but I thought I would share, so attached is a pdf copy.<\/p>\n

Click here to download the PL-880 hidden features booklet.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Very well done!\u00a0 Thanks for sharing your quick reference guide. I’ll also add a link to our PL-880 Hidden Features page.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, S. Thomas Bradley, who shares the following: I just upgraded my receiver from my trusty old FRG-7 (I bought it new back in the 70’s) to a Tecsun PL-880. For my own benefit I have gathered together all of the PL-880 hidden features I could find on the web […]<\/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":[627,3,43],"tags":[2065,8054,479,2066,2380],"class_list":["post-40072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-pl-880","tag-s-thomas-bradley","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-880","tag-tecsun-pl-880-hidden-features"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sn3uc-40072","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9507,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/complete-list-of-tecsun-pl-880-hidden-features\/","url_meta":{"origin":40072,"position":0},"title":"Complete list of Tecsun PL-880 hidden features","author":"Thomas","date":"June 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"On the advice of several SWLing Post readers, I have compiled\u00a0a complete list of Tecsun PL-880 hidden features with how-to links: Tecsun PL-880 Hidden Features: USB\/LSB selectable synchronous detector Adjusting muting threshold Enabling DNR function Displaying firmware version Adjusting FM de-emphasis Changing line-out level Adding seconds display to clock\u00a0 Calibrating\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "How To"","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tecsun-PL-880-Manufacturing-date-SWLing-Post","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL-880-Manufacturing-date-SWLing-Post.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL-880-Manufacturing-date-SWLing-Post.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL-880-Manufacturing-date-SWLing-Post.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11932,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/hidden-features-reference-sheet-for-the-tecsun-pl-880\/","url_meta":{"origin":40072,"position":1},"title":"Hidden features reference sheet for the Tecsun PL-880","author":"Thomas","date":"January 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Cap Tux, for creating this excellent--printable--reference sheet for the Tecsun PL-880.\u00a0Click here to download this sheet as a PDF. 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