{"id":45996,"date":"2020-10-18T08:27:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T12:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45996"},"modified":"2020-10-28T08:59:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T12:59:30","slug":"matt-compares-the-tecsun-pl-990-and-sangean-ats-909x-sharing-an-external-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/matt-compares-the-tecsun-pl-990-and-sangean-ats-909x-sharing-an-external-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt compares the Tecsun PL-990 and Sangean ATS-909X sharing an external antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Matt Blaze<\/a>, who shares the following comparison of the new\u00a0Tecsun PL-990x<\/strong> and the original Sangean ATS-909X\u00a0<\/strong>communications receivers.<\/p>\n

Like Matt\u2019s recent comparison of the Tecsun PL-990x to the Icom IC-R9500<\/a>, this review is in audio form and brilliantly narrated by Matt. I highly recommend listening with headphones or, at least, an audio device with separate left\/right channels as his comparison takes advantage of this.<\/p>\n

Enjoy:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.mattblaze.org\/private\/PL990x-vs-ATX909X-20201017.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Yet another superb presentation, Matt! Thank you so much for taking the time to make these audio comparison tests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Matt Blaze, who shares the following comparison of the new\u00a0Tecsun PL-990x and the original Sangean ATS-909X\u00a0communications receivers. Like Matt\u2019s recent comparison of the Tecsun PL-990x to the Icom IC-R9500, this review is in audio form and brilliantly narrated by Matt. I highly recommend listening with headphones or, at least, an audio device […]<\/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":[3,129,43],"tags":[601,8836,8918,7811,600,602,479,7810,8757],"class_list":["post-45996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ats-909x","tag-matt-blaze","tag-matts-audio-comparisons","tag-pl-990","tag-sangean","tag-sangean-ats-909x","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-990","tag-tecsun-pl-990x"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bXS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46693,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/matts-monster-mediumwave-radio-selectivity-shootout\/","url_meta":{"origin":45996,"position":0},"title":"Matt’s Monster Mediumwave Radio Selectivity Shootout!","author":"Thomas","date":"November 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Matt Blaze (WB2SRI), for sharing another brilliant audio comparison featuring benchmark portable radios: Medium wave selectivity shootout by Matt Blaze I did another monster medium wave portable receiver comparison, this time with the aim of comparing receivers' ability to deal with weak signals in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Matt-Blaze-Mediumwave-Radio-Comparison-Recordings-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Matt-Blaze-Mediumwave-Radio-Comparison-Recordings-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Matt-Blaze-Mediumwave-Radio-Comparison-Recordings-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Matt-Blaze-Mediumwave-Radio-Comparison-Recordings-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Matt-Blaze-Mediumwave-Radio-Comparison-Recordings-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46366,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/matts-marathon-mediumwave-matchup\/","url_meta":{"origin":45996,"position":1},"title":"Matt’s Marathon MediumWave Matchup","author":"Thomas","date":"November 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Matt Blaze (WB2SRI), who shares the following guest post: Matt's Marathon MediumWave Matchup by Matt Blaze Here's another simultaneous receiver comparison, this time of ten portable medium wave receivers plus the Icom IC-R9500 (as a \"reference receiver\"). 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