{"id":46394,"date":"2020-11-09T06:34:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T10:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=46394"},"modified":"2020-11-09T08:45:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T12:45:23","slug":"46394","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/46394\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecsun PL-330 fine tuning bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PL-330-10kHz-Tuning-Step.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45614\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PL-330-10kHz-Tuning-Step.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PL-330-10kHz-Tuning-Step.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PL-330-10kHz-Tuning-Step-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PL-330-10kHz-Tuning-Step-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PL-330-10kHz-Tuning-Step-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PL-330-10kHz-Tuning-Step-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Pawel Kita, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Good morning Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>I bought a Tecsun PL-330 firmware 3303.<\/p>\n<p>Do you remember when I once reported a bug in one of the versions of the<br \/>\nTecsun PL-880 radio?\u00a0This error was later named as &#8220;fine tuning TECSUN reversed bug&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w5Q8iuBvUHc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The same error occurs in the following Tecsun radios: PL-365 and PL-330<br \/>\nfirmware version 3303.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you for the tip, Pawel. That is an odd and slightly obscure bug that Tecsun obviously has yet to address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Pawel Kita, who writes: Good morning Thomas. I bought a Tecsun PL-330 firmware 3303. Do you remember when I once reported a bug in one of the versions of the Tecsun PL-880 radio?\u00a0This error was later named as &#8220;fine tuning TECSUN reversed bug&#8221; The same error occurs in the [&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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[4571,8078,8076],"class_list":["post-46394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-pawel-sq9zav","tag-pl-330","tag-tecsun-pl-330"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sn3uc-46394","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16347,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/pawel-discovers-a-tuning-bug-in-his-tecsun-pl-880\/","url_meta":{"origin":46394,"position":0},"title":"Pawel discovers a tuning bug in his Tecsun PL-880","author":"Thomas","date":"December 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"[19 January 2016: Please read this updated post.] Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Pawel (SQ9ZAV), who writes from Poland: Hello Thomas, On November 4, 2015, I bought a Tecsun PL-880 from ErcomeR company. I found an error:\u00a0the last two digits of hundreds and tens Hz in SSB mode correctly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PL-880 (1)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PL-880-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PL-880-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PL-880-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47221,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/the-export-version-of-the-tecsun-pl-330-has-landed\/","url_meta":{"origin":46394,"position":1},"title":"The export version of the Tecsun PL-330 has landed","author":"Thomas","date":"January 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Tuesday evening, I picked up a package from Anon-Co with the new export version of the Tecsun PL-330 inside. Anon-Co sent this unit to me for evaluation at no charge to me. Anon-Co will start shipping the PL-330 next week and the price will be $59.99. By request, I took\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","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\/2021\/01\/Tecsun-PL-990-Field-scaled-e1610136315520.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tecsun-PL-990-Field-scaled-e1610136315520.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tecsun-PL-990-Field-scaled-e1610136315520.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tecsun-PL-990-Field-scaled-e1610136315520.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Tecsun-PL-990-Field-scaled-e1610136315520.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16501,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/george-demonstrates-the-pl-880-tuning-bug\/","url_meta":{"origin":46394,"position":2},"title":"George demonstrates the Tecsun PL-880 tuning bug","author":"Thomas","date":"January 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"[19 January 2016: Please read this updated post.] In response to Pawel's post about a tuning bug affecting a recent batch of Tecsun PL-880s, SWLing Post\u00a0contributor Georges (F6DFZ) comments: I have posted a new video about this important bug of the PL-880. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3KZFlO-C-Gk I did so because it seems some\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PL-880-Tuning-Bug","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PL-880-Tuning-Bug.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PL-880-Tuning-Bug.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/PL-880-Tuning-Bug.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46170,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/how-to-find-the-tecsun-pl-330s-firmware-version\/","url_meta":{"origin":46394,"position":3},"title":"How to find the Tecsun PL-330&#8217;s firmware version","author":"Thomas","date":"October 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jaap de Goede, who shares the following note: Thanks for posting the hidden feature table to the Tecscun PL-330. I see more and more videos of the PL-330 popping up on YouTube. I\u2019m wondering what firmware they run. It\u2019s easy to identify the firmware\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;How To&quot;","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tecsun-PL-330-Firmware-rotated-e1603630945990.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tecsun-PL-330-Firmware-rotated-e1603630945990.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tecsun-PL-330-Firmware-rotated-e1603630945990.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tecsun-PL-330-Firmware-rotated-e1603630945990.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45940,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/a-tecsun-pl-330-features-reference-sheet\/","url_meta":{"origin":46394,"position":4},"title":"A Tecsun PL-330 features reference sheet","author":"Thomas","date":"October 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0 Jaap de Goede, who shares the following as an update to his Tecsun PL-330 review. Jack writes: I discovered several features that are not displayed on the keyboard both on the Internet and by fiddling with the radio. 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