{"id":47612,"date":"2021-02-04T11:38:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47612"},"modified":"2021-02-04T11:38:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:38:41","slug":"any-experience-with-the-tecsun-tu-80-enthusiast-grade-fm-tuner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/any-experience-with-the-tecsun-tu-80-enthusiast-grade-fm-tuner\/","title":{"rendered":"Any experience with the Tecsun TU-80 enthusiast-grade FM tuner?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, George, who writes:<\/p>\n

Hi Thomas -I hope you\u2019re keeping well.<\/p>\n

[…]I have had my eye on the Tecsun TU-80. However, I seem to find no videos on its use and no reviews. Perhaps it\u2019s because it\u2019s new.<\/p>\n

I wonder if any of the SWLing Post readers have some info about it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pos<\/em>t readers:<\/strong> If you have any experience using the Tecsun TU-80 FM tuner, please comment. I am not familiar with it. Very curious if it might be a great dedicated FM DXing receiver. It is pricey ($530 US on eBay).<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, George, who writes: Hi Thomas -I hope you\u2019re keeping well. […]I have had my eye on the Tecsun TU-80. However, I seem to find no videos on its use and no reviews. Perhaps it\u2019s because it\u2019s new. I wonder if any of the SWLing Post readers have some info […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[5935,3781,836,3],"tags":[2918,1384,479,9121,9122],"class_list":["post-47612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dx","category-fm","category-new-products","category-news","tag-fm-dx","tag-fm-radio","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-tu-80","tag-tu-80"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cnW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47837,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/a-preliminary-look-at-the-tecsun-tu-80-fm-tuner\/","url_meta":{"origin":47612,"position":0},"title":"A preliminary look at the Tecsun TU-80 FM Tuner","author":"Thomas","date":"February 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mei Tao, who writes: Hi Thomas: I saw one reader had asked about Tecsun TU-80 FM Tuner several days ago, Fortunately, I have had this machine for only a couple of weeks. 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