{"id":47692,"date":"2021-02-09T08:50:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T12:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47692"},"modified":"2021-02-09T08:50:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T12:50:38","slug":"video-nick-compares-the-new-tecsun-pl-368-with-other-portables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/video-nick-compares-the-new-tecsun-pl-368-with-other-portables\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Nick compares the new Tecsun PL-368 with other portables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tecsun-PL-368-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47693\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tecsun-PL-368-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tecsun-PL-368-1.jpeg 733w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tecsun-PL-368-1-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tecsun-PL-368-1-624x439.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Nick Booras, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hi Thomas<\/p>\n<p>I posted <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2Mn1sTuWhaQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a video<\/a> of this radio compared to a couple other popular radios. Thought your viewers might be interested. This 368 is a significant improvement over the 360 and 365.<\/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\/2Mn1sTuWhaQ?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<p>Thank you so much for sharing this, Nick! People who love the form factor of the PL-360 and PL-365, should appreciate the new Tecsun PL-368. Thank you again!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ebay.us\/Rsduic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to check out the Tecsun PL-368 on eBay<\/strong> (partner link supports the SWLing Post).<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Booras, who writes: Hi Thomas I posted a video of this radio compared to a couple other popular radios. Thought your viewers might be interested. This 368 is a significant improvement over the 360 and 365. Thank you so much for sharing this, Nick! People who love the [&hellip;]<\/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":[836,3,129,43,154,304],"tags":[8760,8904,479,8905],"class_list":["post-47692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","category-videos","tag-nick-booras","tag-pl-368","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-368"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cpe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47333,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/the-tecsun-pl-368-is-now-on-ebay\/","url_meta":{"origin":47692,"position":0},"title":"The Tecsun PL-368 is now on eBay","author":"Thomas","date":"January 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors, Tom, Markku, Dave Zantow, and Dan Robinson who note that the Tecsun PL-368 is now available via sellers on eBay. 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The PL-368 appears to be the updated and upgraded model of the Tecsun PL-360\/PL-365 series. Something I note immediately is the\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\/2020\/10\/Shanghai-Expo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shanghai-Expo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shanghai-Expo.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shanghai-Expo.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49937,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/troys-tecsun-pl-368-hidden-features-quick-reference-sheet\/","url_meta":{"origin":47692,"position":3},"title":"Troy&#8217;s Tecsun PL-368 Hidden Features Quick Reference Sheet","author":"Thomas","date":"August 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following quick reference sheet with all of the Tecsun PL-368's hidden features: Click here to download Excel the spreadsheet. Thank you so much for creating and sharing this useful chart, Troy!","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\/2021\/08\/Tecsun-PL-368-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":51251,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/ulrich-seeks-advice-with-tecsun-pl-365-pl-368-ferrite-bar-issues\/","url_meta":{"origin":47692,"position":4},"title":"Ulrich seeks advice with Tecsun PL-365\/PL-368 ferrite bar issues","author":"Thomas","date":"December 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ulrich Ruch, who writes: Hi Thomas Wondering if you've heard of similar experiences: since receipt on 4th November I have been using the new gadget (Firmware 3684E) almost daily until yesterday when the ferrite bar antenna suddenly did not work any longer. 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