{"id":47837,"date":"2021-02-18T07:33:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T11:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47837"},"modified":"2021-02-18T07:33:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T11:33:10","slug":"a-preliminary-look-at-the-tecsun-tu-80-fm-tuner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/a-preliminary-look-at-the-tecsun-tu-80-fm-tuner\/","title":{"rendered":"A preliminary look at the Tecsun TU-80 FM Tuner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mei Tao, who writes:<\/p>\n

Hi Thomas:<\/p>\n

I saw one reader had asked about Tecsun TU-80 FM Tuner<\/a> several days ago, Fortunately, I have had this machine for only a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

Tecsun\u2019s Chairman, Mr Liang Wei has told us that TU-80 was not designed for the pure Bclers not for the pure audiophiles either, but for the person who is both<\/strong> Bcler and audiophile. We have to use it with high quality external speakers. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

Let me show you some pictures I took yesterday:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Additionally, one reader misunderstood me as a seller, absolutely no, I am just a radio enthusiast and a college teacher, I major in western philosophy, especially American Pragamatism.<\/p>\n

Yours sincerely.<\/p>\n

Mei Tao<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you, Mei Tao. We truly appreciate your early access to these various models of portable radios. The TU-80 appears to be a truly unique model and I’m sure FM DXers are following it carefully. Thanks again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. Tecsun\u2019s Chairman, Mr Liang Wei has told us that TU-80 was not designed for the pure Bclers […]<\/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":[3781,3194,3,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-guest-posts","category-news","category-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-crz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47612,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/any-experience-with-the-tecsun-tu-80-enthusiast-grade-fm-tuner\/","url_meta":{"origin":47837,"position":0},"title":"Any experience with the Tecsun TU-80 enthusiast-grade FM tuner?","author":"Thomas","date":"February 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, George, who writes: Hi Thomas -I hope you\u2019re keeping well. 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