{"id":48761,"date":"2021-05-04T11:47:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T15:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=48761"},"modified":"2021-05-04T11:47:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T15:47:56","slug":"parking-lot-air-time-with-the-tecsun-pl-330","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/parking-lot-air-time-with-the-tecsun-pl-330\/","title":{"rendered":"Parking lot air time with the Tecsun PL-330"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My Tecsun PL-330 hasn’t been getting the love it deserves at SWLing Post<\/em> HQ. In a “normal” year, I would be traveling quite a bit and the PL-330 would accompany me. Compact portables like the PL-330 are my choice receivers for one bag travel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The PL-330 has actually been in my travel pack for a couple months now, but not really going anywhere. My hope is that now most of the family is C-19 vaccinated, we might even be able to hop a border late this year. One can dream, I reckon.<\/p>\n

I spent much of this morning in a parking lot outside a medical specialist’s office. My father was undergoing some tests and I needed to wait outside. As I waited in the car, I remembered that I had recently moved the PL-330 from my GoRuck GR2 pack into my Red Oxx EDC bag that was sitting in the car seat next to me.<\/p>\n

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I pulled out the PL-330, extended the antenna out the window and enjoyed a little morning SWLing. It was very enjoyable, actually, and the local RFI was more manageable than I would have anticipated.<\/p>\n

The PL-330 is a capable little radio!<\/p>\n

Eventually, I moved to the AM broadcast (mediumwave) band to see if I could snag a few of my favorite local\/regional stations. After tuning to WAIZ on 630 kHz, I opened the AM bandwidth up to 9 kHz and it sounded amazing. Thanks, Tecsun, for giving us a wide AM filter width for those strong locals. (If you’d like to hear WAIZ’s morning show, check out one of these recordings<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>After tapping my feet to some of WAIZ’s 1950s B side tunes, I switched to the FM band. I must say, these DSP portables really deliver solid FM performance. The PL-330 is very sensitive and sounds great for such a compact portable.<\/p>\n

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I think I’m going to keep the PL-330 in my EDC bag for a while along with the Belka DX<\/a>. Between the two, I’ll have top-shelf compact portables for more parking lot and picnic table DXing.<\/p>\n

Click here to read Dan Robinson’s recent review of the PL-330.<\/a><\/p>\n

Have you purchased the Tecsun PL-330? What are your thoughts about this compact receiver? Do you also enjoy a bit of parking lot DX? Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My Tecsun PL-330 hasn’t been getting the love it deserves at SWLing Post HQ. In a “normal” year, I would be traveling quite a bit and the PL-330 would accompany me. Compact portables like the PL-330 are my choice receivers for one bag travel. The PL-330 has actually been in my travel pack for a […]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[9260,8078,479,8076],"class_list":["post-48761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-parking-lot-dx","tag-pl-330","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-330"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cGt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47221,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/the-export-version-of-the-tecsun-pl-330-has-landed\/","url_meta":{"origin":48761,"position":0},"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. 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I knew about the PL-990, but I didn't realize there was a PL-330 or H-501. Any inside info?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Products"","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Tecsun-PL-330.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":45940,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/a-tecsun-pl-330-features-reference-sheet\/","url_meta":{"origin":48761,"position":3},"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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