{"id":49095,"date":"2021-06-01T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49095"},"modified":"2021-05-31T17:39:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T21:39:37","slug":"giuseppes-tecsun-s-8800-aluminum-case-is-a-self-contained-listening-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/giuseppes-tecsun-s-8800-aluminum-case-is-a-self-contained-listening-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Giuseppe&#8217;s Tecsun S-8800 aluminum case is a self-contained listening post!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tecsun-S-8800-Angle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28197\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tecsun-S-8800-Angle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tecsun-S-8800-Angle.jpg 680w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tecsun-S-8800-Angle-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Tecsun-S-8800-Angle-624x734.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who shares the following video and notes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>I recently bought a Tecsun S-8800 to be used mainly on shortwave. I carry it in an aluminum case to use it everywhere:<\/strong><\/p>\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\/nQcTrWjLobQ?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>Many thanks for sharing this, Giuseppe! I love the integrated antenna&#8211;so clever!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post readers:<\/strong> Giuseppe has had issues with the S-8800 accidently turning on in the case. Can anyone describe the button combo needed to lock the dial and controls during transport? I checked the manual but have found no reference. Please comment if you can help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who shares the following video and notes: I recently bought a Tecsun S-8800 to be used mainly on shortwave. I carry it in an aluminum case to use it everywhere: Many thanks for sharing this, Giuseppe! I love the integrated antenna&#8211;so clever! Post readers: Giuseppe has [&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":[4199,373,627,3,43],"tags":[5791,4397,479,4396],"class_list":["post-49095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-am","category-how-to","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-giuseppe-morle-iz0gzw","tag-s-8800","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-s-8800"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cLR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49354,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/giuseppes-improved-read-to-go-case-for-the-tecsun-s-8800\/","url_meta":{"origin":49095,"position":0},"title":"Giuseppe&#8217;s improved read-to-go case for the Tecsun S-8800","author":"Thomas","date":"June 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who writes: Dear Thomas, I want to share my latest version of my case \/ antenna for Tecsun S-8800 to make it immediately operational: simply open and listen. 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