{"id":49354,"date":"2021-06-22T07:15:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T11:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49354"},"modified":"2021-06-22T07:15:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T11:15:54","slug":"giuseppes-improved-read-to-go-case-for-the-tecsun-s-8800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/giuseppes-improved-read-to-go-case-for-the-tecsun-s-8800\/","title":{"rendered":"Giuseppe&#8217;s improved read-to-go case for the Tecsun S-8800"},"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>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who writes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Dear Thomas,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I want to share my latest version of <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/giuseppes-tecsun-s-8800-aluminum-case-is-a-self-contained-listening-post\/\">my case \/ antenna for Tecsun S-8800<\/a> to make it immediately operational: simply open and listen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>In addition to the loop inside the case with a 3-meter wire at one of the ends that join two telescoping style whips of one meter each short-circuited to take advantage of the entire length. A<\/strong><strong>t the other end of the loop, a cable that goes to the ground of the variable capacitor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>I can tune the whole range from 3 to 16 MHz with truly amazing results.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>You can see <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NDixAQAmpQY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the video from my Youtube channel<\/a> at the link:<\/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\/NDixAQAmpQY?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 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Thanks to you and all the friends of SWLing Post.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Regards.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>73. Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 iz0gzw.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is incredibly clever, Giuseppe! AS I mentioned before, I love how self-contained this makes the entire listening station and I especially love the built-in antenna options! This is truly a shack-in-a-case!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for sharing this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/giuseppe-morle-iz0gzw\/\">Click here to read Giuseppe&#8217;s other contributions here on the <em>SWLing Post<\/em>!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. In addition to the loop inside the case with a 3-meter wire at one of the ends that [&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":[3194,627,3,3196,43],"tags":[8750,5791,4420,3793,4342,4397,479,4396,9332],"class_list":["post-49354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-posts","category-how-to","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-shortwave-radio","tag-field-radio","tag-giuseppe-morle-iz0gzw","tag-go-box","tag-go-kit","tag-guest-posts","tag-s-8800","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-s-8800","tag-tecsun-s-8800-case"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cQ2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49095,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/giuseppes-tecsun-s-8800-aluminum-case-is-a-self-contained-listening-post\/","url_meta":{"origin":49354,"position":0},"title":"Giuseppe&#8217;s Tecsun S-8800 aluminum case is a self-contained listening post!","author":"Thomas","date":"June 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"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: https:\/\/youtu.be\/nQcTrWjLobQ Many thanks for sharing this, Giuseppe! 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I have built a new \u201cMultiloop\u201d antenna using a 40 cm diameter milk crate.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Giuseppe-Milk-Crate-Loop-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Giuseppe-Milk-Crate-Loop-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Giuseppe-Milk-Crate-Loop-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Giuseppe-Milk-Crate-Loop-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Giuseppe-Milk-Crate-Loop-Antenna-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54741,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/video-giuseppe-tests-four-classic-receivers-on-three-different-antennas\/","url_meta":{"origin":49354,"position":2},"title":"Video: Giuseppe tests four classic receivers on three different antennas","author":"Thomas","date":"November 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW), who shares the following: Dear Thomas and Friends of SWLing Post, This is Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 from Formia, central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. I want to share with you this test with 4 old receivers with 3 different antennas: Yaesu FRG-7 AOR 3030 -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FRG-7-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FRG-7-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FRG-7-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FRG-7-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FRG-7-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28164,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/tecsun-s-8800-anon-co-publishes-listing-and-price\/","url_meta":{"origin":49354,"position":3},"title":"Tecsun S-8800: Anon-Co publishes listing and price","author":"Thomas","date":"September 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We now have a price for the Tecsun S-8800. Anna at Anon-Co has notified me that they've published the listing for the new Tecsun S-8800. The price is $268.00 US with free shipping to the USA. 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