{"id":50224,"date":"2021-09-15T06:15:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T10:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=50224"},"modified":"2021-09-15T07:50:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T11:50:41","slug":"hidden-connector-on-tecsun-pl-660","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/hidden-connector-on-tecsun-pl-660\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden connector on Tecsun PL-660?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Andy (G0FTD), who writes:<\/p>\n

Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not sure if you’ve come across this, but earlier when I was cleaning my Tecsun PL660 and took the main tuning knob off the spindle, I discovered what looked<\/strong>
\nlike 4 holes of a hidden connector behind it !<\/strong><\/p>\n

I just did a quick search around and I came across a piccy of the PCB on a blog<\/a><\/strong>
\npage here<\/a> and yes there appears to be what looks like a small USB connector of some sort <\/strong>poking out the PCB where the VFO knob is. [Andy clarifies that he <\/strong>was trying to point out the area to look, <\/strong>but the pic appears to be from the opposite side, so you can’t see it.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can’t say that I’ve ever seen reference to it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe you or your readers might know ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

73 de Andy G0FTD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing this, Andy. I am curious if that might be the port they use for firmware updates? Perhaps someone here can verify? I gave my PL-660 to a friend and no longer have it here for reference. Please comment if you have some info about this port.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andy (G0FTD), who writes: Thomas Not sure if you’ve come across this, but earlier when I was cleaning my Tecsun PL660 and took the main tuning knob off the spindle, I discovered what looked like 4 holes of a hidden connector behind it ! I just did a quick […]<\/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":[3,26,43],"tags":[4322,332,479,330],"class_list":["post-50224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-andy-g0ftd","tag-pl-660","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-660"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-d44","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54269,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/andy-finds-his-late-model-pl-660-lacking-compared-with-an-earlier-model\/","url_meta":{"origin":50224,"position":0},"title":"Andy finds his late model PL-660 lacking compared with an earlier model","author":"Thomas","date":"October 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andy, who writes: Hi Tom, I wonder if any of your readers has noticed anything with later model PL-660s. 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