{"id":50768,"date":"2021-11-06T09:16:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T13:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=50768"},"modified":"2021-11-06T09:17:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T13:17:29","slug":"portable-digital-receivers-that-dont-mute-between-frequency-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/portable-digital-receivers-that-dont-mute-between-frequency-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Portable digital receivers that don’t mute between frequency steps?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Grundig G5 and G3: two prime examples<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ken Keese (K5KGK), who writes:<\/p>\n

Hello Thomas! Thanks for all the GREAT info you post for us! It is tremendously helpful.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you have a list of shortwave receivers that do not mute the audio when the tuning knob is turned? This is a really important feature for me in my decision to purchase a radio. I like to manually search frequencies for activity and it’s difficult if the radio is muted while I turn the “big knob”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks a bunch for your help.<\/strong>
\nKen Keese<\/strong>
\nK5KGK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for your question, Ken–it’s a very good one. Many late-model DSP portables do indeed mute between frequency changes.<\/p>\n

Early in my SWLing<\/em> career, I couldn’t afford high end receivers, so all of my digital portables (the RadioShack DX-440, and Grundig YB400 most notably) would make a “chugging” sound as one would tune.<\/p>\n

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I also remember how pleased I was with the Grundig G5’s fluid tuning when it was first introduced! The Tecsun PL-600, PL-660, and PL-680 were all models that had no nuting between frequency steps.<\/p>\n

Many higher-end modern DSP portables like the PL-880, PL-990\/x, H-501\/x also provide an analog-like band scanning experience.<\/p>\n

A little help, please?<\/h1>\n

I would like to turn this question over to our readers because I believe their input will be more valuable and more comprehensive. Well, that and Ken if you wait on my to write up a full list, you might not get a reply for months with my current schedule. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

SWLing Post readers:<\/strong> Please comment<\/a> with digital display portable models you can confirm have no muting between frequency steps! Thank you.<\/p>\n

Oh, and Ken? Thank you for the kind comments about the SWLing Post<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ken Keese (K5KGK), who writes: Hello Thomas! Thanks for all the GREAT info you post for us! It is tremendously helpful. Do you have a list of shortwave receivers that do not mute the audio when the tuning knob is turned? This is a really important feature for me […]<\/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":[9523,9524,9522,2832],"class_list":["post-50768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-chugging","tag-ken-keese-k5kgk","tag-muting-tuning","tag-shortwave-portables"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dcQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17480,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/maxs-barlow-wadley-receiver-is-a-keeper\/","url_meta":{"origin":50768,"position":0},"title":"Max’s Barlow Wadley receiver is a keeper","author":"Thomas","date":"February 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In reply to our post about the Barlow Wadley XCR-30, SWLing Post reader, Max Youle, replies: I have a Barlow Wadley with the FM tuner here in New Zealand. 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