{"id":51251,"date":"2021-12-18T08:20:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T12:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=51251"},"modified":"2021-12-18T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T12:21:07","slug":"ulrich-seeks-advice-with-tecsun-pl-365-pl-368-ferrite-bar-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/ulrich-seeks-advice-with-tecsun-pl-365-pl-368-ferrite-bar-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Ulrich seeks advice with Tecsun PL-365\/PL-368 ferrite bar issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ulrich Ruch, who writes:<\/p>\n

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

Wondering if you’ve heard of similar experiences: since receipt on 4th<\/strong>
\nNovember I have been using the new gadget (Firmware 3684E) almost daily<\/strong>
\nuntil yesterday when the ferrite bar antenna suddenly did not work any<\/strong>
\nlonger. I became aware of the fault when I put the rod into the antenna<\/strong>
\njack noticing that the field strength reading drops to zero so that the<\/strong>
\nradio becomes deaf!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I somehow suspect that the fault lies in the socket. As a matter of<\/strong>
\nfact, I had\/have the same problem with the old 365 with its green design<\/strong>
\nferrite rod. What seems rather odd to me however, is the fact that if I<\/strong>
\nplug in an external active antenna (Wellbrook, Bonito, RF Systems<\/strong>
\nDX-one) both units work properly, furthermore, the 368 ferrite bar<\/strong>
\nmiraculously works on the 365 whereas the 365 rod doesn’t on either<\/strong>
\nmodel!? So, with the best of will, I cannot blame the socket for sure –<\/strong>
\nor is it that the rod-plugs are too thin to give proper contact – I<\/strong>
\ndon’t know.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since I was unable to find any pertaining findings in the net, I do hope<\/strong>
\nthat you may have further information from your worldwide reader feedbacks!?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> readers: If you have experienced this same issue or can diagnose what might be happening with Ulrich’s PL-365 and PL-368, please comment!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ulrich Ruch, who writes: Hi Thomas Wondering if you’ve heard of similar experiences: since receipt on 4th November I have been using the new gadget (Firmware 3684E) almost daily until yesterday when the ferrite bar antenna suddenly did not work any longer. I became aware of the fault when […]<\/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":[3607,3,43],"tags":[4617,8904,3474,8905,9588],"class_list":["post-51251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-pl-365","tag-pl-368","tag-tecsun-pl-365","tag-tecsun-pl-368","tag-ulrich-ruch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dkD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48566,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/dan-reviews-the-tecsun-pl-368-large-receiver-features-in-smaller-vertical-handheld\/","url_meta":{"origin":51251,"position":0},"title":"Dan reviews the Tecsun PL-368:\u00a0“Large Receiver Features In Smaller Vertical Handheld”","author":"Thomas","date":"April 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Dan Robinson, for the following guest post and review: Tecsun PL-368:\u00a0 Large Receiver Features In Smaller Vertical Handheld by Dan Robinson It was back in 2020 that the first photos surfaced online of the PL-368 \u2013\u00a0posted on Facebook by someone attending the electronics fair in\u00a0Shanghai, China. 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