{"id":53598,"date":"2022-08-03T07:02:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T11:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=53598"},"modified":"2022-08-03T07:03:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T11:03:12","slug":"what-are-your-favorite-portables-in-2022-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/what-are-your-favorite-portables-in-2022-and-why\/","title":{"rendered":"What are your favorite portables in 2022 and why?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> I’m traveling this morning and packing up my EDC (everyday carry) bag here int he hotel room.<\/p>\n

Last night, I was using the Tecsun PL-330<\/strong> to do a little band-scanning and it dawned on me that I’ve used this radio along with the Belka DX<\/strong> quite extensively this summer while on an extended family road trip. Even before this trip, both of these radios were in heavy rotation.<\/p>\n

I go through phases of using portables–sometimes I’ll dig out a vintage radio and use it for weeks, then I’ll switch it out for a modern rig. I like variety and giving all of my radios a little air time.<\/p>\n

I packed the Belka DX and Tecsun PL-330 for our trip because they’re some of the most compact, lightweight radios I own.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m curious what radios you’re using now and why–? Please comment!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m traveling this morning and packing up my EDC (everyday carry) bag here int he hotel room. Last night, I was using the Tecsun PL-330 to do a little band-scanning and it dawned on me that I’ve used this radio along with the Belka DX quite extensively this summer while on an extended family road […]<\/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":[3,3196,43],"tags":[8886,8076,4115],"class_list":["post-53598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-shortwave-radio","tag-belka-dx-dsp","tag-tecsun-pl-330","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dWu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48355,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/dan-reviews-the-tecsun-pl-330-portable-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":53598,"position":0},"title":"Dan reviews the Tecsun PL-330 portable shortwave radio","author":"Thomas","date":"April 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following guest post: Tecsun PL-330:\u00a0 The Powerful Mini With One Serious Design Issue by Dan Robinson As SWLing Post readers know, I have a huge radio collection \u2013 including premium receivers and portables, now nearly 100 in all. 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