{"id":54269,"date":"2022-10-08T06:54:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T10:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=54269"},"modified":"2022-10-07T06:54:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T10:54:58","slug":"andy-finds-his-late-model-pl-660-lacking-compared-with-an-earlier-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/andy-finds-his-late-model-pl-660-lacking-compared-with-an-earlier-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy finds his late model PL-660 lacking compared with an earlier model"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Tecsun PL-660 (left) next to the XHDATA D-808 (right)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Andy, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi Tom,<\/p>\n

I wonder if any of your readers has noticed anything with later model PL-660s.<\/p>\n

My old PL-660 met with an accident recently (purchased about 2015?).<\/p>\n

I bought a new one and was disappointed by what appears to be
\na difference with the narrow and wide filter.<\/p>\n

My old version seemed to work well, with 3kHz and about 6kHz
\nwidths as one would expect.<\/p>\n

The new one is a disaster, you seem to get 3kHz and 18kHz widths roughly
\nresulting in poor performance, especially on local AM stations.<\/p>\n

It’s like the same station appears twice.<\/p>\n

Also the filter is not symmetrical.<\/p>\n

It’s all on the HF side of the signal and it’s awful.<\/p>\n

The older model centred the correct bandwidths properly.<\/p>\n

I’ve tried to do a bit of research, not much really but the little info that I have found appears to show that others have the same problem.<\/p>\n

It makes the use of the wide filter in any mode useless.<\/p>\n

I’m gonna send mine back.<\/p>\n

73 de Andy G0FTD<\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing this, Andy. I haven’t purchased a PL-660 in ages–in fact, I gave mine to a friend interested in shortwave a few years ago. I still use my PL-680 regularly. I suppose it’s possible you might have received a lemon; this isn’t uncommon as quality control varies with production batches.<\/strong><\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> readers: If you have noticed these symptoms–especially an abnormally wide filter width–with your late model PL-660, please comment.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. My old PL-660 met with an accident recently (purchased about 2015?). I bought a new one and was disappointed by what appears to be a difference with the narrow and […]<\/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":[330],"class_list":["post-54269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-tecsun-pl-660"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-e7j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50224,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/hidden-connector-on-tecsun-pl-660\/","url_meta":{"origin":54269,"position":0},"title":"Hidden connector on Tecsun PL-660?","author":"Thomas","date":"September 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"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 !\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ECSS-PL-660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ECSS-PL-660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ECSS-PL-660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ECSS-PL-660.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8839,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/chris-is-sticking-with-his-trusty-tecsun-pl-660\/","url_meta":{"origin":54269,"position":1},"title":"Chris is sticking with his trusty Tecsun PL-660","author":"Thomas","date":"February 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Shortwave listener and radio producer, Chris Freitas, recently posted an article on his blog touting the Tecsun PL-660 as his shortwave portable of choice. 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