{"id":6657,"date":"2013-06-11T17:55:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T21:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6657"},"modified":"2013-07-03T07:24:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T11:24:59","slug":"the-new-tecsun-r-2010d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/the-new-tecsun-r-2010d\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Tecsun R-2010D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/TecsunR2010D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6658\" alt=\"TecsunR2010D\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/TecsunR2010D-300x231.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/TecsunR2010D-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/TecsunR2010D-100x77.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/TecsunR2010D.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"A review of the Tecsun R-2010D shortwave radio\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/a-review-of-the-tecsun-r-2010d-shortwave-radio\/\">[<strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Click here to read my full review of the R-2010D.]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just ordered the Tecsun R-2010D&#8211;a SiLabs DSP-based shortwave radio with an analog dial and tuning mechanism&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337362712&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Tecsun+R-2010D&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">on eBay.<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"text-decoration: none; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/roverimp\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337362712&amp;customid=&amp;uq=Tecsun+R-2010D&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Tecsun R-2010D is very similar to the <a title=\"A review of the Degen DE321 DSP shortwave radio\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/a-review-of-the-degen-de321-dsp-shortwave-radio\/\">Degen DE321<\/a>, <a title=\"A review of the Degen DE32 shortwave radio: compared with the DE321 and Tecsun PL-380\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/a-review-of-the-degen-de32-shortwave-radio-compared-with-the-de321-and-tecsun-pl-380\/\">DE32<\/a> and the <a title=\"A review of the Kchibo KK-9803 shortwave radio\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/a-review-of-the-kchibo-kk-9803-shortwave-radio\/\">Kchibo KK-9803<\/a>.\u00a0I hold out hope though that the Tecsun will lead the pack of these small radios as Tecsun tends to do a better implementation of the SiLabs DSP chip.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I had only recently decided that the R-2010 would never come to fruition. \u00a0I first was tipped off about it in 2009; then\u00a0<a title=\"Is the Tecsun R-2010 being re-designed?\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/is-the-tecsun-r-2010-being-re-designed\/\">in 2011, a Tecsun representative told me<\/a> that they were planning to re-design the R-2010. I suppose that&#8217;s how the R-2010<strong>D<\/strong> came about.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as I receive this little radio, I&#8217;ll share my first impressions and a full review.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337362712&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Tecsun+R-2010D&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to search for the Tecsun R-2010D on eBay.<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"text-decoration: none; border: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/roverimp\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337362712&amp;customid=&amp;uq=Tecsun+R-2010D&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks for the tip, Paul!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[UPDATE: Click here to read my full review of the R-2010D.] I just ordered the Tecsun R-2010D&#8211;a SiLabs DSP-based shortwave radio with an analog dial and tuning mechanism&#8211;on eBay. The Tecsun R-2010D is very similar to the Degen DE321, DE32 and the Kchibo KK-9803.\u00a0I hold out hope though that the Tecsun will lead the pack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[836,3,26,43],"tags":[761,1978,434,479,760,1977],"class_list":["post-6657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-r-2010","tag-r-2010d","tag-silabs","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-r-2010","tag-tecsun-r-2010d"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Jn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6757,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/a-review-of-the-tecsun-r-2010d-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":6657,"position":0},"title":"A review of the Tecsun R-2010D shortwave radio","author":"Thomas","date":"June 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"SiLabs DSP chips are now in the bulk of the newest portable shortwave radios on the market. 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