{"id":8321,"date":"2013-12-17T08:23:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T12:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8321"},"modified":"2013-12-17T08:23:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T12:23:36","slug":"universal-radio-lowers-price-of-tecsun-pl-660","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/universal-radio-lowers-price-of-tecsun-pl-660\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Radio lowers price of Tecsun PL-660"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/2540.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8322\" alt=\"PL-660\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PL-660-300x175.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PL-660-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PL-660-100x58.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PL-660.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Universal Radio has lowered the price of their <a title=\"Tecsun PL-660\" href=\"http:\/\/www.universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/2540.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tecsun PL-660 to $109.95<\/a>. Even with $9.95 shipping, this is still less than the current Amazon price of $129.99.<\/p>\n<p>Note that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336735615&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Tecsun+PL-660&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\">eBay still has some PL-660s available for $101 shipped<\/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=5336735615&amp;customid=&amp;uq=Tecsun+PL-660&amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]\" \/>, but there would be no guarantee of receiving the radio by Christmas day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Radio has lowered the price of their Tecsun PL-660 to $109.95. Even with $9.95 shipping, this is still less than the current Amazon price of $129.99. Note that\u00a0eBay still has some PL-660s available for $101 shipped, but there would be no guarantee of receiving the radio by Christmas day.<\/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":[3,26,43],"tags":[332,479,330,58],"class_list":["post-8321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-pl-660","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-660","tag-universal-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2ad","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16008,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/which-one-the-tecsun-pl-660-or-the-pl-600\/","url_meta":{"origin":8321,"position":0},"title":"Which one: The Tecsun PL-660 or the PL-600?","author":"Thomas","date":"December 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning, I received a question I'm often asked. It usually goes something like this: \"Should I purchase the Tecsun PL-600, or invest a little more and purchase the\u00a0Tecsun PL-660? Is it worth the price difference?\" I decided it best to post this question, along with my response, below. 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Check out the direct links above or look at their full selection of portable radios by clicking here.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Radios&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Radios","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/radios\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/images\/universallogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11466,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/tecsun-pl-660-price-drop-on-amazon\/","url_meta":{"origin":8321,"position":2},"title":"Tecsun PL-660 price drop on Amazon","author":"Thomas","date":"November 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"My good buddy, Mike (K8RAT), has informed me that the price of the silver Tecsun PL-660 has dropped to $101.18 (shipped) via Amazon.com. As Mike comments, this is a great value. Click here to view on Amazon.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"TecsunPL-660-Silver","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/TecsunPL-660-Silver.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8839,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/chris-is-sticking-with-his-trusty-tecsun-pl-660\/","url_meta":{"origin":8321,"position":3},"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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Note that this radio is shipped directly from Hong\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","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\/2010\/11\/TecsunPL-660-300x165.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28918,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/ebay-deal-tecsun-pl-660-for-50-90-gbp-shipped\/","url_meta":{"origin":8321,"position":5},"title":"eBay Deal: Tecsun PL-660 for 50.90 GBP shipped","author":"Thomas","date":"October 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, George T, who writes: Just a tip that I found a bargain price on eBay for a new Tecsun PL-660. The price is\u00a0\u00a350.90 with free P&P...best I've ever seen. I grabbed one. The unit ships from China. The seller has a 97.4% positive rating\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/PL-660-eBay-e1509099508572.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/PL-660-eBay-e1509099508572.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/PL-660-eBay-e1509099508572.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/PL-660-eBay-e1509099508572.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}