{"id":8461,"date":"2014-01-03T08:56:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T12:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8461"},"modified":"2014-01-03T08:56:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T12:56:36","slug":"forcing-the-tecsun-pl-880-to-use-an-external-antenna-on-mwlw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/forcing-the-tecsun-pl-880-to-use-an-external-antenna-on-mwlw\/","title":{"rendered":"Forcing the Tecsun PL-880 to use an external antenna on MW\/LW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who aren&#8217;t satisfied with the PL-880&#8217;s internal ferrite antenna for mediumwave and longwave reception, here is a video explaining a work-around that will force the PL-880 to use an external antenna on those bands:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4l3ifl88hMg\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Many thanks to <em>YouTube user\u00a0<strong>pesnyaozemle\u00a0<\/strong>for posting this video and to<\/em>\u00a0SWLing Post reader Jon for sharing.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who aren&#8217;t satisfied with the PL-880&#8217;s internal ferrite antenna for mediumwave and longwave reception, here is a video explaining a work-around that will force the PL-880 to use an external antenna on those bands: Many thanks to YouTube user\u00a0pesnyaozemle\u00a0for posting this video and to\u00a0SWLing Post reader Jon for sharing.<\/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":[627,836,3,43,304],"tags":[2065,479,2066,2462,2461],"class_list":["post-8461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-pl-880","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-880","tag-tecsun-pl-880-longwave","tag-tecsun-pl-880-mediumwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2ct","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23567,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/tecsun-s-8800e-availability-in-europe-and-bertrands-first-impressions\/","url_meta":{"origin":8461,"position":0},"title":"TECSUN S-8800e availability in Europe and Bertrand&#8217;s first impressions","author":"Thomas","date":"January 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bertrand Stehle (F6GYY), who writes: Hi Thomas, The new SSB portable receiver TECSUN S-8800 has been available from Germany, since the beginning of 2017. Supplier:https:\/\/www.wellenjagd.com\/\u00a0has the S-8800e, a Europeen version. 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In particular: The signal meter is supposed to measure up to 99dBu (my Tecsun PL-390 s-meter goes indeed up\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mediumwave&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mediumwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/mediumwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PL-880 (1)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PL-880-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PL-880-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/PL-880-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48145,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/michael-pairs-the-tecsun-pl-990-and-the-aor-la400\/","url_meta":{"origin":8461,"position":2},"title":"Michael pairs the Tecsun PL-990 and the AOR LA400","author":"Thomas","date":"March 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Michael Ye (BD4AAQ), for the following guest post: In the Loop:\u00a0PL-990 and LA400, a Perfect Match by Michael Ye (BD4AAQ) I have been a happy owner of Tecsun\u2019s PL-880 world band receivers for years. 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