{"id":8799,"date":"2014-02-16T09:22:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T13:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8799"},"modified":"2014-02-16T09:22:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T13:22:08","slug":"universal-radio-now-shipping-the-tecsun-pl-880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/universal-radio-now-shipping-the-tecsun-pl-880\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Radio now shipping the Tecsun PL-880"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8085\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/0088.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8085\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8085 \" alt=\"The Tecsun PL-880\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL880-SWLing-Post-0526-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL880-SWLing-Post-0526-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL880-SWLing-Post-0526-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL880-SWLing-Post-0526-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL880-SWLing-Post-0526.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tecsun PL-880<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Universal Radio is now shipping the Tecsun PL-880&#8211;I understand that\u00a0all of their units are firmware version 8820.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Universal Radio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/0088.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to check out the PL-880 at Universal Radio&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To read our review of the Tecsun PL-880, <a title=\"A review of the Tecsun PL-880 portable shortwave radio\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/a-review-of-the-tecsun-pl-880-portable-shortwave-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Radio is now shipping the Tecsun PL-880&#8211;I understand that\u00a0all of their units are firmware version 8820. Click here to check out the PL-880 at Universal Radio&#8217;s website. To read our review of the Tecsun PL-880, click here.<\/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":[3,26,714,43],"tags":[2065,479,2066,2588,58],"class_list":["post-8799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-retailers","category-shortwave-radio","tag-pl-880","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-880","tag-tecsun-pl-880-retailers","tag-universal-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2hV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23596,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/used-tecsun-pl-880-only-119-95-at-universal-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":8799,"position":0},"title":"Used Tecsun PL-880 only $119.95 at Universal Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"January 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who notes that Universal Radio has a used Tecsun PL-880 with box, manual and accessories for $119.95 + shipping. This radio is listed as being in \"good\" condition. Universal Radio backs their used equipment with a 60 day limited warranty, so you\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\/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":19201,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/tecsun-pl-880-rechargeable-battery-now-via-amazon\/","url_meta":{"origin":8799,"position":1},"title":"Tecsun PL-880 rechargeable battery now via Amazon","author":"Thomas","date":"May 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Bill, who writes: Maybe you already know this, but I only recently discovered the Tecsun PL-880 rechargeable battery is available on Amazon for $9.99 and can qualify for Prime free shipping. I bought one and it seems to work great. There are other battery\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessories","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/accessories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"TecsunBattery","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/TecsunBattery.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8121,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/the-tecsun-pl-880-charger-and-battery\/","url_meta":{"origin":8799,"position":2},"title":"The Tecsun PL-880 charger and battery","author":"Thomas","date":"December 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I've had a lot of questions and comments about whether the Tecsun PL-880 is supplied with a power supply\/battery charger. \u00a0I purchased my PL-880 from\u00a0from Anon-Co on eBay\u00a0and they sent a charger along with the radio. The charger was not in the actual PL-880 (OEM) box, but wrapped up inside\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The supplied Tecsun PL-880 charger\/power supply (Click to enlarge)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tecsun-PL-880-Charger-1-SWLingPost-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16903,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/tecsun-pl-880-fine-tuning-bug-solved-by-anon-co\/","url_meta":{"origin":8799,"position":3},"title":"Tecsun PL-880 fine tuning bug solved by Anon-Co","author":"Thomas","date":"January 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Georges (F6DFZ), who writes: As you may know, a few [of us PL-880 owners] have documented the extremely annoying bug that affect the Tecsun PL-880 during Fine Tuning of SSB signals. 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Amazon and eBay list the receiver as double conversion, whereas Universal Radio doesn't mention either. After scouring the Instruction Manual, I\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\/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":7939,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/tecsun-pl-880-on-ebay-as-a-pre-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":8799,"position":5},"title":"Tecsun PL-880 on eBay as a pre-sale","author":"Thomas","date":"November 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Flynn comments: Anon-co just posted a pre-sale for the [Tecsun] PL-880 on Ebay: $158.74. They estimate shipping dates from Nov 30 \u2013 Dec. 10 [2013]. 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