{"id":9167,"date":"2014-04-04T09:24:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T13:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9167"},"modified":"2014-04-04T09:24:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T13:24:30","slug":"tecsun-pl-660-nevada-efw-2-winning-combo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/tecsun-pl-660-nevada-efw-2-winning-combo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecsun PL-660 + Nevada EFW-2 = Winning Combo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after posting my <a title=\"Traveling light, SWLing right: the best shortwave radios for travel\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/traveling-light-swling-right-the-best-shortwave-radios-for-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Traveling Light, SWLing Right<\/a> article yesterday, <a title=\"Follow @LondonShortwave on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonShortwave\" target=\"_blank\">@LondonShortwave<\/a> shared a video of the portable set up he uses for SWLing in London public parks:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/shgwn3fskV4\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a title=\"View on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=shgwn3fskV4\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view a video of his Tecsun PL-660\/Nevada EFW-2 combo in action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The antenna <a title=\"Follow @LondonShortwave on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonShortwave\" target=\"_blank\">@LondonShortwave<\/a>\u00a0uses in the video is <a title=\"View on Nevada.co.uk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadaradio.co.uk\/amateur-radio\/antennas\/base-antennas\/nevada-efw-2\" target=\"_blank\">the Nevada EFW-2<\/a>\u00a0(below). To keep the PL-660 from overloading he either sets the PL-660 sensitivity switch to &#8220;Normal&#8221; (rather than &#8220;DX&#8221;) or uses the Global AT-2000 coupler shown in the video.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EFW-2-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9170\" alt=\"EFW-2-001\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EFW-2-001.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EFW-2-001.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EFW-2-001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/EFW-2-001-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after posting my Traveling Light, SWLing Right article yesterday, @LondonShortwave shared a video of the portable set up he uses for SWLing in London public parks: Click here to view a video of his Tecsun PL-660\/Nevada EFW-2 combo in action. The antenna @LondonShortwave\u00a0uses in the video is the Nevada EFW-2\u00a0(below). To keep the PL-660 [&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":[26,43,1154],"tags":[2504,1643,2706,2704,2705,2717,2715,2716,330],"class_list":["post-9167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-travel","tag-londonshortwave","tag-antennas","tag-global-at-2000","tag-london-shortwave","tag-nevada-efw-2","tag-portable-shortwave-radio-antennas","tag-shortwave-radio-portable","tag-shortwave-radio-public-parks","tag-tecsun-pl-660"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2nR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12074,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/kyodo-news-agency-fax-and-the-sony-crf-v21\/","url_meta":{"origin":9167,"position":0},"title":"Kyodo News Agency Fax and the Sony CRF-V21","author":"Thomas","date":"January 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"My friend,\u00a0@K7al_L3afta, posted\u00a0to Twitter, the following fax he decoded from the Kyodo News Agency on\u00a012,745 kHz today: The Kyodo News Agency is possibly the last marine weather fax station which faxes daily news (full newspapers) and navigational warnings to ships at sea. 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He recorded\u00a0Radio New Zealand International with this gear. listen to \u2018Radio New Zealand Int. received in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PL-380","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/PL-380.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/PL-380.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/PL-380.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9370,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/monitoring-while-recording-on-the-tecsun-pl-660\/","url_meta":{"origin":9167,"position":2},"title":"Monitoring while recording on the Tecsun PL-660","author":"Thomas","date":"April 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"London Shortwave\u00a0has discovered an innovative way to monitor broadcasts while recording from\u00a0his Tecsun PL-660. He writes: \"Tecsun PL-660 doesn't have a line out, which means that when recording from it one has to use a pair of headphones to listen to it simultaneously. Most portable speakers I've tried generate tremendous\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;How To&quot;","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"BlueTooth","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BlueTooth.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BlueTooth.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BlueTooth.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/BlueTooth.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10027,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/maplin-stocks-the-tecsun-pl-660\/","url_meta":{"origin":9167,"position":3},"title":"Maplin stocks the Tecsun PL-660","author":"Thomas","date":"June 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"If you live near a Maplin retail store in the UK\u00a0you'll be happy to note that they now sell\u00a0the excellent Tecsun PL-660 portable radio. 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I live in a ground-floor apartment, with a small porch, lots of RFI and restrictions against visible antennas.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antennas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antennas","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/antennas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Klaus-Mag-Loop-Antenna.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Klaus-Mag-Loop-Antenna.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Klaus-Mag-Loop-Antenna.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Klaus-Mag-Loop-Antenna.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9167","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=9167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}