{"id":921,"date":"2010-11-12T12:20:27","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T12:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=921"},"modified":"2010-11-24T21:56:06","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T21:56:06","slug":"tecsun-pl-660-shortwave-radio-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/tecsun-pl-660-shortwave-radio-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecsun PL-660 shortwave radio now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;ff2=1&amp;campid=5336495042&amp;toolid=10001&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=(Tecsun%20PL-660)&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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-926\" title=\"TecsunPL-660\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/TecsunPL-660-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/TecsunPL-660-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/TecsunPL-660.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>The Tecsun PL-660 is now available on eBay. This little radio could be worth grabbing as it has sync detection and the Air band (much like the Grundig G3). The price is right at $75 (black version) or $85 (silver version).  Note that this radio is shipped directly from Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Search for the <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ndocument.write('<scr'+'ipt src=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/ar\/1\/55242\/1?lt=9&#038;adtype=3&#038;pubid=5574879351&#038;toolid=10001&#038;campid=5336735615&#038;customid=&#038;uq=Tecsun+PL-660&#038;sellerId=&#038;ex_kw=&#038;sortBy=12&#038;catId=&#038;minPrice=&#038;maxPrice=&#038;laction=_self&#038;ltext=Tecsun+PL-660+on+eBay&#038;n3y=1&#038;v1e=1&#038;u7v=1&#038;a3h=1&#038;def=a3h&#038;ig=1&#038;mpt='+Math.floor(Math.random()*999999999)+'\"><\/scr'+'ipt>');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><noscript><a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&#038;pub=5574879351&#038;toolid=10001&#038;campid=5336735615&#038;customid=&#038;icep_uq=Tecsun+PL-660&#038;icep_sellerId=&#038;icep_ex_kw=&#038;icep_sortBy=12&#038;icep_catId=&#038;icep_minPrice=&#038;icep_maxPrice=&#038;ipn=psmain&#038;icep_vectorid=229466&#038;kwid=902099&#038;mtid=824&#038;kw=lg\">Tecsun PL-660 on eBay.<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/roverimp\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=9&#038;pub=5574879351&#038;toolid=10001&#038;campid=5336735615&#038;customid=&#038;uq=Tecsun+PL-660&#038;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>Frequency Range:<\/strong><br \/>\nFM : 76 ~ 108MHz<br \/>\nJapan  76 ~ 108MHz \/ Germany  87.5 ~ 108MHz<br \/>\nMW : 522 ~ 1620kHz (band step 1\/9kHz for Asia \/ Africa \/ Europe) \/ 520 ~ 1710kHz (band step 10kHz for Northern America) \u00b7<br \/>\nLW : 100KHz to 519KHz (band step 1\/9kHz)<br \/>\nSW : 1711KHz to 29999KHz.(band step 1\/5kHz)<br \/>\nAIR :  118~137MHz (band step 1\/25kHz)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Noise Limit sensitivity:<\/strong><br \/>\nFM band &lt; 3uV @30dB.<br \/>\nMW band &lt;1mV\/m @26dB.<br \/>\nLW band &lt;5mV\/m @26dB.<br \/>\nSW band &lt; 20uV @ 26dB.<br \/>\nSSB &lt;1uV<br \/>\nAIR  &lt;5uV<\/p>\n<p><strong>Receiver<\/strong><br \/>\nDual Conversion<br \/>\nSSB (include upper side band &amp; lower side band)<br \/>\nAir Band<br \/>\nSYNC<\/p>\n<p>Tone Adjustment to adjust the TREBLE &amp; BASS<\/p>\n<p>Search for the <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ndocument.write('<scr'+'ipt src=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/ar\/1\/55242\/1?lt=9&#038;adtype=3&#038;pubid=5574879351&#038;toolid=10001&#038;campid=5336735615&#038;customid=&#038;uq=Tecsun+PL-660&#038;sellerId=&#038;ex_kw=&#038;sortBy=12&#038;catId=&#038;minPrice=&#038;maxPrice=&#038;laction=_self&#038;ltext=Tecsun+PL-660+on+eBay&#038;n3y=1&#038;v1e=1&#038;u7v=1&#038;a3h=1&#038;def=a3h&#038;ig=1&#038;mpt='+Math.floor(Math.random()*999999999)+'\"><\/scr'+'ipt>');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><noscript><a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&#038;pub=5574879351&#038;toolid=10001&#038;campid=5336735615&#038;customid=&#038;icep_uq=Tecsun+PL-660&#038;icep_sellerId=&#038;icep_ex_kw=&#038;icep_sortBy=12&#038;icep_catId=&#038;icep_minPrice=&#038;icep_maxPrice=&#038;ipn=psmain&#038;icep_vectorid=229466&#038;kwid=902099&#038;mtid=824&#038;kw=lg\">Tecsun PL-660 on eBay.<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"text-decoration:none;border:0;padding:0;margin:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/roverimp\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=9&#038;pub=5574879351&#038;toolid=10001&#038;campid=5336735615&#038;customid=&#038;uq=Tecsun+PL-660&#038;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]\"><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Thanks to OWL for the tip via the ShortwaveRadios Yahoo Group.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tecsun PL-660 is now available on eBay. This little radio could be worth grabbing as it has sync detection and the Air band (much like the Grundig G3). The price is right at $75 (black version) or $85 (silver version). Note that this radio is shipped directly from Hong Kong. Search for the Tecsun [&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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,26],"tags":[331,332,330],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","tag-ebay","tag-pl-660","tag-tecsun-pl-660"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-eR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8321,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/universal-radio-lowers-price-of-tecsun-pl-660\/","url_meta":{"origin":921,"position":0},"title":"Universal Radio lowers price of Tecsun PL-660","author":"Thomas","date":"December 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Universal Radio has lowered the price of their Tecsun PL-660 to $109.95. 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