{"id":9282,"date":"2014-04-17T10:08:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T14:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9282"},"modified":"2014-04-17T10:08:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T14:08:06","slug":"just-arrived-the-tecsun-pl-310et","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/just-arrived-the-tecsun-pl-310et\/","title":{"rendered":"Just arrived: the Tecsun PL-310ET"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I confess, I have well over twenty portable shortwave radios at the moment…So why am I still so enthusiastic\u00a0when a new one arrives in the mailbox?<\/p>\n

My Tecun PL-310ET just arrived,\u00a0purchased from my favorite eBay seller,\u00a0Anon-Co<\/em><\/a>\"\". And I just can’t wait to compare the PL-310ET with my PL-380<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perhaps this will become another opportunity for a blind radio comparison<\/a>\u00a0by you, our community of listener-readers. \u00a0Dare I say, a community equally<\/em> enthusiastic?<\/p>\n

By the way, I plan to publish the results of our recent\u00a0weak-signal comparison<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday of next week. I’m still impressed\u00a0by your\u00a0responses. But there’s still time to submit your vote. \u00a0Stay tuned…!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I confess, I have well over twenty portable shortwave radios at the moment…So why am I still so enthusiastic\u00a0when a new one arrives in the mailbox? My Tecun PL-310ET just arrived,\u00a0purchased from my favorite eBay seller,\u00a0Anon-Co. And I just can’t wait to compare the PL-310ET with my PL-380. Perhaps this will become another opportunity for […]<\/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":[836,3,26,43],"tags":[1535,2749,2552,479,488,2553],"class_list":["post-9282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-anon","tag-anon-co","tag-pl-310et","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-310","tag-tecsun-pl-310et"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2pI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8702,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/dietmar-compares-the-tecsun-pl-310et-to-the-icom-r-71a\/","url_meta":{"origin":9282,"position":0},"title":"Dietmar compares the Tecsun PL-310ET to the Icom R-71A","author":"Thomas","date":"February 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Dietmar, writes: \"I recently saw a YouTube video that demonstrated that the new Tecsun PL-310ET has better reception than the previous PL-310 that you reviewed [see video below]. 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I don't think this is documented online. Tecsun PL-310ET Memory Reset Power off the radio Press and hold the Del key.When the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "How To"","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tecsun-PL310ET-Feature-e1482793361853.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22550,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/trying-to-chose-between-the-cc-skywave-and-tecsun-pl-310et\/","url_meta":{"origin":9282,"position":3},"title":"Trying to chose between the CC Skywave and Tecsun PL-310ET?","author":"Thomas","date":"December 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Joe, who recently asked in our comments section: \"The CC Skywave is more than double the price of the Tecsun PL-310ET. The two radios appear to have similar features and performance. 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