{"id":9303,"date":"2014-04-15T18:27:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T22:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9303"},"modified":"2014-04-15T18:59:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T22:59:20","slug":"new-feature-on-2014-tecsun-pl-660","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/new-feature-on-2014-tecsun-pl-660\/","title":{"rendered":"New feature on 2014 Tecsun PL-660"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tecsun-PL660\"<\/a>Many thanks to my buddy, David Korchin (K2WNW), who noticed that Anon-Co is selling a new 2014 production run of the Tecsun PL-660, which includes an Auto Sorting Memory<\/em> feature.<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

\"AMBWbuttonPL660\"<\/a>Anon-Co states that Auto Sorting Memory<\/em> organizes all stored station memories automatically,\u00a0removes duplicate stations and\u00a0“sorts the sequence of stored stations.”<\/p>\n

The new feature is enabled via the AM BW<\/em> button.<\/p>\n

Click here to view the new 2014 Tecsun PL-660 at Anon-Co.<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Tom Stiles noted that his PL-660, purchased in September 2013, has this feature as well<\/a>. \u00a0I just confirmed my PL-660 (purchased around the same time and pictured above) has it too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to my buddy, David Korchin (K2WNW), who noticed that Anon-Co is selling a new 2014 production run of the Tecsun PL-660, which includes an Auto Sorting Memory feature. Anon-Co states that Auto Sorting Memory organizes all stored station memories automatically,\u00a0removes duplicate stations and\u00a0“sorts the sequence of stored stations.” The new feature is enabled […]<\/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],"tags":[2766,332,479,330,2765,2767],"class_list":["post-9303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","tag-auto-sorting-memory","tag-pl-660","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-660","tag-tecsun-pl-660-2014","tag-tecsun-pl-660-auto-sorting-memory"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2q3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8137,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/video-tecsun-pl-880-vs-pl-660-using-the-hidden-dnr-feature\/","url_meta":{"origin":9303,"position":0},"title":"Video: Tecsun PL-880 vs. PL-660, using the hidden DNR feature","author":"Thomas","date":"December 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In this video, I've tuned both the Tecsun PL-880 and PL-660 to All India Radio on 9,445 kHz (transmitted from\u00a0Bengaluru, India, some 8,800 miles away). 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