Posted on 06/16/2012 10:16:42 AM PDT by mylife
This is a pretty neat little radio.
The first thing I did was peel off the goofy ETM sticker in the lower left face of the thing, but this ETM is awesome.
It scans the entire SW band and puts all active stations into memory.
Then you just spin the tuning knob and it wheels through the memory.
It needs CW and SSB but this thing is pretty neat, especially for folks that don't want to futz around searching the bands.
Stereo speakers,SW LW MW FM, Recharges via USB, 2 alarms, thermometer, line input and 5 IF filter settings.
The PL 398 is the same price and has MP3
It tunes itself? That’s pretty cool.
I assume it has a rechargeable battery. Can it use regular batteries as well?
Scans the entire band and stores the frequency’s into memory.
Then you can flip through them with the tuning dial.
It charges via mini usb
You can run it off any standard battery,but I have it loaded with 2450mah rechargeables
I have yet to find as good a SW receiver like my 25 year old Sony ICF-SW1. As I got all the accessories like powered antenna, hard case &c with it, was pretty expensive in it’s day.
I love the Tecsun Pl 600
Great radio.
About all it lacks is an IF output
If you re-scan, will it erase the stored signals? I’m wondering because, as you know, reception on a given freq varies with weather and time. It’d be nice if it had several different storage banks to account for that.
I think they said you can store previous scans
I like my Pl 600 better over all, but this ETM feature is pretty neat.
Nothin wrong with that
You bet, has to have SSB along with the AM/FM and full general coverage HF/SW
Yes thats the Pl 398 with the Mp3 player.
Same price
/johnny
I have both the Grundig S350DL, and the Grundig S450DLX radios. No SSB, but AM/FM/Shortwave to 23MHZ.
Here is the S350DL:
http://www.etoncorp.com/product_card/?p_ProductDbId=6265
It runs on 4 D- or AA-size batteries, or AC.
Here is the S450DLX:
http://www.etoncorp.com/product_card/?p_ProductDbId=1757302
It run on SIX D-size batteries or AC.
For either radio, obtain an 8 foot length of #22 insulated wire, strip one end for a length of 1/2 inch, twist it tight, and put a simple knot in the other end, and you have your antenna ground, once you insert the 1/2 inch end inside the ground clip, on the back of either radio. It will increase the ‘gain’ of your radio’s antenna.
For the money, if you can still get one, get the S350DL. It has that ‘table radio sound’, the newer one does not, with the knobs set at zero!
Go on EBay, and look under Shortwave antennas. There are some folks that make ‘electrical length’ indoor SW antennas, using PVC tubing, that are not obtrusive, and don’t cost an arm or a leg. Clip a small piece of that same #22 wire, stripped a 1/2 inch, into the antenna wire clip, strip the other end, and make a loop. When you get that indoor SW antenna, clip the antenna wire to the looped end, and you have a wonderful SW antenna!
Have fun!
Not familiar with the “Sky Buddy”, but the picture reminds me of the Hallicrafters S-38B. That was the “PX Special” in 1951, along with the Argus C-3 35mm camera. Those were the first two things I bought with my big Pvt-E1 (formerly “Recruit”) paycheck in early 1951. Probably got more use for the money from them than anything else. From the long gone days of American Made products.
Spent the entire afternoon working on Field Day antennas. I am bushed. I have an Eton ARC FR-500. Solar powered or crank/batteries. Not good for much but wx channels and AM/FM/SW but I use that to listen to the ball games when BBQing....If I wanna hear SW I fire up the IC-756 ProIII. Can even run it mobil with my voltage inverter or battery.
10 and 15 were really good today stateside....1st Q’s on new antenna. Ran off 200 contacts phone/cw/rtty. The TH7 @ 105’ is rockin’. Look for us this weekend. AA3E 1F EPA. 73
Awesome!
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