Yeah, I'm coming to the conclusion that the digital tuning/analog dial radios are (so far) designed more for the casual listener than the hard-core radio enthusiast. 73s, Keith B. Seattle WA USA

The swling.com review answers my query re tuning increments. So it does, indeed, appear that this receiver is not a good choice. Possibly because it is designed primarily for domestic listeners who

That is certainly not promising. I hope selectivity can be adjusted, and it was just not set up correctly on his particular radio. - FARMERIK

Thank you for your congratulatory messages. I do live in a good location for FM DX. On Saturday morning I was receiving station from east Texas, one was 518 km (322 mi) away. There are no mountains

http://swling.com/blog/2013/06/a-review-of-the-tecsun-r-2010d-shortwave-radio/

Richard, Congratulations on receiving FM station #500 on ultralight radios-- an amazing accomplishment. It's great that you live in such a favorable location for the chase, and can enjoy FM-DX on

RE: Yesterday during a skip I logged station #500 on an ultralight radio. 6/23/13 1524 UTC 92.1 MHz WLTQ-FM, Venice FL (1744 km/1084 mi) on a barefoot Tecsun PL-310ET

Congratulations, Richard! Quite an accomplishment! I don't have much luck with FM DX here in the cool, damp Northwest, but I'm trying. I usually get one or two every summer. 73 and good DX, Keith

Yesterday during a skip I logged station #500 on an ultralight radio. 6/23/13 1524 UTC 92.1 MHz WLTQ-FM, Venice FL (1744 km/1084 mi) on a barefoot Tecsun PL-310ET receiceiver. Sporadic E propagation

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Hi: The radio arrived in a shrink bubble wrap with a soft cloth bag and a 2.4 m ear piece. It's larger than thought about the size of 9700Dx, an earlier analog model also from Tecsun which is still

Gary, you are right, ''Tecsun DSP radios have 1 kHz tuning. The PL-310, PL-380 and PL-390 '' Well in that case I feel even R1210D should have this.Let's keep our fingers crossed and wait for some one

It would still be nice to be able to turn off soft mute while tuned on frequency.

Actually mis-tuning any of the Pl-series radios by 1 kHz will shut off the Soft Mute. By doing this part of the Automatic Gain Control effect is removed... therefore bump up the volume a notch or two.

Does the DSP chip in any of these radios have an external pin which could be accessed so as to disable the soft-mute function? Michael UK

Joe, Many other Tecsun DSP radios have 1 kHz tuning. The PL-310, PL-380 and PL-390 are just a few examples. It would be nice if all of them had a "soft mute defeat" button as well. -Gary

Echo Evangelique is the name of the Saturday night French/Haitian program on 590 WEZE Boston. Radio 4VEH Haiti is sometimes mentioned during the program too. A few years ago there were DX reports of

Considering your location relatively close to Boston, I would guess 590 WEZE which has French/Haitian programs. -- Bruce Conti B.A.Conti Photography www.baconti.com ¡BAMLog! www.bamlog.com

Thank you for pointing us to the information, Vimal. One now wonders if sometimes, we hope that if we see new or newer receivers with the new Si or DSP chips in them, we still seem to have to settle