Your discussion about the "new" models prompted me to check my PL-380 that I received from Anon in mid December. The serial number is: 3692009 000333 Mfg Date 11 09 It has 2 screws in the battery

Hi Mike, Thanks for your comments, which sound logical to me. Since Joyce is probably not an expert in Tecsun radio design, however, thebest option seems to be specifically placing an order with

Hi Roy, It really seems that Tecsun didn't change anything with these threePL-380's, since the filter selections, filtering performance, and the ability totune 1 kHz up or down from a weak station

In a message dated 1/5/2010 1:25:35 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,roy.dyball@... writes:

Hello Farmerik, Thanks for your message. The CR1100 units were obviously designed for the Chinese domestic market and can be set to tune in 9 kHz steps, but the neither the poorly-writtenEnglish

Hello Byron, Actually there have been several DXers who have replaced the tiny tuningthumbwheel on the SRF-59 (and the very similar analog SRF-39FP) with a largevernier drive tuning system. John

Hi all, 1660 WRRU NJ Jersey City, Korean 10k 10k beams south east NEW 1320 WJAS PA Pittsburg 5k 5k NEW 1690 WPTX MD Lexington Park 10k 1k beams south east NEW 1680 WTTM NJ spanish, heard many times,

Hi Gary Perhaps the new 380s have the new Ver40 firmware. You would have to strip it down and remove the RF shield from the Si4734 to read the top of the chip to find out. Are the filter selections

Welcome aboard, Tony! There are no set rules for posting here, but Kirk down in Texas always produces nice reports. Here's his most-recent: 800, XEDD, Montemorelos, NL, 0805 UTC, 1/4/10, Hrd during

New member, joining today. QTH is Traverse City, MI. Much info to digest, which I am delighted to see. One initial question if you don't mind. Will someone provide me with the accepted format for

The band is jumping tonight! Logged from 2000-2100 Atlantic Time on a PL-310 barefoot from Greenwood, Nova Scotia (everything presumed except the England stations) 531 Faeroe Is, non-descript talk,

Hello All, For those interested in whether the newer PL-380 models have the irritating"soft mute" function disabled or not, a recent shipment from Joyce at "Anon-co"may be of interest. For

Finally ! The western MI stations disappeared and 1660 NJ was in the clear, lots of Korean language, then exactly at 1800 EST, a tone sounded and in English the station ID: 1660 WWRU Jersey City NJ,

I'm still having problems trying to fall asleep at night. Guess I'm not fully back on schedule yet. Anyway, I tried to see if I could get anything on my 630 kHz UNID from the night before, but

Michael, 73 is"ham speak" for Best Regards. Keith

Mark, I can't think of anything else other than how much elapsed time it took to receive it. Muchisimas gracias! Chris Chris Knight (N0IJK) Fort Lupton,

Thanks Gary & Keith for yor help. I guess the PL-31- is the way to go. One other question though, what does "73" mean? Michael Glynn Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Hi Stephen, WARNING: Long-winded post! Signal to noise ratio is defined as total signal power divided by total noise power in a specific bandwidth. As you observe, the distribution of signal

Hello Scott, Thanks very much for your detailed explanations, which are greatlyappreciated. In the daytime DX sensitivity tests comparing the AM performance of thestock PL-380 and 7.5"

Hello Michael, Thanks for your question. Both the PL-310 and the PL-380 have the loopstick coil turns glued to theferrite bar (without a coil form), so there is no possibility of sliding acoil for