Tecsun PL880 Portable Digital PLL Dual Conversion AM/FM, Longwave & Shortwave Radio with SSB (Single Side Band) Reception

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But if you take the time to deploy the external wire antenna that comes with the PL-880, there is a considerable gain in sensitivity. I also love that these radios give you a place for temp scans – ETM on the lower-end models, Page 0 on the high end ones, so you don’t have to worry about overwriting the painstakingly entered memories elsewhere. I have a 60 meter long wire antenna and I am able to pull stations out of the 800’s mud with the 880. The PL-880 has a nice long whip antenna (nearly twice as long as the CCrane Skywave SSB’s antenna), and it seems to be quite sensitive operating off the whip.

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But please note that we will never create a post and product link explicitly to receive a commission. Their PL-660 and PL-600 were great portable options and their smaller DSP alternatives are very much adored by hikers and those who prefer ultralight options in the first place. I also like that I can put their radios in a frequency mode for those times I want to manually enter a bunch of freqs – no having to punch extra keys for each one.Wow, Bob, that’s intriguing stuff, particularly since I largely agree with your a, b, and c points: “a) maintenance issues, b) safety issues, and c) inherent laziness.

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Sure enough, just like any other radio out there, this one does have its advantages and disadvantages. The PL-880, oddly, reminds me of my old 4WD Honda Civic wagon — it wasn’t the absolute best at anything, but it a lot of things, very, very well.Consequently, about 40 years ago I started playing around with loop antennas, which could be operated close to the radio indoors.