Anyone play with Tecsun portable receivers and antennas?

[Terry Fox]

Hey Tad,
Thanks for the pointer to the GP5-SSB.  I notice that it’s only available temporarily.  It looks pretty good however.  It says that an external AM/MW antenna is included, does it work on AM broadcast without that external antenna?  have you tried to listen to any LF stations, such as beacons?

I am tempted to order one of these radios.  I may call them and ask what their return policy is in case I am not happy with it for specific purposes.
73, Terry, N4TLF


From: Tad 
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 8:44 PM
To: Terry Fox 
Cc: Tacos 
Subject: Re: Anyone play with Tecsun portable receivers and antennas?

Close, I bought a GP5-SSB for travel.  For the price it is amazing.  It beats several 90's era PLL tuned shortwave radios that I had.  The UI is a bit odd.  It is nice to just sit and listen to one band, or use it's search feature to fill the temporary memory with stations that are close enough to listen to.  I have yet to try it on aircraft bands so I can't comment there.  


-Tad

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Terry Fox <tfox at knology.net> wrote:

  Has anyone used the newer Tecsun portable receivers, as found on ebay for $50-150?  I see that some of them tune LF, down to 100kHz.  The near-top-of-line PL680 covers LF, MW, SW, FW, and aircraft bands for about $100, but there are many more models below it, and a PL880 that is higher in cost, but no aircraft.  Are there any other inexpensive (under $150 or so) portable receivers that we should look at?

  They also have some MW loop antennas that won't quite tune to LF (as they come..).

  I'm thinking of a portable radio for LF (2200 and 630 meters), HF ham bands, and possibly aircraft as well.  I wonder how sensitive these Tecsuns are.

  My next door neighbor has a Realistic DX-390 that wasn't working.  After I reset the CPU (all power removal) it started up fine.  I could hear a nearby NDB (CH) pretty good with it, at least comparable to my active antenna and other radios.  Pretty impressive.  I ended up finding one of them on ebay...

  73, Terry, N4TLF

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