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<DIV>Hey Tad,</DIV>
<DIV>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?</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV>73, Terry, N4TLF</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tad@planetisuzoo.com
href="mailto:tad@planetisuzoo.com">Tad</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 11, 2015 8:44 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=tfox@knology.net href="mailto:tfox@knology.net">Terry
Fox</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=tacos@amrad.org href="mailto:tacos@amrad.org">Tacos</A>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Anyone play with Tecsun portable receivers and
antennas?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Close, I bought a <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">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. </SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">-Tad</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Terry Fox <SPAN
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">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?<BR><BR>They also have some MW
loop antennas that won't quite tune to LF (as they come..).<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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...<BR><BR>73, Terry,
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