Anyone play with Tecsun portable receivers and antennas?

[Elton A Sanders]

I have the GP5-DSP (non ssb version). It is a very nice radio except for 
the UI being a bit unfriendly.  If you look at the GP-5SSB specs the 
tuning steps are 9Khz on lf. The external am antenna is the little t-bar 
looking thing on the top. It should have a smaller AM antenna internal. 
The Silicon Labs DSP chipsets work very well. I would almost like to get 
one and build my on radio, but that would involve software.
      Sandy
      WB5MMB


On 2015-10-14 17:22, Terry Fox wrote:
> 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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