Anyone play with Tecsun portable receivers and antennas?

[Tad]

It does receive am just about as well with or without the t-bar antenna.

I have never tried to hear a beacon.  Know of any off-hand that I should be
able to hear from Fairfax?

In terms of returns, they sell for more on eBay than I paid only 3 months
ago so the risk is low.

Tad
On Oct 14, 2015 6:26 PM, "Elton A Sanders" <radiodog77 at pobox.com> wrote:

> 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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