Tecsun PL 880

[Mudfoot]

Just ordered a new Tecsun PL 880 to carry for boredom elimination while traveling. It seems to have great reviews. I haven't bought a portable shortwave set for along time. My last one was a little pocketable Grundig. The single 18650 battery caught my eye. I have a handfull of them lying around. Airband receive is a must for me and it even has that.

Coming Tuesday and I can't wait.

https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/portable/0088.html

 

[L2]

I've been eyeing the Tecsun PL880 too for monitoring in the back yard.

Strange battery choice but, like you, I have a bunch of them for flashlight use.

Good luck with it. Let us know how you get on with it.

 

[Mudfoot]

Will do...

From what I've read, it seems to be one of the best in its class. Supposedly, the speaker provides nice audio. The signal meter is odd. Instead of a needle or graph, it just shows a numerical value. I think that makes more sense, just unusual. The price wasn't bad. 4 filter choices for each mode is a nice feature. The vids I've watched shows it has good interference reduction, sensitivity and selectivity. 3000 memories is pretty darn wild.

 

[Rwb]

Ive owned mine 3 years now,great reciever in all bands ssb selectivity is great.google up hidden features there are many and some really make it stand out.rich audio.
I really like the fact it shuts down charging when battery is charged ,you can see how long it took too.only bad i know about is the antenna go easy on it last 2 pieces bend easy.had to get new antenna.your milage might vary.
Did you get the silver or black edition? I got black

 

[Mudfoot]

I didn't know it's been out that long. I got the black one. One review mentioned the top antenna extensions were flexible. Not sure if it was a recent improvement. I'll look up the hidden features. It's coming Tuesday, but I could have used it last night. I was up late working on my bike. Would've been nice to listen to it.

I hope the long wave reception is good. Just about every portable I have has crappy reception. Can't enjoy listening to games. Gonna work on making an antenna today for use in my Jeep. I have a handfull of those batteries, so I should get long listening times.

 

[Rwb]

Yes very first pl 880s had bad firmware 4 years ago,tecsun had a turn in for new 1.was suprized they did that.
Radio jay allen has a big write up on both versions and there are many hidden things in them.i posted 2 i found on 2 occasions

 

[Rwb]

Longwave is decent too. But as all on am you can pick up a little buzz. But when charging batterys fm is only thing you can listen to,it buzzes on every other band.i charge mine when i go to bed.keep couple batterys hot n handy.but so far about 34 or 36 hours to charge up

 

[Mudfoot]

I suppose the user cannot upgrade firmware? I should download the manual today and get familiar. How long has a single battery lasted you?

 

[Mudfoot]

That's a long time to charge.

Longwave is decent too. But as all on am you can pick up a little buzz. But when charging batterys fm is only thing you can listen to,it buzzes on every other band.i charge mine when i go to bed.keep couple batterys hot n handy.but so far about 34 or 36 hours to charge up

 

[sp5it]

Google for "Belka-dsp".
Mike

 

[Rwb]

I got 2 when i bought mine.still holding up well 3 years now and about 20 hours per battery when in use.when new they ran radio 36 or so hours depending on volume

 

[Rwb]

https://swling.com/blog/2014/06/complete-list-of-tecsun-pl-880-hidden-features/ time eludes me owned mine almost 5 years. And the early bad firmware radios are fixed.if needed id buy another pl 880 no bad problems

 

[Rwb]

https://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/11457
Nuff reading to get your eyes tired

 

[Rwb]

been on 6 hours yesterday.2 hours today notice battery condition top left in screen. Its my radio of choice.listen to the big ham operators.im just a tech class ham

 

[Mudfoot]

Google for "Belka-dsp".
Mike

Not much info Mike. Mostly comparison videos