[Lowfer] Hand Held LW / HF Receiver For When Your Out And About 031817

[Zack Widup]

Oh OK thanks. I wonder if there's a way to know which version you're
getting from Amazon, etc? Also, their listing says "5V DC USB port" but I
guess that's either incorrect or only used for charging.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 10:28 AM, WD8ARZ <wd8arz at comcast.net> wrote:

> The newer MODEL radio is the PL-880. Not part of the discussion in this
> thread about the PL-660. Have heard from others with both radios that the
> ssb is 'different' on the eight eighty.
>
> PL-660 is a Different Model and is still being sold. This version radio
> has had a number of revisions that do not show up in the model number.
> Would be nice if there was a serial number break down of when and what
> circuit changes were done. Came to my attention about the differences due
> to my having purchased two a couple years apart or so.
>
> Wish they would add a serial port to this great hand held small radio to
> help manage the two thousand memories.
>
> Somewhere on line there is an article of an outfit that has tested this
> radio and a few others, and lists the comparisons of them.
>
> This make / model radio for a "hand held that uses four standard AA
> batteries" and has stable ssb with ham bands, doesnt  really have a
> comparable model out in this class - comparable must at least meet the 660
> features for size, standard batteries, and analog tuning. Other models in
> this size range dont usually use standard batteries or have analog tuning,
> or are much larger.
>
> What I would especially like to see in a future version is a a serial port
> to manage the memories. 73 .... Bill ........ out
>
> On 3/19/2017 11:06 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
>
>> Is the newer version the PL-880? That's what I saw when I looked for this
>> radio on Amazon. Or are there different versions of the PL-660 itself?
>>
>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 6:51 AM, WD8ARZ <wd8arz at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Dont want to be away from monitoring Long Wave? Then check
>>> out the Tecsun PL-660 hand held AA battery operated radio.
>>>
>>> snip snip
>
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