Ah yes, got busy with other stuff so the Podcast slipped behind. I don't know what all the buttons of the radio do but I know most, well enough to operate the radio well at any rate.
On 31 May 2014, at 7:14 am, Howard <hwolc...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > hi dane: > how's the podcast coming on this? > hope to have mine in a couple of weeks and would to know the key locations > and how they are laid out. > thanks. > > > howard wolcott > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 8:34 PM > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Subject: Tecsun PL660 Radio > >> Was a busy day yesterday what with computers coming back from hospital, DM4 >> recorders turning up and the arrival of the Tecsun PL660 radio which I >> honestly didn't expect here until Thursday but not complaining nevertheless. >> >> I'll give more details on the radio in the future, here are some initial >> impressions to wet your appetite. >> >> The PL660 is somewhat smaller than the PL880 and doesn't have the nice >> sounding speaker of the PL880 but it does have excellent short wave >> reception capabilities which are - in my view - the main selling point of >> this radio. >> >> The Sync Detection works very well indeed, possibly the best SDS I've heard >> from a radio of this size, as good as the Synchronous Detection System found >> on the Sony 2010, 2001D or ICF-SW77. >> >> The AM broadcast band is nothing special, radio exhibits quite a bit of >> noise here. >> >> FM is dead hot! >> >> SSB reception is disappointing, Tecsun use a clarifier adjustment which fees >> rough to adjust and even worse, the clarifier control has a detent point in >> the middle of its travel, similar to what you'd find with a balance control >> for an amplifier, absolutely crazy. >> >> The PL660 is the first radio I've used with an "Air Band" though as yet I've >> found nothing up there, will take the radio outside as its a nice sunny day >> and do further experimentation. >> >> Haven't played with the memory system yet. >> >> Like the layout of the buttons and the various shapes in the buttons, round, >> square, rectangular, big and small, makes for instant recognition for >> important functions. >> >> The buttons are slightly indented into the front of the unit, almost flush >> one could say and that means that they're not likely to be knocked. >> >> Unlike the PL880, the PL660 runs on 4 AA size batteries which can either be >> rechargeable or alkaline types, the radio automatically detects the type >> being used. >> >> >> >> ********** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> faceTime +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> Twitter: @grtdane >> >> >> > ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
