[A-DX] Fw: [BDXC-UK] Tecsun PL-380

["Wolfgang Bueschel" <BueschelW@xxxxxx>]

Wir hatten den PL-380 doch letzte Woche in Nils' Mülltonne...
73 wb


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Palmer" Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 10:41 AM
Subject: [BDXC-UK] Tecsun PL-380

> Further to discussions in this group, I took the plunge and invested £37
> (including P+P) in a Tecsun PL-380 from Hong Kong.
>
> It only arrived yesterday, buy first impressions are very good indeed. The
> set is extremely compact, and easy to drive once you've read the book.
> Tuning is by knob, scan or keypad entry. There are 550 memories and 
> various
> "scan and store" modes. Mysteriously, the knob tuning is 
> counter-intuitive:
> clockwise decreases frequency.
>
> The set seems very sensitive, and the variable AM bandwidth (from a 
> claimed
> 6kHz down to 1 kHz) is both useful and works well. I've not been able to 
> put
> MW and LW to the test, as local QRM levels are very high at my location - 
> I
> will try somewhere electrically quieter.
>
> LW coverage is wider than usual: 153 to 513kHz, so should be good for 
> beacon
> DXing. It is also possible to disable LW.
>
> MW coverage goes up to 1710kHz, but only in 10kHz spacing mode. In 9kHz
> mode, it only tunes up to 1620kHz, so Dutch Pirate listeners will have to
> select 10kHz channel spacing. The tuning knob permits tuning in 1kHz 
> steps,
> so no problems. One quirk is that changing from 9 to 10kHz also changes 
> the
> temperature display from °C to  °F, for Europe and North America
> accordingly!
>
> SW coverage is about 2300kHz to 21950kHz, with a pair of buttons to jump
> between the broadcast bands.
>
> VHF coverage is a massive 64 - 108MHz, although this can be reduced if you
> just want the normal Band 2 or Japanese allocation. It will be interesting
> to see if any OIRT stations can be received during Sporadic E openings.
> Stereo is available through headphones in very good quality (the internal
> speaker is nothing special). Sadly, there's no RDS.
>
> Other features: an S-meter that claims to give both strength in dBµ and
> signal/noise ratio, a built in smart charger (powered by a USB lead from
> your computer or the supplied PSU) and the usual clock / alarm / sleep /
> snooze functions. The package included alkaline batteries, earphones, USB
> lead, PSU and mains adaptor, wire antenna and a zipped case.
>
> If you are looking for a very inexpensive travel portable, you could
> certainly do a lot worse than this lovely little set.
British DX Club (BDXC-UK).

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