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New Tecsun Portables to be last?
« on: December 05, 2019, 1224 UTC »


This story appeared on the SWLing Post website, besides detailing the upcoming release of the PL-990 and H-501, there is a hint that they maybe the last of the high end Tecsun portable/desktops.

https://swling.com/blog/2019/12/tecsun-pl-990-and-h-501-may-be-the-last-high-end-shortwave-portables-from-tecsun/

Hey Santa, that H-501 looks like it could use a loving home.   ;)


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Re: New Tecsun Portables to be last?
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2019, 1951 UTC »
Nice if they finally got rid of the spurs that plagued the 660.
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Re: New Tecsun Portables to be last?
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2019, 2304 UTC »
Please expound on the 660 issues. I planned to purchase one after the new year. What are the common issues? I've heard a lot of good things about it.

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Re: New Tecsun Portables to be last?
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2019, 1847 UTC »


This story appeared on the SWLing Post website, besides detailing the upcoming release of the PL-990 and H-501, there is a hint that they maybe the last of the high end Tecsun portable/desktops.

https://swling.com/blog/2019/12/tecsun-pl-990-and-h-501-may-be-the-last-high-end-shortwave-portables-from-tecsun/

Hey Santa, that H-501 looks like it could use a loving home.   ;)

Sad, in a way, if the rumor is true. That would leave the Sangean 909 and a Grundig? I wonder when the HF Transceiver companies decide to pull the plug? The hobby can't be expanding to justify new, high-end radios for many more years.
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Re: New Tecsun Portables to be last?
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2019, 0603 UTC »
Please expound on the 660 issues. I planned to purchase one after the new year. What are the common issues? I've heard a lot of good things about it.

The strong false signal on 980 KHz is still there on this one, but I guess I can do without one frequency. The false signal does not repeat itself up the shortwave spectrum as one fellow on You Tube reported.
https://herculodge.typepad.com/herculodge/2012/08/the-good-and-the-bad-on-bills-second-tecsun-pl-660.html

I had two, one black one silver, and they both had spurs from ambc to hfbc.
Not everyone who has one has this issue it seems but with two having the same issue that was enough for me. Also the synch never really did much at all, again, in my two instances.
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Re: New Tecsun Portables to be last?
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2019, 2106 UTC »
I wonder when the HF Transceiver companies decide to pull the plug? The hobby can't be expanding to justify new, high-end radios for many more years.

Interesting question, have wondered the same thing myself.
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Re: New Tecsun Portables to be last?
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2019, 2310 UTC »
All of them make most of their money via commercial and gov sales, not HAM or swl. Icom even had a pc computer line at one time. HAM and swl production got them up and operating, commercial and gov sales keeps them alive.

With sdr chips becoming so cheap and prevalent, as well as higher bit depth adc chips, we might see some fairly spectacular swl rigs in the future. I consider the IC705 to be an example that just happens to transmit.
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Re: New Tecsun Portables to be last?
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2020, 2224 UTC »
Eton too... Or is Eton part of Grundig?

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Re: New Tecsun Portables to be last?
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2020, 1138 UTC »
I think Eton is a re-badge of Grundig, at least with some of their products.
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Re: New Tecsun Portables to be last?
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2020, 1529 UTC »
Too bad Tecsun doesn't include DRM reception or at least an IF out.
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