Would this be a good choice over the PL-880 if AM/FM reception is also important to me? PL-880 seems too new and little more expensive.
2014238
I am also ham and also remain shortwave listener. Question was on propagation conditions. A year ago they were excellent, and I expected (!) they would stay that way. No such luck. Conclusion: Given decent propagation, whole PL-600 series will do an excellent job. Only solution with volatile sunspot activity is not monitoring daily, all the bands and morning, noon afternoon and evening. That way you will get an idea of the patterns of reception that are beginning to be perceptible.Further conclusion: Given a decent chance, PL-660 is excellent to outstanding radio. I am now researching to decide between regular and SSB radio. SSB incoming or not is further indicator of propagation thanks to hams. I am also ham and also remain shortwave listener. Question was on propagation conditions. A year ago they were excellent, and I expected (!) they would stay that way. No such luck. Conclusion: Given decent propagation, whole PL-600 series will do an excellent job. Only solution with volatile sunspot activity is not monitoring daily, all the bands and morning, noon afternoon and evening. That way you will get an idea of the patterns of reception that are beginning to be perceptible.Further conclusion: Given a decent chance, PL-660 is excellent to outstanding radio. I am now researching to... » Read More I am also ham and also remain shortwave listener. Question was on propagation conditions. A year ago they were excellent, and I expected (!) they would stay that way. No such luck. Conclusion: Given decent propagation, whole PL-600 series will do an excellent job. Only solution with volatile sunspot activity is not monitoring daily, all the bands and morning, noon afternoon and evening. That way you will get an idea of the patterns of reception that are beginning to be perceptible.Further conclusion: Given a decent chance, PL-660 is excellent to outstanding radio. I am now researching to decide between regular and SSB radio. SSB incoming or not is further indicator of propagation thanks to hams. « Show Less
2014239
I own the PL-660 and PL-210 and like them both the PL-880 is the latest offering from Tecsun the 660 and 210 are good radios and I really like them I would think the 880 is a new radio with added features I would like to see some reviews on the 880 before I made the purchase in any case the 660 is a good radio.
2014240
The PL 660 is a very good radio.. I have had mine around 2 years now and have had no problem with it. I am very perticular about reception on all the bands and this radio does an excellent job.. AM and FM reception is great... Shortwave and Side Band work very well and I also can pick up many airplanes both near and far.. It is more sensitive than my Bearcat Scanner SC 150 and I was suprised about that..It puts me to sleep every night and when I go somewhere I just unplug it and take it with me.. Battery life is fine with the rechargable batteries... Save your money and get a PL 660...It is all the radio you will ever need...
2014241
I live in an apartment in the lowest point of the city, about 5 blocks from the Mississippi River. (Dubuque, Iowa)There is a FM station I like about 30 miles away. My other radios won't receive it. This one does with a little hissin the backround on the normal setting. By switching to the DX mode, It comes in clear.The AM mode isn't bad, but with the loop antenna built in, I find I have to face the radio in the directionof the station I want. Local stations work great with out having to do this. Hope this helps.Russ
2014242
The PL 660 is a very good radio.. I have had mine around 2 years now and have had no problem with it. I am very perticular about reception on all the bands and this radio does an excellent job.. AM and FM reception is great... Shortwave and Side Band work very well and I also can pick up many airplanes both near and far.. It is more sensitive than my Bearcat Scanner SC 150 and I was suprised about that..It puts me to sleep every night and when I go somewhere I just unplug it and take it with me.. Battery life is fine with the rechargable batteries... Save your money and get a PL 660...It is all the radio you will ever need... The PL 660 is a very good radio.. I have had mine around 2 years now and have had no problem with it. I am very perticular about reception on all the bands and this radio does an excellent job.. AM and FM reception is great... Shortwave and Side Band work very well and I also can pick up many airplanes both near and far.. It is more sensitive than my Bearcat Scanner SC 150 and I was suprised about that..It puts me to sleep every night and when I go somewhere I just unplug it and take it with me.. Battery life is fine with the rechargable batteries... Save your money and get a PL 660...It is... » Read More The PL 660 is a very good radio.. I have had mine around 2 years now and have had no problem with it. I am very perticular about reception on all the bands and this radio does an excellent job.. AM and FM reception is great... Shortwave and Side Band work very well and I also can pick up many airplanes both near and far.. It is more sensitive than my Bearcat Scanner SC 150 and I was suprised about that..It puts me to sleep every night and when I go somewhere I just unplug it and take it with me.. Battery life is fine with the rechargable batteries... Save your money and get a PL 660...It is all the radio you will ever need... « Show Less
1214796
Good news is it's not a lot of money to try it. I couldn't get any AM reception in my building and with some tweaking of the rotary pot on the Terk I get somewhat and I say somewhat decent listening levels. However, the lower the signal on AM the more noise, interference you're going to hear. Some days are lousy but most days are listenable. Good enough to listen to talk radio at work. I'd say about an 80 percent solution for my situation. I did have to go around my rooms to find the best spot and then I had to run a pretty long cable, but it did work with some effort. I'm happy with it. Good news is it's not a lot of money to try it. I couldn't get any AM reception in my building and with some tweaking of the rotary pot on the Terk I get somewhat and I say somewhat decent listening levels. However, the lower the signal on AM the more noise, interference you're going to hear. Some days are lousy but most days are listenable. Good enough to listen to talk radio at work. I'd say about an 80 percent solution for my situation. I did have to go around my rooms to find the best spot and then I had to run a pretty long cable, but it did work with some effort. I'm happy with it.
198037
Max,I got a new HT via A,azion.com and it came from Radio mart in KY. Just way to many of you are worried about the newest version. My newest version is a 5RA and it has the 2nd to the last firmware.But that means nothing at all. All you need to know is here. http://www.miklor.com/ Please join the list but those guys will just tell you to read up in the files.I like mine,it has a siren,the case is beautiful but it has it's quirks. Guys are downloading software but I did mine manually. Some need WIN XP and others using VISTA need to download an updated driver. PLEASE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT LATEST FIRMWARE as i may only be a restriction on what you can or can't do out of the ham bands. I called this pure junk because it is hard to manually program it and at timed I'm in FREQ mode and it jumps into memory mode. Keep in mind that the mailing list is very,very large and many still do not have a TECH license. Use it as it was intended for and don't try making a queen mary from a canoe. Many are still using the very first unit and have no problems http://www.409shop.com/shop_displaynews.php?id=608&userid=100556 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baofeng_uv5r/ These links will help BOB AF2Q
2071660
The FM receiver is good, but reception is going to be more a function of your FM antenna. I have a large, omnidirectional "S" shaped antenna which, in the over-radio'd Charlotte NC market pulls in a station on almost every frequency -- even WNCW, the popular non-commercial station from western NC.
267427
Yep. The tuner in this is so good, there are even hacks to enable the analog FM exclusively. Audiokarma is a good place to read about the tuner.
1507242
Old thread, but still relevant, I think. The HT-s6200 does have a built in AM/FM, and I do own one. It is a great system for the money, no doubt about that. It comes with a great sub and receiver worth building off of if you choose to get new speakers down the road. I have had this system for several months and it is easy to set up, and sounds great for most everything (Blu-rays, games, music, even ol' standard, boring television).
194963
I never said that I said "Good reception, easy to use, easy to program. Also has good sound quality. I like the new object scanning method much better than bank scanning." Note the programming application you get to use once for free but it looks worth buying. If someone is having problems with trunking they need to reprogram it.
279677
I purchased one of those systems, but I returned it. I found the UHF signal to be a lot better. I do not sell them either.
914366
Hi M., sorry I didn't get right back to you...Yes, I'm surprised that people aren't commenting. Sound is not an insignificant element! Soooo... Does the 210 sound more "lively" and "present"... more Sony-like!? :-) If so, I certainly should have bought THAT one recently when I went to Sangean (El Monte, CA) distribution and swapped 400's, after I lost FM reception on my old one!Thanks,Alan
193885
hi catie , love this thing to death , the re-charge batteries are great , it runs for no less than 12 hrs at work , it has a very high volume output , my only gripe is the reception, it can be terrible at time`s , I have no idea why , but being digital , you can not simply turn the dial to make it come in better , but it does have the ability to use your phone or what ever type of electronics you might have , I do not have any of that crap , just the AM - FM , but for the durability and coolness of the radio , it is worth every penny , just needs a bigger antenna from radio shack or something . hi catie , love this thing to death , the re-charge batteries are great , it runs for no less than 12 hrs at work , it has a very high volume output , my only gripe is the reception, it can be terrible at time`s , I have no idea why , but being digital , you can not simply turn the dial to make it come in better , but it does have the ability to use your phone or what ever type of electronics you might have , I do not have any of that crap , just the AM - FM , but for the durability and coolness of the radio , it is worth every penny , just needs a bigger antenna from radio shack or... » Read More hi catie , love this thing to death , the re-charge batteries are great , it runs for no less than 12 hrs at work , it has a very high volume output , my only gripe is the reception, it can be terrible at time`s , I have no idea why , but being digital , you can not simply turn the dial to make it come in better , but it does have the ability to use your phone or what ever type of electronics you might have , I do not have any of that crap , just the AM - FM , but for the durability and coolness of the radio , it is worth every penny , just needs a bigger antenna from radio shack or something . « Show Less
1210398
Nope - even if you got one itll interfere with am reception. I recommend the tecsun pl-380 over this unit. These units are best powered by batteries and the tecsun is the better radio.
1709841
Many police signals/broadcasts are now digital, so the analog scanners will do no good for that type signal. Some local PDs still might run some broadcasting on analog, bit most state police, atf, etc are digital. Google "radio reference", get to their different forums for the state you live in.I'm thinking about getting the 750 myself. Did you wind up keeping it? It seems to be good for Ham radio listening.
640376
Hi, it's pretty good. My favorite station is hard to pick up where I live, but it comes in very clear on this. It's also easy to set the stations. On my last Sony, after the batteries died (for back up), I couldn't ever figure out how to set the stations again! BTW, I just tested the AM band as well as the public station that is probably about 60 miles away, and the reception is clear on those too!
672865
Part 90 radio will be the UV6 or UV8. I much prefer the new UV8, true dual band and nice color display. Got two of themand giving away the UV6. There are slight differences in the UV6, more coverage on some, confusing yes!
1785358
I listen to AM talk radio so its not to bad with AM. But when listening to FM music you will loose a lot of stereo quality. I do anyway here in Lou,Ky. We are not on flat ground around here. I put my factory antenna back on. I personally don't recommend it.
1001620
Yes it's a great AM/FM radio but make sure you use an antenna. Hope this helps :)
1569086
I use my BESTEK adapter to power my radar detector, iPhone, and car phone device. I generally listen to XM radio, but I have experienced NO interference with either XM or FM the few times I have listened to it. I haven't listened to AM in probably 30 years, so I can be of no help there.