Re: [IRCA] Tecsun PL-300WT-- A Sizzler on AM & FM, A Fizzler on LW and SW

[satya@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks, Paul.  As I think about it, judging by what the PL200/e100 had
(keypad yes, no antenna jack, no RF gain, etc.), there may or may not be
much of interest to the AM and FM DXer in the PL-310/380.  Without SW, the
PL-300WT's 9/10 khz tuning jumps, plus the ability to program 500 stations
into memory, sorta makes the keypad issue a moot point. If they use the
same ferrite in all of their radios in this size range, which I strongly
suspect they will, the PL-300WT may be as good as anything.

I seem to recall that someone hooked one of these Silicon Lab chips up to
a laptop and made an impromptu SDR out of it.  One of the screens I
remember seeing was where one could select the bandwidth, from quite wide
to incredibly.  I am wondering if this ability to select BW is available
for the PL-300WT?  It may be a firmware issue that canot be user-changed,
but it would be something if the selectivity could be made even better!

Kevin S
Bainbridge Island, WA


>
> Kevin,
>
> No indiation that any Silicon Labs chips support SSB ... right now it
> looks like they're going after the mass consumer market.
>
> Paul
>

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