Revised Conclusions: Adding to yesterday’s conclusions, the whip antenna functioned but was vastly inferior to the wire antenna in either configuration, even with the gain set to DX. Today’s results with the wire antenna were, unsurprisingly, very similar to yesterday’s, given that the ionospheric and weather conditions were nearly identical. Noise was not a factor in receiving for any of these antennas or configurations, but did noticeably increase for the vertical wire antenna.

Update : Current PL-660 production samples appear to be more like the PL-680 Sync , see separate review below) Sawhorses spaced ~17′ apart. Radio and notepad can be seen on ground in front of the near sawhorse. What became very clear from the results and the comments, however, was that people who prefer sensitivity, prefered the PL-660. People who preferred stability, preferred the ’7600GR. In a sense, both were “best,” simply depending on the listener’s preference and/or listening requirements. Weak single-sideband (SSB) But this is my personal choice; you might have a completely different answer. I guess that’s the point I made earlier– it all depends on the listener.If your new review has not been Approved after several days you can assume that it was found to not be within the product review T's&C's shown below during screening. To be fair, propagation from this station was poor the day of recording, so you’ll hear a little fading that is not normally present. Additionally, you’ll want to listen to the full clip, as a portion of each contains RHC interviews that were recorded by telephone (thus “tinnier” sounding); you’ll also hear the typical RHC transmitter hum: Sensitivity specifications are identical for each radio except for longwave where the PL-660 is rated at 5 mV/m compared to 10 mV/m for the other two. Memories

My receiver (firmware 3305) seems to overload easily and to use an external antenna I wound a short piece of insulated stiff wire around the telescopic and connect the antenna to that. By moving the windings up to a short extended section I can reduce the overloading. At the bottom section there is plenty of signal for the weakest stations. Great internal speaker–an improvement over the PL-660 (but not as good as the PL-880 or Sangean ATS-909X) When I evaluate relatively strong broadcasts I typically listen for the best audio fidelity and signal stability a radio can offer. Unless there’s an adjacent signal (and in this case, there was not), I open the filter as widely as possible. While I haven’t spent more than, let’s say, an hour with the PL-680 on the FM band, I have concluded that it is very sensitive–able to receive all of my benchmark local and regional FM stations. W1AW is barely audible in Sample #1. In Sample #2, audio is well-balanced, with good audio, low noise, and a stable AGC. Sample #3 sounds more narrow (even though its filter, like all, was set to the widest setting), but the audio “pops out” of the static and is very intelligible. Sample #4 sounds much like Sample #2, perhaps slightly more sensitive but with slightly less stable AGC.

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After viewing thousands of YouTube videos (LOL), I built the PVC-pipe structure [you can see in the photo below]. Once again, the Sangean ATS-909X struggled to hear the signal, having the least sensitivity of the group.