Thanks, Vimal:
Tecsun PL-390-a mini review by
"Brenda Ann"
http://www.freak-search.com/en/thread/4411553/tecsun_pl-390
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I'd going to Iceland in February, and was thinking about packing a small radio along, just to scan through the AM/MW band one night and see if anything from mainland North America or Europe can be received. (Iceland supposedly doesn't have broadcasting on the MW band.). Narrowed it down to the Tecsun PL-390 and PL-660. Your thoughts?
Posted by: Dan | November 27, 2011 at 12:03 PM
I'd go with the 390.
Longer antenna.
Snooze button you can find.
Can be used as a mp3 speaker as well.
K
Posted by: Keith Rennie | November 27, 2011 at 02:03 PM
In many countries AM stations are going away!!!
Posted by: Tom Welch | November 28, 2011 at 06:08 AM
In the three weeks I've had it the Tecsun PL-390 has provided more fun per square inch than any of the other seven shortwave radios I've acquired along the way.
The kid-in-a-candy-store feature is ETM, Easy Tune Method, which polls the shortwave bands and in a minute or two puts into memory all the stations that have a reasonable signal. Then, it's a simple matter of dialing through them to see what's on the air. It's pretty effective. After the top of the hour, I re-poll the stations and see who's come on the air, and who has left.
In my brief experience it has pulled out stations I would have missed with my other radios (which include a beloved Eton E1). The bigger, fancier radios aren't going away -- but this little guy holds his own against some tough competition. The biggest issue is the small speakers -- but small size is one of its advantages in other ways.
Posted by: toaster | November 28, 2011 at 08:15 PM
ETM is also great if you're traveling away from home and want to set station memories with a scan without disturbing the memory settings for your local stations.
Posted by: Mark Roberts | November 28, 2011 at 09:49 PM