This week I've completed the comprehensive seven page review of the Tecsun PL-600 receiver. I've uploaded it to my file sharing service. It's a .PDF document, zipped to take up a little less space. Hope you enjoy it. I'm really getting into this little radio, what a gem. It has many great qualities and is very comparable to the Kaito 1103. Check out the review.
Also in my travels about the 'net this week, I've discovered the schematics for the PL-600. I've uploaded them as well for your perusal.
Review-
http://www.box.net/shared/fx5ih47pxm
Schematic-
http://www.box.net/shared/viigcmuxl4
10 comments:
Great blog! I just discovered your writing, and I sure appreciate your work. Thanks.
Great work!
I wonder how well the PL-600 is against the Grundig G6...
Thanks!
Thanks guys!
Sorry for the long delay posting a reply. Just saw both of your comments. I wasn't looking far enough back into the blog.
The PL-600 chugs along nicely. Many, many people have downloaded the review and schematics. There seems to be a great interest in this receiver.
Not sure how it would do against the G6. Maybe someone will do a comparison. Don't have a G6 myself.
Good luck, guys.
Bill
My PL600 was slighty distorded on AM.I have done the modification found on E Ham.net: put a 2 Kilohms(or 2,2k) resistor betwen pin 18 and ground on IC TA2057N,then audio is clean and pleasant.On whip antenna the PL600 is more sensitive than the Sony ICF7600GR I own equally.A great radio at low price!I am waiting for a DEGEN 1103 and I shall do comparisons later.
Olivier
Hi Could you indicate where you got the schematics ?
My Pl-600 has arrived with the lcd light not working unfortunitly the schematics you show seem to be missing the circuit of the buttons and backlight cct
Many thanks for what you have done though
herb
Hi Herb,
The schematics are not mine, but came from a Russian radio forum site in the same condition you see. Unfortunately, that's all there was.
Radio-Timetraveller (Bill)
Congratulations on your excellent review of the Tecsun-PL600.
It helped me a lot to make up my decision in my next purchase.
Much, much better than whatever I have seen everywhere else(I refer to your review).
nelsonf05: notice there is a new Tecsun out there! PL-660. Just in case.
Hi Bill,
Nice review. I know there is a new PL-660 but I bought PL-600 anyway since it looks more well built. Also I read somewhere that you can't recharge the battery in the radio while listening to PL-600 at the same time, although my little experiment showed me otherwise. Do you know anything about that? Here's the video of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HZlFuceRrE , maybe I'm mistaken, any idea?
Dan Random
Hi Dan Random,
Never tried charging and listening at the same time, though you should be able to. I don't see why not.
Bill
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