Tecsun PL-600 Owner's Manual page 3

LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS
GENERAL SHORTWAVE 'RULES-OF-
THUMB'
Night shortwave reception is usually
better than daytime shortwave. This can
change from time-to-time, so it's worth
checking the bands during the day too.
During daytime the most active
shortwave bands are 13, 15, 16, 19, and
22 meters, 16 and 19 usually being the
best. At night, the most active bands are
25, 31, 41 and 49 meters, with 31 and 49
usually best.
Around sunset and sunrise, both the day
and night bands may be good, sometimes
exceptionally good. Listening at these
times can often be quite rewarding.
The construction materials of some
buildings severely block shortwave
signals. To counteract this, hold the radio
in your hands and get very close to a
window.
SELECTING A SHORTWAVE METER
BAND WITH THE PL-600
All 14 of the international broadcast bands
can be accessed with the PL-600. The
bands are numbered 120, 90, 75, 60, 49,
31, 25, 22, 19, 16, 15, 13 and 11 meters
and are commonly called 'Meter Bands'.
The PL-600 offers two ways to access a
shortwave band. Each method places the
tuner at the beginning of the band's
frequency range.
1. Each successive quick, short press of
the button labeled SW METER BAND
(16) places the radio at the beginning of
a band. While pressing the button, the
band number shows in the upper right
corner of the display (50) and
disappears a few seconds after it is
released, causing the clock to reappear
in the corner. Start tuning only after the
continued
clock reappears. If you don't wait, then
method 2 below will automatically be
used.
2. Perform one quick, short press of the
button labeled SW METER BAND,
immediately followed by quick, short
presses of either the UP or DOWN
tuning buttons. The band number
appears in the upper right corner of the
display. Once the band of choice is
selected, start tuning after the clock
reappears in the upper right corner.
AUTO-SCAN TUNING WHILE IN
SHORTWAVE
In shortwave, auto-scan tuning scans in
the shortwave frequency ranges noted in
the Band Chart below. To tune shortwave
frequencies that are in-between these
ranges, or outside of these ranges, use
one of the other tuning methods, e.g.
Regular Tuning (manual tuning) or Direct
Frequency Entry as discussed titled
TUNING IN STATIONS.
BAND CHART OF SHORTWAVE AUTO-
SCANING RANGES
BAND (METERS) FREQUENCY RANGE
120 2250 - 2550
90 3150 - 3450
75 3850 - 4050
60 4700 - 5100
49 5800 6300
41 7100 7500
31 9400 10000
25 11500 12150
22 13500 13900
19 15000 15900
16 17450 - 18000
15 18850 - 19100
13 21450 - 21950
11 25600 - 26100
1 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE PL-600
FM Frequency Range: 87-108 MHz or 76-108 MHz (For Japan)
Shortwave Frequency Range: 1711- 29999 KHz
9/10KHz tuning step selector for Medium Wave (MW) reception
1 kHz tuning step for the display of Medium wave and Shortwave
AM (LW/MW/SW) dual conversion.
SSB (SINGLE SIDE BAND) signal reception
ATS (Auto tuning system) for the memory storage of FM/MW reception
Manual Tuning
Auto Scan Tuning
Direct Keypad Frequency Entry
Digital Tuning Knob
600 Programmable Memories
Memory Page Customization
Auto-Scan and manually scan stations stored into memory
Direct Memory Access
Fast/Slow tuning rate selection for manual tuning
Sleep Function
Two Turn-on Timers with station memory
Snooze Function: 10 minutes, repeated three times
FM Stereo/Mono selection
High/Low Tone Control
LCD Backlight
Key Lock
Built-in Ni-MH battery charger
System set codes
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