I'm looking for a budget priced receiver and have seen these on eBay for around £30.

Does anyone here own one and if so what are your thoughts about it? IE Selectivity, sensitivity, reliability, etc..

Go for the PL310 or the smaller PL606, the 380 is less sensitive than the other two and lacks an antenna jack socket. They are all the same price so go for one of the other two.

...I own both and personally my favourite is the 606 due to it being smaller slightly more sensitive than the rest.

Pl600 here and I'm doing alright with it here's my pickups over last couple of weeks

medway bandscan

85.9mhz minicabs

87.5mhz uk raw radio
*88.1mhz radio 2
88.2mhz rude fm
88.4mhz vision fm
88.6mhz back 2 back
*89.0mhz radio 2
89.4mhz city lock
*90.4mhz radio 3
91.8mhz live fm
92.1mhz desire
*92.5mhz radio 4
93.0mhz fresh sounds
*94.0mhz voice of Africa (East London local)
94.2mhz true flavas
*94.7mhz Saint fm (Essex local)
*94.9mhz bbc London
*95.3mhz bbc Essex
*95.8mhz capital fm
*96.4mhz kmfm
*96.8mhz bbc kent
97.1mhz Rock 2 Rock
*97.3mhz lbc
*97.8mhz gateway fm
*98.0mhz Phoenix fm
98.3mhz rise nation
*98.8mhz radio 1
*100.0mhz kiss fm
*100.4mhz kmfm
*100.9mhz Classic fm
*101.6mhz kmfm
*101.9mhz Classic fm
*102.2mhz smooth fm
*102.6mhz heart fm
*103.5mhz bbc Essex
103.7mhz demand uk
*104.2mhz bbc kent
*104.4mhz resonance fm (south bank local)
*104.9mhz x fm
*105.2mhz Southend radio
*105.4mhz Magic fm
*105.6mhz kmfm
*105.8mhz absolute radio
*106.2mhz heart
106.5mhz project
*106.6mhz radio sunlight
*106.8mhz rinse
*107.2mhz kmfm
*107.5mhz time fm
*107.7mhz Chelmsford radio
*108.0mhz kmfm

104.1mhz Joe fm Egem Belgium
101.45mhz MNM Egem Belgium
102.1mhz foreign unidentified

Studio Brussel 102.1FM, 50kW ERP



http://www.frequencyfinder.org.uk/

Ah thanks teckniqs bookmarked

Some more for you:

http://www.ukfree.tv/radio/frequencies/all

http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/index.php

I'll go for the PL600 or 606 now that they're recommended, so thanks for your feedback.

teckniqs wrote:Some more for you:

http://www.ukfree.tv/radio/frequencies/all

http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/index.php

Bookmarked aswell tek thanks matey

MiXiN wrote:I'll go for the PL600 or 606 now that they're recommended, so thanks for your feedback.

You're welcome dude, I'm new to all this myself, rediscovering an old interest but I'm really impressed with those little tecsuns

Go for the 606, you won't be disappointed. It also comes with an aerial extender unlike the others which improves your FM and SW reception. I'd attach a long wire via the antenna socket running out into your garden for the best SW results.

pheonix fm 98.0? thats supposed to be a local station for brentwood and billeracy, their rig is on the council offices in brentwood which is on quiet low ground, unless they have moved.

I heard it was on loud ground.

fuze wrote:pheonix fm 98.0? thats supposed to be a local station for brentwood and billeracy, their rig is on the council offices in brentwood which is on quiet low ground, unless they have moved.

Deffo getting them here fuze, I heard the ident

Fuck me that's a lot of KMFMs. They're getting like Fart. What a waste of bandwidth.

I don't like them because they dont have rds

thewisepranker wrote:Fuck me that's a lot of KMFMs. They're getting like Fart. What a waste of bandwidth.

They're all over the dial in kent, them, bbc and heart take the piss mate

ir8 pir8 wrote:I don't like them because they dont have rds

This is very true but its been fun having to actually listen to stations to get the indents

The KMFM you say you were hearing on 108.0 is on 107.9, formally Medway FM.