Yesterday, a four day weekend started for Augie, so he and I slept in the tent two days in a row. Let’s just say last night was just enough colder where dad definitely was uncomfortable and woke up quite a bit. Nothin’ layers can’t handle during future excursions.
I hope. 🙂
As for Augie…plent toasty it appears. (Of course, he is using my colder weather sleeping bag with a second one his cousin Evan gave him.)
Pictured at the top of this post are the two radios I used to check out shortwave and AM last night. The one on the left is a Tecsun PL-380BT and the right is a Tecsun PL310ET. I spent most of the time with the former…but, just as was true the previous night with the beefier Tecsun PL-880…shortwave reception wasn’t near as good as last week. I also didn’t live tweet every find this time…just the highlights.
So, without further ado…
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/655225210451267584
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/655227568656805888
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/655230532070932480
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/655233352782344192
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/655233844967161856
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/655236463290806273
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/655243850923966464
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/655244804536692736
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/655248385218244608
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/655258557164576768
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/655295216300113920
By the way, I don’t know if it got any lower…but the coldest I saw it using the thermostat in the PL-398BT was 48 degrees. In a tweet I noted how I like the lighted keypad on that radio. I also like how both the PL-398BT and PL-310ET have built in thermostats. I know it probably seems like an odd addition, but it is neat. Oh, the picture I have of the PL-398BT above doesn’t show how it looks, or that it has two speakers:
I didn’t actually mean to take that image with a flash, so that’s why the left speaker is cut off. Yes, the PL-398BT has dual speakers…and it supports bluetooth (the “BT” in the model number)…plus a whole bunch of other great features.
Before I wrap up, however, here is how the previous night went with the Tecsun PL-880 (starting of with a video with Augie):
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654868462066601984
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654872522513629184
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654877669633454081
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654881785579483136
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654886265943404545
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654896034921979904
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654896450636267520
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654900186104352768
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654902868831543296
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654907050695241728
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654979763715624960
@AlanCult Nice. They pump out 50kW. I listen to them all over TX. Interesting what you can get on AM when the sun goes down.
— Will C. Sanders (@Will_C_Sanders) October 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654985775549935616
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654989100219506688
https://twitter.com/AlanCult/status/654997212175298560
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