{"id":8560,"date":"2024-12-11T12:39:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/?p=8560"},"modified":"2024-12-16T00:10:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T22:10:05","slug":"december-11-2024-another-tef6686","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/december-11-2024-another-tef6686\/","title":{"rendered":"December 11 2024 &#8211; another TEF6686"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"138\" height=\"34\" src=\"http:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/rds-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4970\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another TEF6686 has arrived. Not a Deepelec DP-666 this time but a metal cased one.<br>The Deepelec allows the user to tap in the frequency, but this one doesn&#8217;t. <br>No small memory buttons either.<br>The Deepelec has a plastic casing. <br>The new TEF6686 came with an RDS sticker, a data cable and an antenna. No pouch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_2_11122024.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_2_11122024-800x591.webp\" alt=\"TEF6686 delivery\" class=\"wp-image-8572\" style=\"width:690px;height:auto\" title=\"TEF6686 delivery\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_2_11122024-800x591.webp 800w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_2_11122024-300x222.webp 300w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_2_11122024-768x567.webp 768w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_2_11122024-600x443.webp 600w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_2_11122024.webp 919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>TEF6686 delivery<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having a metal casing makes this devices look sturdier and of course it could allow for better shielding.<br>However performances between both devices seem equal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_11122024.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_11122024-800x465.webp\" alt=\"Metal cased TEF6686\" class=\"wp-image-8562\" style=\"width:691px;height:auto\" title=\"Metal cased TEF6686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_11122024-800x465.webp 800w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_11122024-300x174.webp 300w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_11122024-768x447.webp 768w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_11122024-1536x893.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_11122024-600x349.webp 600w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_11122024-1040x605.webp 1040w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_11122024.webp 1556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Metal cased TEF6686<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately this TEF came with very old firmware (v1.18) making it impossible to hook up the device to a webserver. <br>Flashing the firmware is not too difficult. Do have a look a these instruction videos on Youtube (<a alt=\"Flashing your TEf6686\" title=\"Flashing your TEf6686\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7xOAJlPjzFE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video 1<\/a> &#8211; <a alt=\"Flashing your TEf6686\" title=\"Flashing your TEf6686\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kkpBwdhata0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video 2<\/a>). <br>Where to find the new firmware? Have a look at this <a alt=\"Github page\" title=\"Github page\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PE5PVB\/TEF6686_ESP32\/releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Github page<\/a> or check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/ZAVNdS74mC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" alt=\"Discord page\" title=\"Discord page\">Discord page<\/a> with latest (Beta) updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_3_11122024.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_3_11122024-714x800.webp\" alt=\"TEF6686 metal cased\" class=\"wp-image-8573\" style=\"width:691px;height:auto\" title=\"TEF6686 metal cased\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_3_11122024-714x800.webp 714w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_3_11122024-268x300.webp 268w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_3_11122024-768x861.webp 768w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_3_11122024-600x672.webp 600w, https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TEF_3_11122024.webp 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>TEF6686 metal cased<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another TEF6686 has arrived. Not a Deepelec DP-666 this time but a metal cased one.The Deepelec allows the user to tap in the frequency, but this one doesn&#8217;t. No small memory buttons either.The Deepelec has a plastic casing. The new TEF6686 came with an RDS sticker, a data cable and an antenna. No pouch. Having&hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/december-11-2024-another-tef6686\/\">Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,13,15,17],"tags":[57,139],"class_list":["post-8560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ccir","category-fmdx","category-hardware","category-radio","tag-hardware","tag-tef6686"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 11:23:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijnants.info\/fmdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}