Hi! I took delivery of the Xhdata D-808 radio today, pure handheld radio gold is the way I’d describe this radio. The radio is made in China and I’m told that at a glance the radio looks similar to the CC Skywave or one of the Digitech models that the electronics store Jaycar sell in Australia but as they say, “Never Judge A Book By Its Cover” because under the hood the differences are quite dramatic. I won’t go through the whole story of how the Xhdata D-808 came into existence as the 2 reviews I’ll link to below can do that job for me. Suffice to say the Xhdata D-808 is the most sensitive Medium-Wave radio I’ve ever used in a handheld multi-band radio, its even supposed to be better than the CC Skywave though I can’t make specific comments regarding this as I do not have a CC Skywave though I’ve thought about getting one many times in the past. Power is from one LI type battery which is recharged in the radio by use of the supplied USB type cable that can be connected to a computer and so on. This is interesting in itself as the Digitech radio takes 4 AA cells and I think the Skywave takes 2? Memory presets are easy to set, hold one of the numeric buttons down when tuned to the station you wish to store. The speaker sounds pleasant but the radio doesn’t have a tone control as such not that a tone control is really needed. Amplification is excellent for such a small set. Performance on the Shortwave bands is incredible given the length of the telescopic whip antenna and FM likewise. Air Band seems reasonable. Some clever arrangement of features are found on the Xhdata D-808 including the very standard tuning jog wheel and a fine tuning control thumb wheel underneath that which works on all bands. By default the buttons of the radio beep pleasantly when pressed, the beep is easily audible and not too harsh to the ear. The beeps can be turned off by holding down the number 5 button on the numeric keypad. I bought my set from Amazon Australia priority shipped for $99 Australian thus I rate this product as an extremely good value for money purchase. If you want to find out more regarding this radio then go to the following pages: A discussion of the Xhdata D-808 and modifications that can be made to make this set even more sensitive on the Medium-Wave band https://swling.com/blog/tag/xhdata-d-808/ Jay Allen’s review of the Xhdata D-808 https://radiojayallen.com/xhtata-d-808-am-fm-sw-ssb-airband-portable-radio/
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