XHDATA D-808 Portable Digital Radio FM stereo/SW/MW/LW SSB RDS Air Band Multi Band Radio Speaker with LCD Display Alarm Clock External Antenna

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I also found out that some China made protected button top 18650 cells (like the one Tecsun issues) can be slightly longer and fatter than branded ones from Panasonic, LG, Sony or Samsung. Crane CC Skywave SSB, CC Skywave, CC Skywave SSB, D-808, Gary DeBock, Gary DeBock Ultralight Radio, PL-330, PL-380, R-108, Radiwow, Radiwow R-108, Radiwow R-108 Review, Tecsun, Tecsun PL-330, Tecsun PL-330 Review, Tecsun PL-380, Tecsun PL-380 Review, Ultralight DX, Ultralight DXing, XHDATA, XHDATA D-808, XHDATA D-808 Review on May 6, 2021 by Thomas. Personally I prefer protected 18650 batteries in my radios but it appears that XHDATA is confident enough to issue the non protected type.

So perhaps it’s not exactly a MW DX machine with just its internal loopstick but it performs well enough to make the band enjoyable. The Si4735 DSP chip is also used in the Eton Traveler III Ultralight radio, and although that model lacks the multiple DSP filter selections of the D-808, is has been the subject of highly successful 7.Bottom line is that the D-808 is at least very close to the PL-660 in terms of sensitivity on shortwave and I find that quite remarkable. As a result, the provided 2,000mAh battery powered the radio continuously for remarkable 32 hours, 14 of them with the display light on! It definitely looks like the two use similar PCB architecture with minor changes due to the need to adapt each to fit into different size cases. The PL-660 lends itself to such a comparison: it turned out to be the most sensitive shortwave portable with SSB in some comparison tests, so it became some kind of benchmark radio for this class of receivers and it has the same coverage as the D-808. I usually remember stuff like this, but when I first tried the D-808 in Florida back in 2018 I was more focused on assessing sensitivity, audio, and issues such as its pretty slow DSP response when changing modes.

The PL-660 is known to be very deaf on LW as well but it picks up a few stations in the evening, only some of them leave a faint clue on the D-808 and it can’t pick up BBC 4 on 198kHz even at night.Sensitivity is good enough to pick up high-power stations more than 100km away in times without any elevated conditions. This entry was posted in AM, Antennas, Mediumwave, News, Portable Radio, Radio Modifications, Radios, Shortwave Radio, Shortwave Radio Reviews and tagged D-808, Gary DeBock, XHDATA, XHDATA D-808, XHDATA D-808 Internal Photos, XHDATA D-808 Modifications, XHDATA D-808 Review on May 31, 2018 by Thomas.