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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After that, you’re getting into continuously variable bandwidth control found in premium DSP receivers. On pretty much all of the tiny shortwave portables, SSB reception comes with some tradeoffs and the D-808 is no exception. The SSB mode operates very similar to that of the Skywave SSB in providing a quick check of carrier strength on weak AM band targets– the LSB mode can be set to +55, and the radio tuned to different frequencies to check fringe station carrier strength.

Well…for those bemoaning the lack of a jack for an external LW/MW antenna, it looks to these old eyes that there is ample space to neatly install a 3. I noticed that when I turned down the volume to the minimum, there is a hissing background noise present on all bands, (esp. The chuffing gets replaced by less annoying muting when tuning in AM mode, the ability to quickly scan a band with the main tuning knob seems to be less hindered by that.The tuning knob and the fine-tuning thumbwheel have quite strong detents, so they are not very prone to unintentional detuning. My favorite stations are all in memory and I’ve covered the display with a bit of cardboard so the light doesn’t disturb her either. While my 808 has been perfect, I just received a new Tescun PL-860 this week and right out of the box the tuning knob would not change the frequency, so it is on its way back to Hong Kong… quality control is indeed lacking on today’s units. Opening the AR-1780 requires pulling off the encoder knob (not an easy task on my unit) and removing a total of seven small screws. Being noticeably better than the Tecsun, I then compared it to my old Grundig Satellit 400 (which has an average sensitivity on MW) and the D-808 matches its performance perfectly.

I’ve seen quite a few complaints/misunderstandings about the D-808’s operation and I think this is due to the fact that there is a fundamental difference between e. Ultralight Radio DXing has inspired spinoff fascination not only with portable antennas like the new Ferrite Sleeve Loops (FSL’s) but also with overseas travel DXing, enhanced transoceanic propagation at challenging sites like ocean side cliffs and Alaskan snowfields, as well as at isolated islands far out into the ocean. That even regular good signals outside the filter passband can trigger unwanted AGC action might be more or less common with most of those DSP radios. I am new to the hobby and would like to know if the D-808 alphanumeric display is used for anything other than RDS.

For me, the unique combination of size, sensitivity and selectivity is making up for the shortcomings, it certainly remains a very interesting radio and I can’t remember carrying one around that much, ever. This is making an old dream come true for me – a full-featured “communication receiver” (well, almost) that’s “wearable”, one that allows me to enjoy hands-free and hassle-free full shortwave reception on all bands without compromises (particularly in sensitivity) when I do the boring walks the doctor prescribed! New Radios are few and far between these days and likely to get rarer with SDR becoming more common but as much as I like SDR I like to listen to radio without a computer and would like to see higher quality radios in the future.