Glad you like the XHDATA D-808 Mike. I recently brought one on vacation to
Dunedin FL and I logged about 225 stations in 5 weeks. The farthest was
CFAC 960, in Calgary Alberta. I find the sound at 3 khz AM mode is
excellent for DXing. Jim, back home in the snow
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:33:20 -0400
> From: Mike Keval Brooker <keval.mike@gmail.com>
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> I don't normally buy stuff from Ebay. But when I do, it's a XHDATA D-808
> that
> isn't legally sold in North America. Cost $ AUD 118 including shipping from
> Australia via Singapore. It arrived by Canada Post on Friday, less than 2
> weeks after I ordered it. It's a little bigger than the C Crane Skywave, so
> the C Crane will still be my go-to radio for road trips and for travel
> where every cubic millimeter of backpack space is crucial. The Skywave also
> has the Weather band, which is good to have for traveling, and runs on AA
> batteries, which are sold virtually everywhere. Jury is still out on the
> D-808's lithium battery. I have no idea how long the it will last, how
> often it will need to be recharged (so far, it doesn't seem like it will
> need to be plugged in every night like my phone) and how many recharges it
> can handle before it craps out and needs to be replaced. I don't think
> lithium batteries like the one in the D-808 are easy to find or are even
> sold in North America.
>
> The D-808's user manual is written in pretty poor Chinglish. But this is
> non unusual with many made-in-China products. It doesn't come with
> headphones or a charger. Only a USB charging cable.
>
> So far, after using it only a couple days, the D-808 has a slight edge over
> the C Crane on AM, a bigger edge on SW. But neither will beat my 1978
> Panasonic RF-2200.
>
> 73
>
> Mike Brooker
> Toronto, ON
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