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Monday, March 11 2019
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Monday, March 11 2019
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> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > <irca@hard-core-dx.com>, NRC <am@nrcdxas.org> > Subject: [IRCA] XHDATA D-808 > Message-ID: > <CAJ1s-FubTqw+0aTUFWH1_=- > mtFWxQ3TLmdfstNqfJ46UmNuObg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > 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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