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.m...@gmail.com> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > <irca@hard-core-dx.com>, NRC <a...@nrcdxas.org> > Subject: [IRCA] XHDATA D-808 > Message-ID: > <CAJ1s-FubTqw+0aTUFWH1_=- > mtfwxq3tlmdfstnqfj46umnu...@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 > > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
