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Placing the D-808 on the induction antenna resulted in a very pleasing result, which was it did get reception of Iceland on 207 kHz. So this shows that it is possible to DX on the LW bands with the D-808 with some “external help”. I can’t make out the USB port in your photos but I’m also guessing they went with the older, larger, more wear-prone Mini-USB vs the now ubiquitous Micro-USB port. CCrane Skywave (the original - no ssb) - Good for FM & Weather Alerts. Bounces between the car console and the house. Solution 1: Use a battery operated headphone amp. Keeping the volume on radio to moderate/high use the volume on headphone amp to reach desired level. This will completely eliminate the noise. This works because the audio signal to noise ratio increases so much with moderate volume that when you reduce the audio through the amp the noise levels become absolutely inaudible. I use FiiO Q1 amp which has a digitally stepping volume control which eliminates any stereo channel imbalance at low volume. This imbalance issue is also there in d808 because it has analog potentiometer vol. control.
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! Nevertheless, it's possible to listen to amateur radio transmissions and I don't see it as a substitute for a "full size" station receiver. Comparing the BFO frequency accuracy (using RWM on 4996 and 9996 kHz) brought up some slight offsets across the coverage range, with different curves for LSB and USB: Nevertheless, combined with SIX bandwidth options when in SSB, the fine tuning option on the 808 is a superb feature, not to mention that on my particular D-808 there is little to no “warbling” when carrying out the fine tune operation.
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I don’t even own a XHDATA D-808, but this is very good information in case I happen to come into one. Thank you very much for your response to the problem adi. Nice to know people like you are out there.
Although the XHDATA D-808 is styled differently than the Skywave and is a bit larger, it is based on the same Silicon labs Si4735 DSP Chip, which is used in many radios including the popular C. Crane Skywave SSB, Eton Satellit and Traveler III. And while the D-808 eliminates the NOAA Weather Band of the Skywave radios (since that is a US-service it would make no sense in a radio not intended for the US market), there were a few enhancements which elevate the D-808’s performance up a notch – RDS on FM along with better sound quality and slightly better AM sensitivity. The primary reason for the superior AM is the D-808’s 3 7/8” ferrite rod antenna versus the 2 ¾” ferrite in the Skywave radios…this larger ferrite rod easily accounts for the difference I hear. There is much room for improvement though – for example the slightly borked control of the DSP, the chuffing/tuning and AGC issues on SSB let the D-808 miss the title “most stunning cheap little radio ever” by a hair.
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The XHDATA D-808 has multiple display functions, which can be toggled by the indicated key. The first option is the temperature in either Centigrade or Fahrenheit (depending on your pre-set preference), while the second option is the alarm time. The third option is the current time (which you need to set according whether you prefer UTC or local time), while the fourth option is the received signal strength in both dBu and dB.Can you tell me the similarities you’ve found between the RadiWow R-108 and the Tecsun one you mentioned above? Last week, I posted a few photos of the new XHDATA D-808 and Digitech AR-1780–two of the hottest portable shortwave radios to hit the market in recent months. I’ve been operating under an assumption similar to yours: that a retailer like Kaito USA may re-badge this radio for the US market. In the meantime, D-808 retailers aren’t allowed to be competitive in the US/Canada.
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