D-808 Professional Portable Radio | FM Stereo/SW/MW/LW/Air Band Coverage with SSB RDS | High Sensitivity, External Antenna 2000mAh Rechargeable Battery | Dual Alarm Clock, Sleep Timer & Squelch

So I got this XHDATA radio, (another one - I know!) but this is probably their best all round set - the XHDATA D-808. First off, the sound on this thing is really clear. The built-in speaker’s got some decent oomph to it – you’re not left straining to hear, even if there’s a bit of noise about. Using the Bandwidth button can also improve the sound. It picks up all sorts of stations too, so whether you’re after FM, MW, or all the shortwave stuff, it’s got you sorted - including Air Band, and Single Side Band - so cool for amateur radio listening & other SSB broadcasts. Size-wise, it’s quite neat - just big enough to feel sturdy but not a faff to carry around. Fits right in my small shoulder sports bag, which is a great for taking it down the allotments or on a weekend away. There’s even a 3.5mm headphone jack, so if you’re in the garden or on the bus, you can stick your headphones in and listen away without bothering folks around you. Charging it’s a doddle too – comes with a USB-C cord, and there’s a decent battery in it, so you’re not forever hunting for a plug. It lasts ages once it’s charged, mind, which is ideal if you’re outdoors a lot. It’s got some belting extras as well – there’s an automatic scan function, so it finds and saves loads of stations for you (up to 100 per band, they reckon). You can even set it as an alarm clock, which I wasn’t expecting – either a nice gentle radio wake-up or a buzzer if you’re a heavy sleeper. It’s dead handy with the time display, too – you can set it yourself or it’ll do it for you if it picks up the RDS signal (on FM). Comes with everything you’d need – USB cord, long wire antenna, battery (just remember to take that little bit of paper out before using), and even a carry bag to keep it safe. Plus, there’s a 12-month warranty, so you’re covered if anything goes wrong. All in all, it’s cracking value for money. Decent sound, loads of features, and portable enough for wherever you’re headed. I've included loads of different pictures in the review. I mean, it looks very stylish as well 👍 Also, I can only upload one video with Amazon - so did a quick shortwave scan when I was out in the garden - picking up several international broadcasters. I still haven't got through experiencing everything on the radio as there's so much to play with and enjoy! 👍😀 But... I'm so enthused about it... lol... I just wanted to tell you all about it! So - "Yes" - I would highly recommend the XHDATA D-808. In my view it's probably the best one they make, and from what I've experienced so far of it I don't think there's a better one (made by anyone) that performs well and is such a great price 👍😀 Get one today!

Great compact radio with very good build quality. I bought it for monitoring air band pilot chatter and it works well for that combined with some websites. The short wave spectrum is amazing for listening to world radio broadcasts from New Zealand to Tobago. It's a fine skill as it depends on time of day and frequency but I recommend you read the website short-wave DOT info (replace DOT with . ) and the tab called propagation. The site will list all the world stations and frequencies theybarevtransmitting in , a but like the TV guide but for radio. PROS: Great quality, retractable antenna, small, built in rechargeable battery that charges with a mobile phone charger CONS: Would have been awesome if it had Bluetooth connectivity so I could link it to my wireless earphones.

This is a good quality receiver that does what it says on the box. Not cheap, but worth the money. All bands work well and unit is sensitive, but not driven to distortion. Positive points..... All.... Bad points... The only negative points is that it could be a little larger and the manual needs a magnifying glass to read it... But do read the manual.. If you want to listen to shortwave, amateurs and aircraft, this is great for indoor use, unlike my Yaesu.. NOTE... I have not received anything for this recommendation. Addendum.... Still pleased and the air and is sensitive.... Biggest problem so far encountered.... Using the memory... Not intuitive... Further update.. Is it possible to turn the alarm off? Normally a short push stops the alarm and a long push cancels the alarm on all clocks.. Nope.... No matter what I do, it just keeps turning itself back on! There is nothing in the manual about it either and just to prove the point, my wife has tried and failed... This is not good design and totally unnecessary. Eventually, we found by trial and error that the AL symbol doesn't mean the alarm is on or off, there is a minute sign that I cannot even see with reading glasses on.... So much for sight impaired people..

Wow! This little radio is unbelievable, packed with so many different features. It's very sensitive and picks up many stations on Short Wave, even with the attached whip antenna! The video attached was taken at midnight here in the U.K during an alleged solar storm with some sensationalist social media folk claiming global radio blackouts! If that's true then this lovely radio has exceptional reception! The radio arrived in excellent packaging, very secure and had a long journey arriving with no damage, in the box you get the radio, a comprehensive user manual in a variety of languages, the English is correct and easily navigated. The radio is of a very high quality, a little bit larger than the D-368 and not much heavier. The buttons are easy to operate and are well labelled, the scroll wheels have no wobble, switching between bands is simple and the display is bright and clear. MW has minimal activity...that's not the radio fault! LW is also very quiet. SW is a hive of activity in the evening, it's very therapeutic listening in to the world! Once you have a basic understanding of radio receiving you can then start to delve into the technicalities of this little powerhouse! Change bandwidth, explore the SSB, squelch, fine tuning...it's got it all! FM is very, very good! RDS on the frequency if the station is transmitting the info, the inbuilt speaker is astounding for it's size, a rich stereo sound through headphones, battery life is also excellent! I really love this radio, the only downside (not a negative) is as with all DSP radios...the soft muting, if you definitely don't want that then I highly recommend the D-368 for smooth tuning. XHDATA are an excellent company and I've had contact with their customer service who do reply quickly and are very polite, eager to help and offer excellent support. In summary....high quality radio, beautiful FM sounds, highly sensitive SW (for me anyway), no issues at all and I highly recommend this radio. It is quality!

I was looking for a portable radio I could use to (besides regular FM stuff) listen air bands and a couple of domestic radio stations on MW I can use at home and outside of home. Some SW optionally. I did a comprehensive research of options under €100, including web articles, lots of youtube reviews and found that this one and Radiwow R108D fit my needs. I gave the XHDATA a try and was positively surprised with what I've got for this price. What I like in this radio: - the overall quality. Doesn't look cheap. - perfect quality on FM. - RDS on FM (though I don't care about RDS at all). - air band reception is acceptable and isn't worse than LiveATC streams. - Squelch for air band (squelch isn't available in other bands, it is air only). It may slightly reduce the quality, but not much and it does what it should: stays silent when there is no transmission. - battery capacity. Worked for almost a week (listening around 4hrs a day) without recharging. I have a range of tools that use 18650 batteries, so replacement (if necessary) isn't a problem for me. Some people like standard batteries you can buy everywhere, I'm fine with 18650. Micro USB charger port is convenient. Keep in mind that charger isn't included in package, only short cord. - decent speaker sound for portable radio. I get a good FM stereo in headset. - SSB in SW. I'm not a huge fan of SW, but there are several stations that use SSB (either, USB or LSB) - fine tuning is a big deal, especially in SW/MW. - built-in telescopic antenna is large enough for portable radio. The package includes external (3.5mm jack, 2m long) antenna, but it make a difference (over telescopic) in SW only. - memory size: it has a lot of space to save stations in every band. What is not perfect (may be biased or is my own problem): - quite average reception quality in MW (I'm listening a couple of stations in MW). External antenna doesn't help much and it really depends on where I am in my apartments. - user manual is very short, however it was sufficient to me to find and use features I needed. The manual requires some background radio usage knowledge which may not be suitable for very beginners. Bottom line: I think this radio is one of the best on portable "under €100" radio market. It provides plenty of functions which you may not find in most of non-portable radios. In overall it exceeded my expectations. It does everything what I need and even more.

I'm analogue. I grew up with big radios with clear displays, big knobs and smooth mechanical tuning, so I've never fallen in love with these little plastic push button receivers. Having said that I can't put a big old radio in my pocket. This radio is small, light and functional. The sound quality is adequate but not great. There is no tone control. Sensitivity is fine for strong stations but it needs an external aerial for weaker signals. The air band doesn't seem to work very well though. As for durability, only time will tell. If it dies I'll edit this review and let you know.

This a remarkably good little radio. It has both excellent sensitivity and selectivity, which are, IMHO, the two most important attributes of any receiver. Although the short wave bands are much less used than a few years ago I have been pleasantly surprised by how much I can pick up, using either the whip antenna or a short long wire. There appears to be very little overloading. I have a 50kW medium wave transmitter (Radio 5 Live 909kHz) about five miles away and there are no spurious signals from this, apart from a very tiny second harmonic. Looking at photos of the inside, it appears that there are some LC filters fitted to the front end and it does not just rely on electronic signal processing, which improves the performance very considerably over the low cost DSP radios. You can manually select six different audio bandwidths. MW is very sensitive with very good adjacent channel rejection. Caroline 648kHz comes in quite well, although I am outside the reception area and suffer considerable co-channel interference. You can select 9 or 10KHz channel increments or tune in 1 Khz steps. I can get both R4 198KHz and RTE 1 on 252KHz LW although reception is adequate, rather than excellent, on LW. LW and MW reception would undoubtedly be improved with the use of an external loop antenna. There is an external antenna socket using a 3.5mm audio plug, and a mini long wire aerial with plug is included, which is actually quite effective on both SW and VHF. FM reception is very sensitive on the whip aerial. You can receive stereo FM on headphones. There is an RDS station display. Air Band reception is also excellent; many aircraft and airport transmissions are audible, with the additional bonus of a programmable squelch control. However, it does not automatically scan between stations, so you can only listen to one at a time. SW is remarkably good. I have been surprised by the number of stations I can receive, especially trans-Atlantic aircraft communications on SSB. You can fine-tune the BFO for SSB reception. It is not clear what units this is calibrated in, although generally I have found that you can get clear SSB reception on the zero fine-tune setting so frequency calibration appears to be spot-on. Audio is crisp and clean and quite loud for such a small set. The radio has very wide frequency coverage from 150-450 KHz, 520 Khz- 29.999 MHz, 64-108 MHz FM and as an additional feature, Air Band 118-137MHz AM. Not many of the current generation of DSP receivers have such wide coverage, as several only start their SW coverage from 2.3MHz. It comes complete with a rechargeable Li Fe battery. Don’t forget to remove the little tab insulator before use! Battery life and operation appears similar to a mobile phone, with the additional and welcome bonus of using a standard smart phone charger and socket so you won’t need an additional charger if you are travelling. However, you may find that there will be additional noise if you use the radio whilst charging. The display is very clear, a nice pale blue background with a clock and alarm. You can select the backlight to stay on all the time, if required. Rather annoyingly, the display reverts to displaying temperature when you switch off. It also has a signal meter, although the meaning of the calibration of this is somewhat of a mystery. The overall design and quality of the case is pleasingly understated and it will fit in a large pocket so it is easy to take with you when you travel. You have various options when tuning; there is a rotary knob with soft click which feels quite nice, rather like a traditional flywheel tuner. You can select slow (1Khz) or fast (5KHz) steps or lock the tuning. There are also push buttons for up/down tuning if you prefer, or you can select from the memories. It will take some time to get to know all the features. The instructions are concise, rather that comprehensive, although written in quite good English. The main drawback is that it is fiddly to store and retrieve frequencies. There is a feature called PAGE which requires three keystrokes to store or retrieve stations, and this is a bit tiresome. You cannot just flip between memory positions. But apart from these minor quibbles, this is overall a really excellent set and it is obvious that there has been a lot of thought put into the design and production. I think that the performance compares very favourably with the competition, and for the price it is really good value. So whilst it may not be quite up to full communication receiver specifications it comes very close, especially given the compact size. You are unlikely to be disappointed.

I haven't used a shortwave receiver for about 15 years - my previous receiver was a Sangean ATS-803A, which is a well-regarded receiver I had owned since the "golden years" of shortwave broadcasting. I only sold it because it no longer received anything at all on SW (though moving to a block of flats may have contributed). I am well aware that many countries no longer make international broadcasts on shortwave. However, I have been reading up on this recently, and I felt that it was worth trying one of the new DSP/SDR receivers which are now available at reasonable prices. The supplied "long wire" isn't really long enough, but works reasonably well. Using the XHDATA long wire antenna I purchased separately makes a big difference. So far, I have listened to English broadcasts from the USA, China, Turkey, Vatican City and Romania, and I have also heard Spanish and Indian broadcasts as well, all in acceptable sound quality. There are many other stations available, in various languages. Within this price range, I wasn't expecting much. Continuous tuning from 150 KHz to 30000 KHz would have been better (without this, it's not possible to receive e.g. numbers stations or VOLMET broadcasts); likewise, SSB would have been better if it had separate switches for LSB/USB, and a BFO would have helped as well. However, SSB is of lesser importance to me than the broadcast bands are. Judging by reports online, it appears that the manual has been rewritten recently, and is apparently much easier to folow. I had no problems with setup, but I am an experienced SWLer - beginners may still find it a little confusing. Overall, I recommend this receiver, with some reservations. I think it's a good starter receiver, and I am already researching antennae/receivers with more advanced features. So it looks like SW never went away after all! ETA: it appears that it IS possible to search for stations outside the broadcast bands; however, this requires you to enter an exact frequency at the beginning/end of a specific band, and then use the dial to search for stations manually. The user manual doesn't appear to suggest that this is possible, but it is!. I found this out by accident :)