Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike, who reminds us that Jaycar has the Digitech AR-1780 on sale until December 26, 2018.
Click here to check out the sale at JayCar online.
Mike also shares the following email he received from Jaycar regarding the purchase of an AR-1780 from the United States:
Thanks for your enquiry.
The product is on special now until Dec 26 2018 at the Australian site.
Please see the following price in AUD for the order.
AR1780 x 1 $89.00 AUD
Standard Air $33.40 AUD
Total $122.40 AUDBut the Australian site is not running for overseas online order.
If you are interested to getting the product, please provide your credit
card payment to proceed the order by email or phone.
You can call our regular phone +61 2 8832 3245 during Australian
business hours to provide your credit card details. The business trading
hours are 8:30am – 5:30pm Mon – Fri. It’s 11:11am Friday here. Our staff
will make this order for you.You also can place this order directly on our US site. We have put it to
the US market now.
https://www.jaycar.us/compact-world-band-radio-with-ssb/p/AR1780The price in USD will be as follows.
AR1780 x 1 $94.95 USD
Economy Air $15.00 USD
Total $109.95 USDThe product is dispatched from Australia to the USA, so local customs
duty & taxes may apply. Delivery time estimated about 6-10 business days
via post standard air. You can track it at the post office site.Regards,
Helen Yang
Customer Service Representative
Thank you for the tip, Mike! Since I’m not a fan of sharing credit card information over email, I would encourage you to make the purchase through JayCar’s US website.
Jaycar have it on sale for AU$119 (most probably for Fathers Day here) and I just went to check if anything was different from my unit which is an early unit. Only difference I could see was the DC input now states 6-7V DC whereas mine states 7V DC input, something that has already been mentioned here….
However, did anyone notice something interesting on the images on the web page?
https://www.jaycar.com.au/digitech-compact-world-band-radio-with-ssb/p/AR1780
The unit on the display image has no Digitech marking and a black power button. It also has an Auto/Manual mark on the bandwidth button plus the Light button is labeled WX with AIR set as a sub option. Hmmm. This is the same image on the new boxes but the unit inside is the normal one with the red power button and no WX. My old box (yes I keep my boxes) has the red power button unit pictured.
Perhaps an update coming or an export unit as Australia does not have any NOAA weather stations…? No mention of Sync although the display does have SYNC and DAB indicators.
I bought my AR1780 from Jaycar when they were first announced because I was too impatient to wait for the Skywave SSB. It looked good on paper and I was really pleased when I finally tried it out. It turned out to be one of the best travel-sized radios I’ve ever owned. Being a radio junkie, I did buy the Skywave when it was finally released and an XHDATA D-808 when they first offered them at a huge discount. Both are capable radios, the latter being almost identical to the AR1780, but if I had to choose one, I’d take the Digitech. I just love it.
I’ve had mine for 6 months. It went flat quickly on standby when I first got it but that seems to have cured itself now. Maybe the batteries wern’t charged fully?
But all good now and a very sensitive radio, even just on the whip.
I’ve had mine for 1 year. Well worth the investment!