{"id":27560,"date":"2017-08-15T07:37:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T11:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27560"},"modified":"2017-11-08T10:22:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T14:22:04","slug":"digitech-ar-1780-unboxing-photos-and-initial-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/digitech-ar-1780-unboxing-photos-and-initial-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitech AR-1780: unboxing, photos and initial impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[UPDATE: Click here to read our full review of the Digitech AR-1780<\/a>.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday, prior to heading out the door for two days of travel, I received the Digitech AR-1780 I ordered ten days ago from an Australian eBay vendor<\/a>. I’m very pleased with how quickly the order was processed and delivered via the post. The radio arrived in a rugged mail pouch and was double boxed inside.
\n\"\"<\/a>I’ve had no time to evaluate the radio’s performance yet, but I thought I’d post a few photos I took while unboxing the AR-1780.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>There’s not much in the box: just the radio and an owner’s manual. There are no batteries, no charger, and no case or carry bag. That’s okay though as the AR-1780 takes standard AA cells and I have an assortment of bags that can protect it in my suitcase.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The buttons all have a responsive, tactile feel. The hard plastic chassis feels durable.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I really like the dedicated fine tune control on the right side of the radio. \u00a0Nice touch! But 7 VDC in? That’s an odd voltage for a power supply. That’s okay by me as I never use wall wart type power supplies due to inherent noise–rechargeable Enloop AA batteries are how I power all of my portables.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Bonus! There’s also a dedicated external antenna jack! One odd thing, though, is the AR-1780 breaks the convention of having the volume control on the right side of the radio–it’s on the left instead.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>Last night, I tuned around the 31 meter band and the AM broadcast band. \u00a0I listened to the French language service of Radio Romania International from inside a noisy house–armchair copy.<\/p>\n

The AR-1780 has an impressive 7 AM bandwidth settings: 6, 4, 3, 2.5, 2, 1.8 and 1 kHz. My radio defaulted to 2.5 kHz, so you’ll want to widen that to 4 or 6 kHz before listening to most broadcasts.<\/p>\n

I really like the display–it’s compact, yet contains quite a lot of info and even has a dedicated line for FM RDS content.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This morning, I took a couple shots of the AR-1780 next to the venerable CC Skywave<\/a>. The Skywave is slightly smaller in every dimension. \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Stay tuned! Though this is a very busy week for me–with travels and total solar eclipse preparations–I plan to put the Digitech AR-1780 through the paces. I’ll try to post updates as I have time. \u00a0Follow the tag: Digitech AR-1780<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[UPDATE: Click here to read our full review of the Digitech AR-1780.] Yesterday, prior to heading out the door for two days of travel, I received the Digitech AR-1780 I ordered ten days ago from an Australian eBay vendor. I’m very pleased with how quickly the order was processed and delivered via the post. 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