{"id":29108,"date":"2017-11-12T09:16:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T13:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29108"},"modified":"2017-11-13T07:48:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T11:48:31","slug":"the-xhdata-d-808-shortwave-portable-a-variation-of-the-digitech-ar-1780","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/the-xhdata-d-808-shortwave-portable-a-variation-of-the-digitech-ar-1780\/","title":{"rendered":"The XHDATA D-808 shortwave portable: A variation of the Digitech AR-1780?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29111\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/XHdata-D808.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/XHdata-D808.jpg 495w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/XHdata-D808-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Ivan, who shares the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In December, sales of this radio will begin. The seller promises to put the price of 60 US dollars. Radio of a level not lower than Tecsun PL-660 for such a small price is great! There is a video review on YouTube. Unfortunately in Russian. There is no more information on this radio on the Internet. I myself found out by accident.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FCTtQV7I4Rc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FCTtQV7I4Rc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for the tip, Ivan! I&#8217;m guessing this is yet another portable based on the Silicon Labs\u00a0SL4735.<\/p>\n<p>The display looks like that of <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/review-of-the-digitech-ar-1780-portable-shortwave-radio\/\">the Digitech AR-1780<\/a> and the keypad configuration is nearly identical&#8211;the only visible difference being the shape of the SSB button which is rectangular on the AR01780.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29110\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29110\" class=\"wp-image-29110 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad-624x512.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Digitech-AR-1780-keypad.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Digitech AR-1780 keypad.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29109\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29109\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29109\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/XHDATA-D-808-Keypad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"240\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The XHDATA D-808 Keypad.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The power buttons are also in different locations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/store\/product\/Tecsun-PL-398MP-2-2-Full-Band-Digital-Tuning-Stereo-Radio-Receiver-w-Stand-and-MP3\/1038598_1504908567.html?spm=2114.12010608.0.0.6dff1f1eK3CbPu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AliExpress has the D-808 in their catalog<\/a>, but the price is listed at $2,000 per unit (!!!) with no shipping to the US. Perhaps the pricing formula changes if you place an order within Russia?<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: Ivan adds, <em>&#8220;I talked to the seller of Xhdata D-808 on Ali about the crazy price claimed now. The seller replied that the price will be quite different and much more humane than what is now.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Again, thanks for the tip, Ivan!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> If you have the XHDATA D-808, I&#8217;d certainly welcome a review. Please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/contact\/\">contact me<\/a> about submitting one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ivan, who shares the following: In December, sales of this radio will begin. The seller promises to put the price of 60 US dollars. Radio of a level not lower than Tecsun PL-660 for such a small price is great! There is a video review on YouTube. Unfortunately in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,3196,43],"tags":[6620,6332,4082,6621,6619],"class_list":["post-29108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-shortwave-radio","tag-d-808","tag-digitech-ar-1780","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-xhdata","tag-xhdata-d-808"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7zu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30347,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/looking-under-the-hood-comparing-the-xhdata-d-808-and-digitech-ar-1780\/","url_meta":{"origin":29108,"position":0},"title":"Looking under the hood: Comparing the XHDATA D-808 and Digitech AR-1780","author":"Thomas","date":"January 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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