{"id":29399,"date":"2017-12-04T07:01:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T11:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29399"},"modified":"2017-12-04T07:01:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T11:01:39","slug":"keith-is-impressed-with-the-digitech-ar-1780","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/keith-is-impressed-with-the-digitech-ar-1780\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith is impressed with the Digitech AR-1780"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Keith Batari, who shares the following:<\/p>\n

I have just got the AR1780 and comparing with others I\u2019ve had especially the PL-660 and PL-880 beats them both. Firstly the SSB does have an annoying mute when running, but the sensitivity and sound quality is fantastic, and that goes for all bands.<\/p>\n

The airband sensitivity is also impressive with excellent squelch. Long wave sensitivity is low[…]. Tuning is without the quirks of the PL-880 and great on general coverage bands.<\/p>\n

Headphones sound great. I\u2019ve opened mine and the build quality is good with band trimmers and transformers.<\/p>\n

If anyone has acquired the circuit diagram could the post it on the Google site.<\/p>\n

If you want a radio with a lot of bang for your bucks, then look no further.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Agreed, Keith! The AR-1780 is certainly a value performer.\u00a0Click here to read our comprehensive review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I should add that while LW performance is not stellar on the AR-1780, it should suffice for LW listening in Europe, for example. The C. Crane Skywave series does not<\/em> include longwave, so if you’re looking for a compact travel portable with LW service, the AR-1780 is a better bet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Keith Batari, who shares the following: I have just got the AR1780 and comparing with others I\u2019ve had especially the PL-660 and PL-880 beats them both. Firstly the SSB does have an annoying mute when running, but the sensitivity and sound quality is fantastic, and that goes for all […]<\/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":[836,3,26,129,43,154],"tags":[6396,4556,6332,6672],"class_list":["post-29399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","tag-ar-1780","tag-digitech","tag-digitech-ar-1780","tag-keith-batari"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Eb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30382,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/comparing-the-xhdata-d-808-digitech-ar-1780-and-tecun-pl-660-on-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":29399,"position":0},"title":"Comparing the XHDATA D-808, Digitech AR-1780 and Tecun PL-660 on shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"January 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"On Friday, I managed to set aside an hour to finally do a video comparison of the Digitech AR-1780 and the new XHDATA D-808. 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