{"id":30303,"date":"2018-01-15T19:03:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T23:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30303"},"modified":"2018-01-15T19:03:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T23:03:05","slug":"mark-recommends-the-otterbox-3000-as-a-robust-case-for-the-xhdata-d-808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/mark-recommends-the-otterbox-3000-as-a-robust-case-for-the-xhdata-d-808\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark recommends the Otterbox 3000 as a robust case for the XHDATA D-808"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:<\/p>\n

Thomas,<\/p>\n

I’m something of an obsessive when it comes to hardcore protective cases for radios, phones and other gadgets.<\/p>\n

I was very pleased then to discover that my new XHDATA D-80, which arrived today from Amazon UK<\/a>, fits inside my Otterbox 3000 dry box with room to fit small accessories.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Although they are discontinued now, I’ve picked up Otterbox dry boxes (such as the 2000 box) from eBay new or lightly used<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My early impressions of the radio are all positive, and I’m looking forward to exploring it further in the next few days.<\/p>\n

Click here to search eBay.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As you well know, Mark, I’m a certified pack and case<\/em> geek. Seeing how well it fits your D-808, I know the Digitech AR-1780 should fit too.<\/p>\n

How enabling of you, Mark! I think I’ll have to grab one of these. I have a couple of Otterboxes, but all larger (deeper) than this one. Purchasing a used case would be safe as Otterbox products are incredibly durable and nearly indestructible.\u00a0 Thanks for the tip, Mark!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: Thomas, I’m something of an obsessive when it comes to hardcore protective cases for radios, phones and other gadgets. I was very pleased then to discover that my new XHDATA D-80, which arrived today from Amazon UK, fits inside my Otterbox 3000 dry box with […]<\/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":[4199,3,26,43],"tags":[4695,6620,5458,6760,4694,4693,6621,6619,6761],"class_list":["post-30303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-cases","tag-d-808","tag-mark-hirst","tag-otterbox-3000","tag-radio-cases","tag-shortwave-radio-cases","tag-xhdata","tag-xhdata-d-808","tag-xhdata-d-808-case"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7SL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30413,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/marks-update-the-otterbox-3250-dry-box-as-a-radio-case\/","url_meta":{"origin":30303,"position":0},"title":"Mark’s update: The Otterbox 3250 dry box as a radio case","author":"Thomas","date":"January 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who shares this update about using the Otterbox dry box as a case for the XHDATA D-808. Mark writes: I was mistaken in my belief that Otterbox no longer make dry boxes. It seems like a year ago they decided to \"return\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Accessories"","block_context":{"text":"Accessories","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/accessories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/otterbox-3250-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30142,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/xhdata-d-808-and-digitech-ar-1780-comparing-size-and-appearance\/","url_meta":{"origin":30303,"position":1},"title":"XHDATA D-808 and Digitech AR-1780: Comparing size and appearance","author":"Thomas","date":"January 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Tuesday evening, I received my long-awaited XHDATA D-808 from AliExpress via the postal service. Yesterday morning, I unboxed it and started charging the included 18650 Li-Ion cell. I haven't properly put it on the air yet but if you're interested in some initial reports, check out these previous posts. Dimensions\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Products"","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/D-808-AR-1780-Keypad.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":30054,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/xhdata-d-808-modification-to-allow-an-external-mediumwave-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":30303,"position":2},"title":"XHDATA D-808 modification to allow an external mediumwave antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"January 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Rolf Snijder, who writes: I have added an external antenna capability for mediumwave on the XHData D-808. Simply add a 27 pF capacitor on the backside of the PCB on C10 to the the ferrite antenna. The mod causes no loss on FM or shortwave! I also\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mediumwave"","block_context":{"text":"Mediumwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/mediumwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/XHdata-D808.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":29568,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/update-xhdata-d-808-shortwave-radio-goes-live\/","url_meta":{"origin":30303,"position":3},"title":"Update: XHDATA D-808 shortwave radio goes live","author":"Troy Riedel","date":"December 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Overnight I received the following email: This is Sylvia from global radio store in Aliexpress platform, I want to inform you that XHDATA D-808 radio will start to selling at American time 2017\/12\/09 13:00. The sale price is $69.98[...] I'm sure we'd all like to hear from anyone who takes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Products"","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/XHdata-D808.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":35716,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/perfect-fit-cases-for-the-ats-909x-and-d-808-radios\/","url_meta":{"origin":30303,"position":4},"title":"“Perfect Fit” Cases for the ATS-909X and D-808 Radios","author":"Guy Atkins","date":"January 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm generally not a fan of slip-cover cases (or pouches) that are included with many portable radios. I like to have a little extra padding around radios, but I don't like bulky cases either. My preference is to carry accessories separately and keep the case as small as possible while\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Accessories"","block_context":{"text":"Accessories","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/accessories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ATS-909X_case-1024x452.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ATS-909X_case-1024x452.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ATS-909X_case-1024x452.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"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":30303,"position":5},"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. Several readers have requested \"under the hood\" photos of each radio, to compare internal designs. This morning, I had a few minutes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "New Products"","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-Inside-1-e1516287414339.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-Inside-1-e1516287414339.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-Inside-1-e1516287414339.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Digitech-AR-1780-Inside-1-e1516287414339.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}