{"id":30382,"date":"2018-01-21T07:56:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T11:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30382"},"modified":"2018-01-21T07:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T11:56:09","slug":"comparing-the-xhdata-d-808-digitech-ar-1780-and-tecun-pl-660-on-shortwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/comparing-the-xhdata-d-808-digitech-ar-1780-and-tecun-pl-660-on-shortwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing the XHDATA D-808, Digitech AR-1780 and Tecun PL-660 on shortwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/XHDATA-D-808-Digitech-AR-1780-side-by-side-e1515687757734.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30144\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/XHDATA-D-808-Digitech-AR-1780-side-by-side-1024x613.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, I managed to set aside an hour to finally do a video comparison of the <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/review-of-the-digitech-ar-1780-portable-shortwave-radio\/\">Digitech AR-1780<\/a> and the new <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/xhdata-d808\">XHDATA D-808<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I placed a table in my driveway, far away from any source of RFI, and set up the radios in identical configurations: same orientation, antennas fully-extended, same AM bandwidth (4.0 kHz), same audio levels, etc. For good measure, I also included the venerable Tecsun PL-660 in the mix.<\/p>\n<p>This was still daytime listening, so all of the stations were from 31 meters and up.<\/p>\n<p>Apologies in advance: somehow the cord from my monitoring headphones is in the shot on some of these videos! I&#8217;m still getting used to the new Zoom Q2n video camera:<\/p>\n<h2>WRMI 9,455 kHz<\/h2>\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\/OZjxGveLnH0?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\/OZjxGveLnH0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>WWV 15 MHz<\/h2>\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\/3hjZzCowTCo?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\/3hjZzCowTCo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Deutsche Welle 15,200 kHz<\/h2>\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\/62w_Rdy4rIQ?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\/62w_Rdy4rIQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Afia Darfur 9,825 kHz<\/h2>\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\/Rsd9WHqRTig?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\/Rsd9WHqRTig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I should add that QSB was slow and deep on Friday. Twice I had to re-shoot videos because the station simply faded into oblivion.<\/p>\n<p>I plan to do a few more comparisons with the XHDATA D-808 and Digitech AR-1780 soon as I&#8217;m very curious how SSB reception may differ.<\/p>\n<p>Please comment with your observations. Which radio did you prefer? I&#8217;ll hold my comments for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. I placed a table in my driveway, far away from any source of RFI, and set up the radios in identical configurations: same orientation, antennas fully-extended, same AM bandwidth (4.0 kHz), [&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":[3,43,154,304],"tags":[6396,6620,4556,6332,332,2748,34,479,330,6621,6619,6774],"class_list":["post-30382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","category-videos","tag-ar-1780","tag-d-808","tag-digitech","tag-digitech-ar-1780","tag-pl-660","tag-radio-comparison","tag-shortwave","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-660","tag-xhdata","tag-xhdata-d-808","tag-xhdata-d-808-digitech-ar-1780-comparison"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7U2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29108,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/the-xhdata-d-808-shortwave-portable-a-variation-of-the-digitech-ar-1780\/","url_meta":{"origin":30382,"position":0},"title":"The XHDATA D-808 shortwave portable: A variation of the Digitech AR-1780?","author":"Thomas","date":"November 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ivan, who shares the following: In December, sales of this radio will begin. 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It looked good on paper and I was really pleased when\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/XHDATA-D-808-Digitech-AR-1780-side-by-side-1024x613.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/XHDATA-D-808-Digitech-AR-1780-side-by-side-1024x613.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/XHDATA-D-808-Digitech-AR-1780-side-by-side-1024x613.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29939,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/rolf-shares-interior-shots-of-the-xhdata-d-808\/","url_meta":{"origin":30382,"position":5},"title":"Rolf shares interior shots of the XHDATA D-808","author":"Thomas","date":"January 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rolf Snijder, who writes: Here are some pictures from my new XHData D-808. 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