{"id":47420,"date":"2021-01-19T12:13:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47420"},"modified":"2021-01-19T12:13:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:13:52","slug":"the-new-sangean-sg-108-portable-hd-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/the-new-sangean-sg-108-portable-hd-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Sangean SG-108 portable HD radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks for SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Zack Schindler, who shares the following:<\/p>\n

Sangean released a new MW\/FM\/HDRadio this year, the SG-108: https:\/\/www.sangean.com\/products\/product.asp?mid=261&cid=3<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

It seems to be identical to the HDR-14 except for the color https:\/\/www.sangean.com\/products\/product.asp?mid=230&cid=3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I wonder if the receiver is any better than the HDR-14? I have an HDR-14 and am amazed by its performance every time I use it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for the tip, Zack! I, too, love the HDR-14<\/a>. I also love the fact the SG-108 still uses AA batteries as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks for SWLing Post contributor, Zack Schindler, who shares the following: Sangean released a new MW\/FM\/HDRadio this year, the SG-108: https:\/\/www.sangean.com\/products\/product.asp?mid=261&cid=3 It seems to be identical to the HDR-14 except for the color https:\/\/www.sangean.com\/products\/product.asp?mid=230&cid=3. I wonder if the receiver is any better than the HDR-14? I have an HDR-14 and am amazed by its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3781,6647,836,3],"tags":[600,9093,9092,7879],"class_list":["post-47420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-fm","category-hd-radio","category-new-products","category-news","tag-sangean","tag-sangean-sg-108","tag-sg-108","tag-zack-schindler-n8fnr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ckQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27531,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/sangean-tr-108-italker-ante-seeks-more-information\/","url_meta":{"origin":47420,"position":0},"title":"Sangean TR-108 iTalker: Ante seeks more information","author":"Thomas","date":"August 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ante Milisa, who writes: I came across a new product from well known radio producer Sangean: the Sangean TR-108. 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