{"id":53623,"date":"2022-08-07T06:53:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T10:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=53623"},"modified":"2022-11-18T08:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T12:34:14","slug":"wlodek-shares-an-air-raid-prompted-radio-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/wlodek-shares-an-air-raid-prompted-radio-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Wlodek Shares an Air Raid-Prompted Radio Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wlod-Comparison-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53625\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wlod-Comparison-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wlod-Comparison-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wlod-Comparison-1-300x122.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wlod-Comparison-1-1024x416.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wlod-Comparison-1-768x312.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Wlod-Comparison-1-624x254.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor and friend, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.us7ign.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wlodek (US7IGN)<\/a>, who writes from Kiev:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hello!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Because of another <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/video-clip-ukrainian-radio-staff-announce-broadcast-will-continue-after-air-raid-alert\/\">air raid alert<\/a>, I can\u2019t sleep and I decided to make a small comparison of the receivers of the 60s and the modern one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Of course, you can not compare their size and weight, as well as some features.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This Chinese XHDATA D-808 was given to me by a friend for comparison. When he was just choosing a good receiver, I advised him to buy an old Sony 7600 series or Panasonic B65, for example. But he decided that modern technology is better at handling the task of receiving. But it turned out to be not so clear:<\/p>\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\/4hZW0HpCTYA?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\/4hZW0HpCTYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Radios:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/antiqueradios.com\/forums\/\/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;t=408337&amp;start=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philips All Transistor L4X39T<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/antiqueradios.com\/forums\/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;t=408139&amp;hilit=hitachi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hitachi WH-859D<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/antiqueradios.com\/forums\/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;t=416083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toshiba IC-70<\/a><\/li>\n<li>XHDATA D-808<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">73 de US7IGN!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for sharing this, Wlod. I wish the circumstances for the radio comparison were better&#8211;even though I know air raids have sadly become a fact of life for many in Ukraine, I can&#8217;t imagine sleeping through them.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your short comparison is interesting too. I consider the D-808 to be an excellent little DSP portable, but the audio simply can&#8217;t compare with your vintage radios. Indeed, the vintage receivers seem to handle the QRM a bit better than the D-808 as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for sharing this and wishing you the very best, OM.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and friend, Wlodek (US7IGN), who writes from Kiev: Hello! Because of another air raid alert, I can\u2019t sleep and I decided to make a small comparison of the receivers of the 60s and the modern one. Of course, you can not compare their size and weight, as well as [&hellip;]<\/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":[373,433,3,305,26,4796],"tags":[9920,9919,2748,9921,9116,9951,6619],"class_list":["post-53623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radios","category-vintage-radio","tag-hitachi-wh-859d","tag-philips-l4x39t","tag-radio-comparison","tag-toshiba-ic-70","tag-vlad-us7ign","tag-wlodek-us7ign","tag-xhdata-d-808"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dWT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54010,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/treetop-antennas-featured-with-my-friend-wlodek-us7ign-on-bbc-radio-4-short-cuts\/","url_meta":{"origin":53623,"position":0},"title":"Treetop Antennas: Featured with my friend Wlodek (US7IGN) on BBC Radio 4 Short Cuts","author":"Thomas","date":"September 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm very honored to be featured with my good friend Wlodek (US7IGN) in a short radio documentary on BBC Radio 4 today. 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