{"id":61751,"date":"2025-01-16T08:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T12:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=61751"},"modified":"2025-01-16T08:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T12:43:10","slug":"why-jeff-returned-the-qodosen-dx-286","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/why-jeff-returned-the-qodosen-dx-286\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Jeff Returned the Qodosen DX-286"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Jeff McMahon, who notes that he\u2019s published his thoughts about the Qodosen DX-286<\/b><\/a> [SWLing Post affiliate link]<\/em>\u00a0over on his blog, The Herculodge<\/a>.<\/i> While the DX-286 had solid AM reception, its audio quality and build didn\u2019t quite meet his needs.<\/p>\n

In the end, Jeff opted for a more robust choice for his setup. Curious about his experience with the DX-286 and why he made the switch? Read Jeff’s review here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Jeff McMahon, who notes that he\u2019s published his thoughts about the Qodosen DX-286 [SWLing Post affiliate link]\u00a0over on his blog, The Herculodge. While the DX-286 had solid AM reception, its audio quality and build didn\u2019t quite meet his needs. In the end, Jeff opted for a more robust choice […]<\/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":[3,129,43,154],"tags":[2940,4464,10675],"class_list":["post-61751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","tag-herculodge","tag-jeff-mcmahon","tag-qodosen-dx-286"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-g3Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62410,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/jeff-finds-that-the-qodosen-dx-286-struggles-with-talk-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":61751,"position":0},"title":"Jeff Finds that the Qodosen DX-286 Struggles with Talk Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Jeff McMahan for his mini update of the Qodosen DX-286. 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I picked up a D-808; I\u2019ve always wanted one. Your readers might be interested to know that the Qodosen DX-286 is also on sale for $67.99 on Amazon. 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