{"id":61939,"date":"2025-02-03T22:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T02:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=61939"},"modified":"2025-02-03T07:22:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T11:22:25","slug":"modification-to-make-the-xhdata-d-220-dial-easier-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/modification-to-make-the-xhdata-d-220-dial-easier-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Modification to make the XHDATA D-220 dial easier to read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/XHDATA-D-220-Dial-Modification-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61940\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/XHDATA-D-220-Dial-Modification-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/XHDATA-D-220-Dial-Modification-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/XHDATA-D-220-Dial-Modification-1-176x300.jpeg 176w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/XHDATA-D-220-Dial-Modification-1-600x1024.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/XHDATA-D-220-Dial-Modification-1-768x1311.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/XHDATA-D-220-Dial-Modification-1-900x1536.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/XHDATA-D-220-Dial-Modification-1-624x1065.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Jason Harvey, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Just thought I\u2019d share, I\u2019ve seen the bandaid dial scale mod for the D-220 to help with tuning. Not sure if anyone else has been able to mod the actual dial marker yet to make it more visible on the orange D-220 though, but it\u2019s really not hard if you\u2019re used to working on electronics. I just pulled the 2\u201d plastic dial \u201cstring\u201d out of mine after removing the back and lifting the circuit board, painted the front tab black, and reinstalled it in reverse. The end of the \u201cstring\u201d has a tiny tab that just plugs into the front of the tuning pot cover, and when reseating the board it all slips back into place with a little guidance. This is made easier if you leave the tuning pot in the same spot it\u2019s in when you lift the board, which one should note when they start.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">[&#8230;] I\u00a0came across this video that describes modding the XHDATA D-220 dial for better visibility.<\/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\/-gvZgyNy81E?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jason Harvey, who writes: Just thought I\u2019d share, I\u2019ve seen the bandaid dial scale mod for the D-220 to help with tuning. Not sure if anyone else has been able to mod the actual dial marker yet to make it more visible on the orange D-220 though, but it\u2019s [&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":[3,139],"tags":[10695,10579],"class_list":["post-61939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-modifications","tag-jason-harvey","tag-xhdata-d-220"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-g71","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65548,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/xhdata-d-221-a-d-220-now-with-weather-band\/","url_meta":{"origin":61939,"position":0},"title":"XHDATA D-221: A D-220 Now with Weather Band!","author":"Robert Gulley","date":"March 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"By Robert Gulley K4PKM XHDATA recently contacted me about a new portable radio, the D-221, which will look very familiar, as it is based on the popular D-220 pocket radio. 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