XHDATA D-808 pros and cons

[@CrankyEmu]

Finally a review with decent audio that doesn't tear your ears apart!

[@CarlosAguila]

Setting the Radio to SLOW TUNNING MODE .. reduces significantly the "chuffing" or muting effects. Cheers.

[@DIlic-iz9tx]

_Super good radio receiver. I don't have them. I would love to have it._

[@TheKninpeaks]

Your video about the D808 is exactly 8:08 long. I doubt that is by chance 😊

[@seboc1]

Current copys have very nice orange display light.

[@Pablo.Protasio]

Hola. Sebastian, sabes si aparte de la iluminación de color naranja de la pantalla. La XHDATA actual, tiene algunas mejoras más? que la versión anterior al año 2021? Gracias, saludos desde España 🇪🇸

[@Japik79]

PLUSY: Bardzo zgrabne urządzenie - gabaryty pozwalają na umieszczenie go w kieszeni kurtki. Z zewnątrz bardzo ładnie wykonane choć gdzieś czytałem, że dość szybko zmazują się napisy - ale tego nie dane mi było sprawdzić. Bardzo dobra czułość - zawstydzał Yaesu FT857 z anteną CHA250 na pasmach KF (szczególnie świetnie radził sobie na 7MHz LSB) oraz mój amplituner DENON ze średniej półki cenowej. Na FMie odbierał stacje, których nie słyszał DENON z zewnętrzną anteną FM zakręcony Pasmo AIR odbiera bdb (wiemy, że np nie można tego powiedzieć o Tecsun 660) Świetnie działające DSP. Ja ogólnie wykorzystywałem do nasłuchu pasm krótkofalarskich i innych stacji pracujących w SSB. Filtr DSP świetnie zawęża pasmo i rewelacyjnie wycinał ptaszki. Chińczyk coś pomieszał w sofcie bo filtr 1,2kHz jest węższy niż 1kHz. Z tego co pamiętam na SSB mamy filtry DSP 4kHz, 3kHz, 2,3kHz, 1,2kHz, 1kHz i do CW 500Hz. Ładowanie ze standardowej ładowarki 5V przez mikro USB. Czas pracy na jednym ładowaniu to kilka dni. Bardzo fajnie działa system automatycznego skanowania zapisywania komórek pamięci Ładny i czytelny wyświetlacz bez zbędnych ikon itp. 500 komórek pamieci BDB jakość i głośność dźwięku jak na tak niewielkie urządzenie. MINUSY Przestrajanie - doprowadzało mnie na początku do szału diabeł . Każdorazowy ruch gałką powodował WYCISZENIE głośnika na jakieś 200ms po czym wracał głośny szum i jakby automatyka dopiero ustawiała odpowiednie ARW. Po 2 dniach jakoś z tym zacząłem żyć i przyzwyczajać się. Budowa wewnętrzna - typowo chińska - bez dbałości o szczegóły. Niektóre elementy SMD wlutowana pod kątem (wyglada niedbale - ale to chyba wada maszyny bo takikroskopijnych elementów SMD chyba nie da się wlutować ręcznie) Wolny RDS / RT. Radio Tekst przesuwa się na wyświetlaczu na tyle powoli, że nie zdążysz przeczytać komunikatu zanim przyjdzie następny. Komórki pamięci dla KFu nie pamiętają typu modulacji oraz częstotliwości poniżej 1kHz. Tj pomimo, że pokrętło FINE jest enkoderem i na wyświetlaczu zmienia się w Hz dostrojenie - to w komórce pamięci będzie zapisana tylko f w kHz. Brak podświetlanej klawiatury - ja lubię posłuchać KFu w nocy więc jest to troszkę uciążliwe do momentu opanowania guzikologii na pamięć. Zarządzanie pamięcią - nie da się przeskakiwać z komórki do komórki kręcąc np gałką lub klikając strzałki. Trzeba klikać w cyfry 0-9, potem zmienić PAGE i znów klikać w cyfry 0-9. Reasumując - bardz fajne radio za niewielkie pieniądze (72USD z przesyłką) jeśli mamy ulubione częstotliwości. Jeśli lubimy KRĘCIĆ GAŁĄ to odradzam bo przestrajanie jest WKURZAJĄCE, a wydobywające się wtedy dźwięki doprowadzają do szału. Na słuchawkach efekt jeszcze bardziej nieznośny. Osobiście czekam na jakiś UPGRADE tego radia. Jak tylko będzie się dało przestrajać je jak np DEGEN DE1103 (bez przerw i dziwnych dźwięków przy każdej zmianie VFO)to kupię je ponownie.

[@nowyDDD]

Dzięki za Twój komentarz. Cenne uwagi. Z pewnością to radio nie jest idealne, ale za tą cenę nie ma co zbytnio narzekać. Ja coraz bardziej je lubię.

[@fmradiodx9359]

​@@nowyDDDhello, what could be broken, I have a xhdata d-808 radio, old version, all bands work, but not the air band band, I also have xhdata new version and it receives the air band very well, best regards

[@sigint99]

A pretty good SW portable with decent sensitivity and selectivity. A big letdown is the flat and hard buttons which make the radio a bit clumsy to use.

[@thedancingalien7766]

This is A Good Radio We Use It On Saturn To Listen To Earthly Drivel

[@tenfourproductionsllc]

Thanks for video. But is it too much to ask just one manufacturer to make a backstand that doesn't break real easy?

[@roeslan1969]

Thanks for your review.. I just got my D-808 online for USD70 yesterday.. It's auto tuning system (ATS) really sucks.. I just wish it's much easier to operate like Tecsun PL-310et you mentioned (which I also have).. Other than ATS, the D-808 works fine for me (so far).. I think for its low price but with all bands (including air band) & nice features like RDS (even Tecsun flagship PL-990x doesn't have this), permanent backlight, etc it's really a bargain & damn good SW radio.. Maybe I'll figure out how to resolve or improvise for that ATS issue..

[@StratmanII]

Agreed, the D-808 has pretty decent hardware but its user interface (specifically memory preset management) confused the heck out of me. I'm used to the Tecsun UI and my PL-330 is much easier to use, especially the ETM memories. The D-808 has no memory preset management and I can't even delete individual presets, let alone sort the memory slots. If it's not for the D-808's multiple bandwidth options, SSB and VHF Air Band I would have not bought my Sihuadon D-808. 🤔

[@mickcollins113]

Low price ? I just paid£85 UK not low price cos it's worth £60 to me your paying for ssb an airband

[@roeslan1969]

@@mickcollins113, maybe in UK, it's not that low price.. Or perhaps you didn't get promotional price like most people got.. 😢

[@gliderrider]

It’s 2021 as I watch this. You would think by now they could have Bluetooth for headphones. Also an option to use an outside plug-in antenna for long wave. MW (am) is pretty awesome by itself.

[@Luke-san]

Thx for your video, Just found out about this one. It shows that the perfect radio doesn't exist and that after all these years they still mute between steps.. Was looking for a Tecsun but the RDS has an advantage for me since I like FM a lot. If you decide to sell it might contact me first. I live in the Benelux.

[@nowyDDD]

Thanks Luc. I am still considering to keep the radio, but you can buy it on Amazon.uk if you want.

[@Luke-san]

Well unfortunately Amazon does not send to Belgium probably due to the 18650 cell. Already contacted the seller in China but communication is a serious challenge and I gave up today.

[@DominicFLAMME]

Hello Luc, I've just ordered one via Aliexpress, shipping from France. They perhaps accept to ship in Belgium too ...

[@Luke-san]

Hi Dominic, yes, but you are probably in France. I am in Belgium and if I choose the France warehouse on Aliexpress I get 'can not deliver to Belgique'. So it is very frustrating. I've already had some issues with import costs etc. It would be 15 euro + 21%, so the radio would be like 105 euro or something.

[@anulearntech]

The memory and paging system is by far its biggest con, I might as well use it without any preset stations, also the frequency entering and the button press is a pain and on that the buttons don't have backlighting. which you need the most when there's chance for the best signal reception - during a blackout or when you are away from electrical noise and lights.

[@ronaldzuccala1889]

Yes. I agree what a shame This radio could have been the best radio on the market. But thankyou for a very honest and direct review. Its just not worth.trying to struggle with tunning. I believe i will return mine also. Thankyou. Ron. Z. Pgh. Pa.

[@skimng1823]

10 days ago, this radio was sold at USD 69.98. 3 days ago, price increased to USD 79.98. Today, the seller Global Radio, in ALiExpress increased the price by 100 %, USD 139.98 !

[@nowyDDD]

Wow! The price in Amazon UK jumped about 8 pounds since the moment I've bought it. For 139 USD I would prefer to buy TECSUN PL-660.

[@skimng1823]

The price dropped to USD 79.78 now after I complained.

[@sparkdetect]

Also the D808 is not available in the USA. Very disappointing.

[@dhaneshn4889]

Sir, Whether the XHDATA D-808 Working Perfectly or not. I am Dhanesh from India.

[@tamietti7]

Friend, I have this radio the xhdata d-808, I can not program it to auto shut down with 15 minutes. I put it in 15 minutes but it does not turn off! thank you !

[@SCzxjk]

People who post videos and don't reply to comments are morons

[@mcdus78]

After having 9 shortwave radios since 2007, I highly recommend the ICF-SW22 for a pocket shortwave radio for DXing and SWLing period. Older tech is way better than these crappy radios coming out.

[@namesurname4666]

shortwave is not common anymore , big companies like sony are making the playstation 5 and not shortwave radios, there is not much interest in radio anymore so only some chinese manufacturers will make them

[@vahanyazarian3705]

Ditto my radios are as old as I don't mute and aren't smart!

[@jano3681]

Thsnks for the video. I was looking for new ssb portable receiver (i had degen de 1103 which was superb but i sold it). But if it mute between each vfo step - it make no sense to buy it especially for ssb operatikn. Going to buy tecsun pl-600 this time.

[@alexeizhiltsov6797]

Janusz, do not go for PL-600, it is an outdated model. Better then look towards PL-660, adding air band to the sw band, plus separate usb - lsb selection, which pl-600 does not have. The only disadvantage of 660 - you cannot switch light on constantly, like in pl-600. Or Pl-880, but that model is bigger and more expensive.

[@jano3681]

Alexei, I know 600 it's older model. I had 660 too but air band reception is very poor compare to my one of many yaasu trxes. I just need something for 80m band - LSB.

[@alexeizhiltsov6797]

Janusz: Ok, now I see. I just thought I need to warn. I have all tecsun models, so easy to compare. I personally like Eton E1 and Sony Icf-2001d, but those are bigger in size. And yes, Yaesu has great radios for airband. 73 de R2ARM!

[@allmobileworldsmartphone7675]

Manuale Italiano Pdf XHDATA D-808 -> www.allmobileworld.it/2018/10/13/xhdata-d-808-manuale-italiano-pdf/

[@cagivasupercity]

no problem with broken antenna foot, due to poor material quality?

[@chuck2501]

0:45 the included battery is rated to 2000mAh but mine tested to only 1658mAh, buy a good flat top and a ball of foil ;)

[@chuck2501]

@Bubz of Steel sure, most 18650 common cells are flat tops (no nipple) and won't work in this device. a balled up bit of foil jammed in there will let it work. just don't let it charge unattended. I recycle my 18650s from old laptops and get around 2600mAh. I use an external charger though.

[@CarlosAguila]

@Bubz of Steel I just by a panasonic 34000mah original for 5 dollars and charge it once a week. after daily use.

[@ukiklapa]

Poleciłbyś śmiało jako pierwsze radyjko globalne dla kompletnego amatora w celu zaznajomienia się z prowadzeniem nasłuchów czy to krótkofalarskich czy nawet dla popróbowania lotniczych nasłuchów, pomijam rzecz jasna cel sam w sobie czyli odbiór audycji radiowych? Czy może coś innego w podobnej półce cenowej, Dege1103, Tecsun pl660?

[@dxer22000]

this radio produces some self QRM & birdies on FM (Internal processor QRM) which can mask weak FM signals. It also has a pronounced signal threshold which makes the radio sound like a loose connection (which is not the case) - the DSP circuitry threshold. FM Sensitivity is less than the Tecsun PL-390. It requires a strong signal for both stereo & RDS

[@radiowavemaniac]

Antenna input in this radio is for FM or only AM?

[@radiowavemaniac]

jejku jakie te radio malutkie, poleciał sub

[@Berghiker]

I can't get my radio to switch to 64MHz to 86 MHz. Could it be locked? I bought it in Germany on Amazon.

[@juancorted4943]

0:04

[@shawnj6279]

Nice review

[@Japik79]

Nice radio BUT it make me crazy when I change frequency. It switch off speaker at each VFO step...for SSB it make me NERVOUS as U at 6min of your movie. If you ar elisten just memorized frequencies - U can buy it. If you like to hunt for some SSB stations - forget about it. I place order for DEGEN DE1103 again (I had it in the past - and it's really amazing)

[@mcdus78]

Japik79 I think I should buy the DEGEN DE1103. Older tech seems much better nowadays.

[@neilcampbell4833]

So SSB is poor reception ?

[@jozinzbazin7141]

@@neilcampbell4833 Reception is very good BUT tuning is NIGHTMARE. Also DSP works well even China ppl mix 1kHz with 1,5 as I remember. But each step of VFO make silence in the speaker so for example to check 80m band SSB you need few minutes to step 300kHz with 1kHz step. It's very good receiver if you listen know frequency - not looking for some frequency. Finally DEGEN1103 mentioned by me has the same problem - latest DEGENS are also SRD receivers - not like the first one analogue! Finally I've bought old school TECSUN PL600 and it's PERFECT! Tuning VFO is like it should be (no silence at each VFO step)

[@sidneycavalcant]

Qual sua escolha entre o Tecsun PL 660 e xhdata d 808 ? Ou outro rádio ?

[@Andyfun2010]

808

[@nascar0509]

People should not use unprotected vaping batteries 18650, only protected versions if upgrading field longevity.

[@WilhelmTell_CH]

A con is that the airband isn't working anymore after one week. All other bands no problem, only airband.

[@tamietti7]

I tried everything to put this radio to turn off automatically using the 15 minute time of the timer, but nothing happened! If anyone can help me, I thank you!

[@rokfam]

That is the sleep mode. Immediately after powering on (orange button), before the sound plays through the loudspeaker, hit the orange button again. Each time you press the orange button, the various sleep periods by will be displayed 120, 90, 45, 30, 15 minutes. When the display shows "on" then the sleep function is deactivated.

[@Boomchikawahwah]

I have the digitech ar-1780 and it doesn’t do this

[@electechyt]

Mine arrived this morning. Why can't anyone design a LCD display properly? Mine has such a small field of view. "They" - the manufacturer should put a contrast adjustment on it as it is just rubbish. Secondly, AM reception is CR4P. Even worse on VHF AM Civil Airband. Placed next to my ICOM A6E which receives passing aircraft on Scottish Control, Manchester Airport Tower and Approach and I am over 40Km away! The D-808... nothing. I transmitted on 130Mhz into a Dummy load - again. Nothing, yes you can tell it is on frequency OK and see the S/N ratio is huge but demodulating is rubbish. No it's not the squelch or the Receiver IF bandwidth, I tried all settings. Its just the VHF sensitivity is Low and AM demodulation is rubbish. Good point (only 1) It picked up 5505Khz USB Shannon Volmet perfectly on its little telescopic aerial and was comparable good reception and demodulation to my other HF radio which is on a multi-band dipole. I charged the D-808 for 4 hours (as the instructions didn't say how long!) then put the D-808 through its paces. 1 hour later, the battery is nearly exhausted. It appears that this LiOn cell (standard cheap 18650) is not as good as the one I purchased on eBay for another project. I emailed Radiwow to ask for their suggestions before I send the whole thing back to Amazon. Dissapointed doesn't come into it, you get what you pay for. The only problem is, all the other radios are made by the same manufacturer so will have the same problems. Still waiting for them to reply...

[@texhow1]

I have replaced the stock battery with a 3000ma type & it will play all day with all the bars showing in the display, I never use the usb charging but charge them on a proper charger which is a lot quicker.

[@davidgreedus7483]

it needs 9khz or 10khz steps for shortwave

[@nowyDDD]

it has the steps but they are used only for MW. you don't need it, and you don't want it for short wave...

[@OsageArcher1066]

No more "chuffing" radios for me! What crappy "features" the soft mute and the tuning chuffing are! I'm not going to pay the steep $$$ for radios like this one that have these annoyances - I already have Sangeans and Tecsuns that work very well and that either by their nature, or by mod, have little to no chuffing and I ain't going backwards!

[@Liofa73]

Most DSP radios mute like that.

[@altexlan415]

as whole. just talk n talk?

[@SCzxjk]

Too many reviewers these days on KZbin

[@johnatkinson5693]

Get yourself a Tecsun pl 880.It is the best.All your problems solved!

[@richardparkersmith4810]

Agreed except it does not have Airband.

[@texhow1]

@Ham Radio Extreme Maybe because it has been replaced with a newer model.

[@DXLUPO]

Puh I think this great Radio is to much for you.....not neede to show it us on video....

[@johnatkinson5693]

Have the d808 plus the tecsun Pl880 .the d808 a third of the price and not a lot of difference in performance?

[@DXLUPO]

@@johnatkinson5693 sound of Tecsun is much better, and the speaker and the memory storrage is much much better... .D808 is not bad but it looks much cheaper...

[@thedancingalien7766]

Mmm.

[@neilcampbell4833]

There's a guy on you tube praising these cheap Chinese radios. he's using a 30 meter antenna for SSB and it still sounds bad to me anyway. The aerials fall of after around a year, circuit's burn out , battery failure and glass falling of are common . I'm sure some of these you tubers are getting them free to rate them highly. I use web DSR for SSB . I think also a SDR dongle is the way to go these days nothing much on SW band's anymore. Everything is going digital.

[@geevervarghese9862]

Made of is

[@Андрей-г9ц8о]

ТЫ НЕ РУССКИЙ ЧТОЛИ

[@Costinmusca]

What an ABSOLUTELY STUPID design!.. Wtf were they thinking I wonder.. :| I've always heard people complaining about the page system with this radio, but as I'm used to my Tecsun, it never occurred to me that this radio might NOT HAVE A WAY TO SCROLL THROUGH THE MEMORIZED PRESETS.. It never popped to me that there's no way to go through Frequency Tuning and scrolling through memory presets.. This is so fucking stupid.. I was thinking "meh, who needs to go to a memory preset by the page system, I can always scroll through the memory presets until I find the one I want".. Only that THERE IS NO SUCH OPTION to begin with.. ?!? WTF.. From such a radio with so many features I would've never expected not to have a simple and BASIC FEATURE as scrolling through the fucking presets.. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ This BASIC little feature just turned this in my mind from a very nice radio that I was strongly considering to add to my collection into a CHINESE GARBAGE / PIECE OF SHIT.. (I was fucking wondering why the fuck every reviewer would choose to go through the stupid page idiotic system to find a memorized station.. - Well, that's I guess why, because there iss no other fuckin' way.. ) FUCKING STUPID!.. If only this piece of shit was capable of being reflashed/upgraded with a better firmware.. Stupid.. Real STUPID. BTW.. WHY THE FUCK NO REVIEWER WOULD EVEN MENTION THIS SHIT... ?!? That is also FUCKING STUPID.. Rant done!.