XHDATA D-808

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The set that made cheap sideband normal. For roughly 80 dollars it gives FM with RDS, longwave, mediumwave, shortwave, air band and SSB on a silicon DSP chip, with 500 memory slots and a rechargeable 18650 cell charged over the USB socket. The maker also stands behind the RADIWOW brand and keeps warehouses in the US, Germany, Japan and other countries, so delivery is rarely a problem.

A sensible first serious radio, and a spare one for the car or the shed. It hears more than the price suggests, though soft muting chops the weakest signals and the whip joint is the part that wears out first. Buttons are logical, the display is readable, and the 18650 cell can be swapped for a fresh one in ten seconds.

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