XHDATA D-109 Shortwave Radio. This top of the line radio is perfect for General Coverage.
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2024
- This radio is great! Super sensitive receiver, nice features and overall it had everything you'd want from an AM/SW radio.
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I honestly believe everyone should have a good radio ready to use in your home in case of emergency , and short wave is kinda like a bonus on this.
Agreed.
Having a stand in the back is great when the radios are so compact. It allows you to set it down with the antenna up and not have it blowing over.
Agreed!
The only thing I wish radio manufacturers would do is have a "true scan" for short wave where it scans EVERY frequency instead of skipping to the primary bands (and missing all the super interesting in between frequencies). The odd-ball frequencies are where the action is.
I agree!
Is it not possible to do true scan in any radio
Well them how can you do true scan!! Ha come on Mr mat Bart,
Nice review, Erik. Looks like this one ticks all the boxes! I just might pop for this one. Thanks!
It's a good deal. The sensitivity on this one is pretty impressive.
Thanks, Eric. I've been around your channels for a long while. I've watched nearly all of your videos. Out of all of the SW radios reviews you've done, I feel this radio is the best fit for me. I just ordered one. I really didn't want to order it from China, but there wasn't another option in this price range. I'm in upstate SC. I'll be doing some outdoor stuff around my property. I'm not really a music guy, but I enjoy listening to outlandish talk radio while I work. LOL! Great video. Keep'em coming.
You won't be disapointed!
Good video. I like these reviews. I bought a sangean 909 that seemed like it was really nice but had barely any volume. Had to return it. Don't be afraid to play those topics on the radio. People need to hear it and prep now.
I am always worried about RUclips censorship or whiny people complaining to them. Sad world we are living in.
@@FarpointFarms Good point. Agree with you 100%! Thanks for the video too. I didn't know about them and I just ordered a XHDATA D-808.
Looking for a small, SW, all-n-one radio to travel with. I think you just helped me find it. Thanks and keep doing what you do. 👍🏼
This is just what you need. I take mine all over!
Great video as usual. Thank You
Thanks for watching!
I'm impressed how compact shortwave receivers are underrated well most are.. This one looks like a must for me 👍
They really make some nice compact SW radios these days.
Looks very nice.
Agreed.
Nice radio for general coverage has almost everything. With less price than my executive Eton elite I have. I love my multi band SW radios too!
Agreed. I am really impressed with the receive on this one!
The best radio you could have for the price ...Amazing radio
I really love mine!
I’ve never seen your channel before.
I’ve been a radio listener for over 50 years [ SW, and MW].
I have most of the modern popular radios, including the XHDATA D-808.
So far, their radios have been excellent.
I will be getting this one- as soon as I know all the kinks have been ironed out.
[ they had the one problem with this radio, but to their credit, they took care of it QUICK❗️].
This looks to be a promising radio ,[ even without SSB].
📻🙂
Welcome to the channel!
What problem..?
Hi Eric! Love your channel. It has helped greatly with me getting back into radios. Dusted off some of my Realistic scanners and CB radios to setup up a base station. I have been shopping around for a shortwave radio. My dad has Realistc DX-160 but its too big for me. XHData seems like the right quality and portable with an external antenna hookup. Too bad everything now a days are coming from China. Wonder if you put any thought of posting a video on radios made outside of China? Or, at least from radio manufactures outside of China? Thanks again for your videos!!!
While I agree its sad that there are no US made radios, the fact is, there are very few if any radios left in the world being made outside of China. I say it all to often, but the only thing being made in America is debt.
45.99 on Amamzon
I just ordered one of these a few days ago. You have to order factory direct since Amazon doesn't list this yet. They do list a model with a similar name but it doesn't have a digital display. I'm already set up for quick charging 18650 cells like this radio uses which is one of the many features leading me to get one of these. Sounds good for its size too.
It is brand new, and I think you will like it!
6:11 that is a very good point and one of the reasons I am getting into radio and SW. I want free speech and a more reliable, unbiased source of news.
Bingo! Me too my friend.
Toddebert reviewed this on his channel. I ordered one. From what I understand, it sounds pretty good. Bluetooth is a nice feature too, particularly if you’re listening to podcasts. I have a few Tecsuns, and I am interested to see how this radio compares to those. The interface seems very much like a Tecsun.
You will have to let me know what you think of it. I really like mine
@@FarpointFarmsI got it yesterday. After using it 10 minutes, it would not receive MW or FM. Bluetooth worked fine. I am returning it. Too bad because when it did work, it sounded incredibly good. I have a Tecsun 990 that has Bluetooth. I’ve had great experiences with the Tecsun radios. The 990 is VERY nice on sideband. The vfo works beautifully. Anyway, I guess you win some and lose some.
I have a lot of portable AM and shortwave receivers and have to stop myself from buying more. I have plenty for my community if a disaster happens. When we were hit by two bad hurricanes in 2020 I saw how important a very sensitive AM radio can be. It was the only way I could get news during the day from other cities outside the damage area. Back then I used the Sony ICF-19. Its internal ferrite is only 4.75 inches but it`s very thick and electrically equals a six inch ferrite. It`s a great inexpensive power outage daytime AM receiver that can hear stations about 200 miles away to get information in your state during emergencies when nothing else works.
I now have much more sensitive Sangean PR-D4W and CCrane EP PRO. I can easily hear Dallas WBAP 820 out of Dallas at noon here in Louisiana and it`s 300 miles away. But I have to take the radios away from my camper and power lines to get a clean signal. During a power outage or very remote location though they`re twice as sensitive. The Sony can probably pick it up too faintly. Haven`t tested it here. It does work VERY well with an inductive loop like the AN-200 so I need to check it. But the Sony runs at least 400 hours on a set of 3 D-cell alkaline batteries...a record breaking off grid receiver. I don`t like the DSP soft muting on AM at night though. The other two work perfectly for nighttime DXing.
I am constantly looking for the single best AM radio receiver. I love to scan the band and hear all the stations big and small across the USA.
@@FarpointFarms I`ve never seen one better than the CCrane EP PRO. It has a fine tuning knob for the ferrite antenna and external antenna ports. It blows my mind. The fine tuning knob can have a dramatic effect on those wavering signals and clean them up perfectly from garbled to perfectly understandable. I`m gonna build some giant loops to connect to it. I have a 4 ft loop I made from a solar panel box I need to try with it. I made one loop with a 16 inch pizza box with 17 turns of 24 AWG magnet wire and a 450pf tuning capacitor that works much better than the AN-200 but it has little effect on the extremely sensitive CCrane.
I’ve never tried a CCrane, but I’ll back up BanEverything on the Sony ICF-19. Very sensitive and receptive on AM and FM.
My d-109 acts up sometimes. Can't use long wave button and earlier today I had to dismantle it to reset it because it wouldn't come on.
Had it for less than 1 year
I am sorry to hear that, I am not sure that I have heard anyone else with the same issue
This radio tends to overload with an external antenna, but if you're just using the whip antenna it's good.
right on
I am a truck driver space is at a premium. What short wave radio would you recommend for us . We spend a lot of time in the west . I like the little radio you showed a while back with the metal body .
I really think this is one of the most sensitive radios I've reviewed in the past 2 years.
@@FarpointFarms ok thank you for taking the time to respond . Me my wife will get one and let you know how it does out on the road. We run all 48 states . But we live in SC around myrtle beach lol . I have heard some strange things around those fun areas that sound official I have to be careful we hall for those folks . Salt mines are cool to haul out of.
@@76unclefester get a PL-330, it's very capable receiver, has SSB, can use the external antenna for both Mediumwave (AM Broadcast), and shortwave, you can calibrate SSB to be on frequency. It's small, but probably the most capable of all the receivers.
You may say that you don't need SSB, but SSB is useful for more than just listening to Ham radio operators, you can use SSB if an AM broadcast you're trying to listen to has interference by the AM center carrier, you miss out on many non Ham operator signals that use SSB like planes over the ocean, pirate broadcasts, number stations and ect.
What can you pick up on the long wave band of this radio? It sounds pretty good for a radio of that size . This looks like a great radio for the price.
I've never had any luck on long wave with any radio I've owned. Sorry!
@@FarpointFarms 198kHz BBC Radio 4
Going to grab one of those for my parents. Question. What is a 'Double' Quarter Wave? I understand 1/4, 5/8 wave. But this 'double' business.makes me think of a dipole. Any ideas on what that means or how it works? Can't find anything. Example: Francis CB-26-B 66" Double Quarter Wave. Thank you
I think it is more of an advertising thing. I've heard of 1/2 over 1/4 and such as well.
Were you able to pick up anything on the ham bands, or 11 meters?
Yes, I'm listening to channel 6 right now on it. Those guys!
Hey, Eric. I got my radio. Do you have a source for a long wire antenna for these that has the 3.5mm plug? I'm just south of you in Spartanburg county SC. Last night it was clear and still. I was getting good reception and wondered how much better could it get with a long wire. Maybe grab a few more channels.
I don't, but you can order the plugs online and just attach them to a wire that you have, or buy. That's what I did.
@@FarpointFarms Thanks
Can you bring in WWV (NIST) from your location? The station radiates 10 000 W on 5 MHz, 10 MHz, and 15 MHz; and 2500 W on 2.5 MHz and 20 MHz
I'll listen for it tonight.
Great video and nice radio. Can the beep be switched off, because if it couldn't I wouldn't consider buying this radio.
Hmm. I don't know. I'll have it play with it today to see.
I have an old Grundig Yachtboy 400 PE, it's been packed away for a while, with all the moving I've done. With all of the technology changes and newer sophisticated radios on the market, is the yachtboy still a good radio?
It is! Those are great radios and still work as good as anything new.
YB400, and YB400PE, Sony 7600GR, were designed when SW tech was at its peak and thise two rwmain the best ever..SW portables..
Despite leaps of advancement in tech, IMHO, today's SW radios are not much to say..
Interesting shortwave stations. Why is the bandwidth limited? Could you set it go a wider bandwidth?
Maybe? The problem with that is that there are literally 100's of million radios worldwide that would no longer be able to tune those stations.
Recently, you reviewed a Retekess TR629. If I live in a place where I have a hard time picking up any signals at all, which would be a better choice, this one or that one?
I feel this is a better radio for hard to hear signals.
Improving your antenna is a far better choice than improving your radio.
@@century2298 I bought a clip-on antenna extension for the radio that I have, and it did nothing. Are those clip-on extensions useful or are they just a scam? Where would be a good place to get a quality antenna extension for a low price? Do they need to be installed outdoors and then wired to come indoors? Do I have to have a radio with an antenna jack or could the better antenna attach to the current antenna some way?
Testing an XHDATA AN-80 Shortwave Reel Antenna with my tiny Retekess V115. So far it seem to increase the signal, but it also increases the static.
@@century2298 Thanks, I don't hear all that well, so increasing the static along with the signal might not help me.
Thanx Eric for the info but I gotta ask. Do we manufacture anything like this in the USA anymore?
We do! It's called debt, and we make more than the rest of the world combined. Other than that? No. Sadly the age of the American empire has ended, and we are now in the collapse phase of this once great nation.
Please bring a video over the sihudon r108 radio.
I don't own one. Sorry!
Are the shortwave bands am only or does it have USB and LSB? I assume not, since it wasn't mentioned.
No, this one is AM/FM only.
I am looking for a good radio with air and sb and also uses everyday batteries......Suggestions?
I have an older Grundig aviator G6 that does all that.
No AIR BAND support with this D-109 correct? Can anyone recommend a decent rig that supports general full spectrum SW/MW/LW and AIR BAND without breaking the bank? Quite a few units like PL660/880/990 seem way overpriced for what you get. Provision for external loop antenna would be great.
The XHDATA 808 covers all of that I believe.
@@FarpointFarms thank you sir I will check it out ..!
I have a few sw radios, how do you listen to ham radio on these?
They receive many of the HAM bands and work fine on them.
For a portable it is ok. But check out the real top line tube radio the SP600 from Hammarlund. The R390 (32 tubes). High end SWL sets from National on surplus / boatanchor market. The real receiver specs include sensitivity, desense, spurious response, selectivity, stability, image rejection, audio distortion. Early transistor radios were poor in most regards. The inclusion of convenient features ( bells and whistles) is nice but the essential performance is paramount. I am sure you know this, but for the less techy of your readers: Image is when a superhet local oscillator mixes with a signal at 2x the i.f. frequency above ( usually) the desired one. On shortwave with a single if of 455 KHz, the front end selectivity is poor enough to allow this. So if a radio is tuned to, say, 15 MHz, it will hear a strong station at 15.910. Double conversion with an initial higher i.f. at perhaps 10.7 MHz or even above 30 MHz eliminates this. Desense is when a strong signal on a different freq. than what you are listening to gets past first tuned rf stage and affects the bias voltage of the rf stage and essentially lowers the gain. Your desired station seems to fade out but it really did not; your radio did.
These issues are solved in better base station receivers. Modern ones also have nice features such as memories. Advanced ham /SWL sets are the best for fixed use. High end tube gen coverage receivers with double conversion will be reasonably immune as well to EMP. That D109 is a great back up and portable unit especially if AC power is gone. But it is not a bad idea to pick up something like a good set from the last good years of the tube era with double or triple conversion and a product detector ( for better SSB) tuning AM bcst up through 30 MHz. Ans a spare tube set. National, Hammarlund, Collins and Hallicrafters were the best. Selling for a few hundred $ they are a bargain. CB, ham, SWL and FM ( FRS / GMRS/ Ham) all all good tools in a survival kit, as well as just fun. Keep up nice work with your channel. It gets an "A" from me. Radio systems engineer for 50 years, mil comms officer, ship radio and extra class ham. It is good to see you educating the folks on radio. Karl
Sounds like a crazy radio.
I've gotta ask - what song is that you use for your intro?
It's the "Official Farpoint Farms Theme Song" .
Yup its a under cover Tecsun and unfortunately it suffers from Mute tuning hopping.
I've owned a few Tecsun radios. I really like them, so this explains why I liked this one so much. Thanks for the info.
All Low end DSP radios do this. Unless you're spending $300+ on a radio it's going to mute when tuning.
It's not a weak signal hunter's radio. It's good for easy listening of strong stations and for collectors of cheap Chinese radios. The MW antenna is really small and positioned in the bottom below the speaker.
I have to disagree on this one. The receive on this one for AM and Shortwave is really really above average and on par with some of the best radios I have.
Does this one have the ability to listen to LSB and USB Ham Radio?
No. The XHdata 808 has those features.
Is a radio like that available by mail order? Hopefully that is the case.
You should be able to get one online
No side band?
No, they make another radio that has it, and I'll review it in a few weeks.
Does it have a BFO for listening to SSB?
I am not 100% sure but I believe it does- I would check with the manufacture just to make sure
Does it come with a long wire antenna?
I don't remember if mine came with one or not but I have one that I used
will it run off regular AA batteries?
No, it uses the standard rechargeable flashlight batteries.
@@FarpointFarms Thanks. What shortwave do you recommend that can be used with non-rechargable batteries to pcik up some channels from across the country and around the world?
What is mid wave? Giving a Radio a 10 out of 10 on shortwave with no sidebar option and chaffing while tuning seems a bit high.
Mid wave is the US AM band. 520 to 1710. Really works well there. Love this radio as it's super sensitive and a good deal at the price.
Sometimes these less than expensive receivers add for few too many bells and whistles...Although not a bad receiver, there are a few things that would hold me back from purchasing one...First for me to have a serious general coverage receiver, I want SSB...Looking at the selling price for this, dig $20 or $30 USD deeper into your pockets and you can have one and a better receiver...But this does have NOAA weather, a plus for sure but it's reception isn't the best for the NOAA frequencies...Third reason has been mentioned and that is the inter-modulation with an external antenna...To me save the effort for blue tooth and the SD card and spend a bit more of that expense for some better filtering on the front end...Why try to chase a weak HF Transmitter only to hear a local MW station where it should not be...So for me, this receiver falls right into that tweener performance and price range...Buy that I mean that the price range is not what I'd want from a receiver...It's in that middle ground I tend to stay away from...I've got a good size collection of table top to portables...I've got some that are well over the thousand dollar mark and some as low as $10 and $13 dollars USD...It's that $50 to $100 USD that I get real picky on what I spend my money on...Just my opinion...
Thanks for sharing your opinion. This is a decent radio for the price, not everyone can afford the better radios that have better coverage or options. If one can, go for it
Are there no shortwave radios made in USA?
No. There is literally nothing made in America anymore but debt.
isnt DSP produced in the USA?
Does it have DSP? Thanks 👍
Yes.
@@FarpointFarms Thank you
Have you gotten a hold of the XHData D-219 yet? For $13 I think it performs even better than this one. As always, YMMV
Yes, It's also a very nice little radio!
Man, you should do a geopolitics channel. A listen in.
I wish I could be that guy, but I can't. Maybe 5 years from now.
Ssb?
No, but for shortwave use, there are no SSB stations broadcasting that I am aware of.
Was looking into getting into shortwave but it doesnt seem to be worth the investment because of lack of programming
More geared for preppers in my opinion too bad
Not really. I have an Art Bell type show that is Paranormal focused, there are quite a few that broadcast eclectic music. Some are HAM radio related. You've just got to tune in!
DSP?
According to the specs, this radio has it. Hope that helps
Dap is there
Not in the USA!
I've seen a few reviews from 'real' radio guys who say the XHDATA D-109 is junk, and they don't have affiliate links, just honest demos. I'll move on...
Your loss. Those "real" radio guys are rich snobs. This is a great radio.
6:16 it’s going to happen get ready for digital money and social credit scores
The slippery slope.
The death of the dollar lol. I hung some wire out the window last night, heard summat about Zelensky, I was like Gene Hackman.
Right on!
At 4:14 he mentioned you could listen to ham bands but without SSB this radio could not hear much ham at all since they talk in SSB. It could hear most CB radio up at 27 Mhz though. This radio doesn't do SSB.
Correct.
All you would need to do is inject a signal into the antenna using a nanoVNA (there's a few videos showing this on a CB radio and other AM only radios), but the costs of doing that as well as the radio you might as well have bought an SSB capable receiver (it will be cheaper).
You miss out on a lot of you don't have a SSB capable receiver (and I'm not talking about Ham radio operators), you miss out on planes communicating over the ocean, you miss out on pirates, you miss out on a lot of the number stations and the like. And SSB can be used for AM broadcast when there's interference around the center AM carrier.
Well for FM not being great. If you would have extended the aerial all the way up you would have received many more stations . You only had the aerial pulled up 1/2 the way up.
True. Also if I was outside the metal roofed building it would have helped.
@@FarpointFarms Here the AM band has noise. Fun to see what out of town stations can be heard except when there is noise.
I'd say, save up and get a PL-330
I have that radio as well as a PL-660. I think this one has better receive.
@@FarpointFarms for me, it's not about the receive performance, it's about the capabilities, a shortwave without SSB is useless to me, you miss out on quite a lot of you don't have SSB. And SSB can be used for more than just SSB signals (it can be used for AM broadcasts that have interference next to the AM center carrier signal but falls into one of the side bands).
If you have a portable folding solar panel with USB charging ports this radio can also double as an off-grid 18650 battery charger so you can keep your flashlights working. I suggest getting a 100 watt portable solar panel because they produce power for the USB ports even on very cloudy days and can run a small 3-speed USB fan after Summer storms or hurricanes and recharge power banks to use the fan or Onite LED light bulb at night.
That is a GREAT idea!! Thanks!
@@FarpointFarms To prove their efficiency I made a vid of a high quality 30 watt folding solar panel with Sunpower cells powering a fan while it was raining. I only left it in the rain about 45 seconds though. The larger panels are amazing. After hurricane Laura I spent nearly 100 dollars on alkaline batteries for a small fan. Thank goodness there are way better options. I love folding solar panels. I`m not nearly as worried about heat stroke after hurricanes now.
I would be impressed with tons of radios to if i got them sent to me for free.
Just saying.
I get tons, and not many are as nice as this one. Don't get me wrong, I still appreciate the opportunities that being a RUclipsr has brought me, but not everything I get sent to me is a hit.
Here's how Instructions work ( for Men ) --- If you can't get to work, go read the book. If that does not work, follow the instructions.
5 brothers, One Hubby, 1 dad, 2 sons, 1 Father in law, Ya I've seen most of it
another step- ask the wife how to work it. They seem to know it all
too bad no SSB.
Still a great radio. I know own two! I bought a second one after playing with this one for the past two weeks. It is really really sensitive.
That CBDC shizz is real. We don't have long.
thanks
Top of the line? Surely you jest. I would say my Tecsun PL-990 is more worthy of top of the line in it's class.
to each is own
You're a liberal...lol. Who would have thunk ?
I prefer to think I am an independent thinker- has a nicer ring to it
No side band? Pass
Your loss. There are no foreign or domestic shortwave stations broadcasting on SSB.
@FarpointFarms I seem to recall a video you did where you mentioned a short wave with side band. Maybe it wasn't a portable.
@@FarpointFarms But hams use SSB and they can be nice to listen to. At 4:14 you even mention it can hear ham. I like both broadcast and ham as do many folks.
@@FarpointFarms During emergencies, HAM operators will be talking about sitrep in their area. You plan to rely on government versions of events provided to commercial shortwave stations? Would your government lie to you?
You are destroying your credibilty by peddling junk like that.
First, I don't have any credibility, and second, This is a freaking great radio.
@@FarpointFarms It is poorly rated on a number of websites, by people who bought and use (or used) the radio. Being "really impressed" for something it appears you just took out of the box ir rediculous. It should be used for a period of time before you give it the Farpoint Farms seal of approval. Were you impressed because it was free? LOL
We don’t make much in new features anymore for the price point it is a great little radio. Plus he is not peddling your just upset because you only make comments based on others, do you have the radio and have you used it for a while? I have an original Sony and an elite radio from Eton and I like them both for there virtues. If you don’t like what he shows just go somewhere else. I am grateful that he does reviews an is bias about where they come from. Yes if we made them here in the good ole USA 🇺🇸 it would be awesome but we don’t make anything. Even made in the USA uses materials to make most American made products. USA sadly sold out to others due to economic riches of our own corporate hunger and profit hurting our own people. You want it to change complain to our own economy of greed. The general population has been left out and pressured to buy foreign products since we don’t have the leverage we had 40 years ago.
No I'm impressed because I review literally 100's of radios a year from companies and I always test them the same way. This one beat nearly every radio Cheap or expensive during those tests. It is literally a new radio that isn't even for sale here state side yet, so you are not pulling reviews for this radio sir. I put it up against my Eton 750 and it has better receive on AM. I've said this 100's of times over the years, but let me say it again. If the product sucks, you'll never know because you'll never see the review on my channel. About 1 in 8 products sent to me hit the trash can and never get a video made. About 1 in 10 products offered to me even get sent to me as I turn most down before they are sent. I hope this helps you understand my review process. I guess I forget sometimes that non-RUclipsrs don't know how this all works. It's a great way to show off cool electronics and tools with you guys, and also a great way to help fund the channel as well as providing me with new toys to play with.
To this day, no company has ever paid me a cent for a review, and only a few have ever asked me to put a video out for something I didn't think was worth it. None of them ever got a video, I assure you.
I'm sorry you don't like a radio you don't own, and haven't tested. I own it and have tested it and I think it's well above average, and then when you take it's cost into account, I think it's an excellent radio! I actually have it in my bedroom to listen to AM stations at night. It's AM receive is better than nearly every other radio I own.