Can't wait for mine. According to the delivery it should be arriving any day now. That will be my SA 'load shedding' radio. The D-109 will remain here in Namibia (where we don't have load shedding). I'll let you know my opinion when it arrives.

I have the D 608WB on order should be here (Estonia) by the 17th of May. Your video convinces me I made the right choice!

Thanks Andre for testing the XHDATA D-608WB, your videos are very interesting, thank you! Sincerely!!

I think that the XHDATA D-608WB has better audio quality than the XHDATA D-109? I also think that the sensitivity is better on the D-608WB also. I also find that holding my radio helps reception through inductance as well. I enjoyed your video in reference to both of these XHDATA radios indeed. Thank you...

It's convenient to compare these particular radios because the >|| (play / pause) button mutes them both.

I sincerely think they are exactly the same radio but with different add-ons, like better speaker on the D608.

Impressive band scan with the new D-608WB. Most emergency radios are ugly but functional looking but this one not only has the attractive looks but proves to be a respectable performer on shortwave. Andre, I'm surprised you didn't use the #D608WB hashtag in your description. Your videos (especially the unboxing one) will be found much more easily on the Internet. I think you're the first one to review this new model and it will take weeks before Todd "Ironman" Ebert gets to review his unit on his channel! 😀 Say, is the "SOS" siren as loud as the one on your Quansheng UV-K5 transceiver?

I really like listening to radio India 11620 and when it comes in it's really tremendous as a kid I grew up with a friend of mine we would listen to it radio India about 9:00 in the morning and it would play for like an hour almost and we'd listen to sitar music Veena music you know really great northern and southern Indian music some of the greatest vocalist that I've ever heard India is The Jewel of the world the singers and their musicians play from a different perspective based upon a people that goes back 6000 years I think this is really a good idea to really put up these small great shortwave radios against each other because I'm going to buy the other radio because I'd like to have one to listen to in my living room one in my bedroom and it's interesting to be able to get a few of these different ones based on your reviews trust is something that is a rare commodity in thethe world we live in today especially with so much aggression and violence and I think that if you continue to do this I truly believe that it's going to open up other avenues for you I would hope so because as you continue to do these things I'm sure the manufacturers are going to take notice because I bought both of these units based on your reviews because I can trust what you're saying because I feel that you're honest and that's a commodity that's very rare so so thank you for this video because it's helped me to pick these shortwave radios that I'm really interested in listening to and at a price that's reasonable that could really give you high quality I really think that a person couldn't ask for more thank you for your excellent work I hope that you continue to do what you're doing and that new doors can open from your excellent reviews that I really believe can help the masses of people that are going to discover the beauty of shortwave listening

i like the D-608WB but it lacks the direct frequency entry which is a must for any radio I buy. But for 28 bucks on sale if you dont have to have direct frequency entry it is top shelf radio

The signal dégradation on either when swoping between radios could simply be the difference between them. The signal on a good catch can go from great to poor in a matter of seconds. However the speaker and sound in general on the D 608WB makes a difference.

I thought the video was interesting. I have wondered if being bordered by ocean in South Africa helps reception. I bought several Kaito emergency radios 10+ years ago. They are dial for radio and switch for wx band operated. The new XHDatas are much better at a lower cost. However, thanks to your earlier video about government/military stations jogging my memory from the Soviet Union's collapse, and Desert Shield-Storm-Gulf War period. Any emergency radios should have single sideband, and above average medium wave (AM) function. The various government frequencies, from other countries also, would provide more planning information. Government frequencies may be at times difficult to receive, but people know they are going to be there. Relatively cheap NOAA weather channel radios are plentiful. If people want cheap lights, chargers, and swiss-army style knives, they are all easily found. I'd spend the money on high capability radios . The Tecsun PL-330 with SSB at $60 is going to be my next purchase. I have two 25+ year old radios with SSB that still work well, but a new radio would be good for that price.

I like it and own D808, R108, D109 already. But as an emergency radio, i would argue that AA battery is a must, as they are very easy to find in an urgency. Even if you have a power source, you don't want to wait for the long charging time so you can use it . I am involved in emergency preparedness deeply, and that's my 2 cents.

Andre it’s too bad that didn’t include an App like my ZhiWhis AF 320 to allow for direct frequency input and receiver control. The radios definitely have better RF reception plus extended SW bands. I was watching another KZfaq reviewer named Todderbert who had numerous birdies while MW DXing so yours sounds the same on SW. Even with the Birdies I plan to buy the D-608B next month because of the good sound hopefully the MW DXing is as weak signal magnet as the SW. 73! Have a great day!

Between the Xhdata D808 and the d608wb, which one has more FM sensitivity? Thanks.

Thx you. I wonder what heppend with that quansheng radio?

As I watch, before I forget: So far, both radios seem to be *very* close in performance... It's really a tight race. The 7320 Shiokaze example proved to be a good selectivity test for the two radios. Does the D-608WB not have a bandwidth switch? To my ear, its bandwidth sounds more like 3 kHz rather than 4, as you had your D-109 set, so that's a little unevenness of the playground 😜 But the noise on 9405 RTI on the D-109 only is a bit weird; perhaps it's worth checking it on D-808 as well? The noise on 9515 kHz though, I think it is North Korean jammer, as KBS switches to Korean @ 1700z. By touching the radio chassis, your body acts as a counterpoise for its vertical whip. I think if you attached some wire, perhaps by wrapping a few turns of it around the radio first and then extending a few meters (or a few pieces a few meters long 😉), your reception would remain unchanged regardless of whether you touch the radio or not. Or open the radio and attach that counterpoise to the ground connection of that whip LOL 9990 RFA: same thing, NK jamming, perhaps just more aggressive.

No longwave on the D-608WB.

Question brother because you post a lot to KZfaq I just posted my first Radio video as a test just 20 seconds long a station on mw .But the quality of the video seems poor but I'm wondering is it just because iv only posted it .its from my Sony icf Ex5mk2 you have inspired me to post something. 😂

D-109 has a bit better sound quality (it's not so muffled as D-608), although both of them are noisy more than acceptable (on weak stations). D-109 also seems to be more sensitive with a hair. Yes, they are very similar receivers otherwise.

Hello André. My opinion: they have quite comparable sensitivities, but the D-608 seems less prone to deep fading than the D-109. Also, the D-608 would seem to do better on the higher bands are per your video. On the other hand, I find the sound on the D-608 too muffled for my taste. I certainly has more depth and it's more natural, but I kind of like the high pitched sound of the D-109 better when listening to talk SW radios. It's clearer. I'm certain that the D-608 must be immensely better for music, though. Like on FM The D-608 seems to have a fixed bandwidth setting that's fairly low, certainly lower than 6 kHz. The lack of adjustable b/w is a big tradeoff too IMO. Too bad they did away with this. I see that the whole test was done on the built-on antennas. I've been reminded lately that the big flaw of the D-109 how easy it gets overloaded and how prone to interference from adjacent station it is. It's almost unusable on my MLA-30+ and it doesn't fare well on a long wire antenna either because of this. Seeing that these two radios seem to share a lot, I'm wondering if they've corrected this flaw on the D-608.

The d608 sounds like a 3khz filter.

D-109 is better.

Xhdata d608wb wins.