The XHDATA D-109 and the D-808 compared on medium wave. The D-808 is well-known as a portable that does quite well on medium wave, but the capabilities of the D-109 on MW are still relatively untested. This video compares the D-109 to the D-808 on medium wave.
This is an extensive, side-by-side comparison of the two radios on 12 different MW signals, ranging from strong local signals to weaker and very distant, signals. I picked up the Russian Vesti FM (which broadcasts on MW as well, 1413 kHz), from Grigoriopol in Moldova during this test. That is 8650 km or 5400 miles away. This test will really give you a complete idea of how these two radios compare on all kinds of signals. Some very distant signals came in clearly on both sets! Recorded at my usual location in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Don't miss the end of the video where I pick up Vesti FM on both radios! A really distant signal, thousands of miles away!
00:00 Introduction
01:17 Hellenic Radio, 1422 kHz, local (song muted, copyright)
01:40 Radio Pulpit, 576 kHz, 50 km or 31 miles
02:49 Lesotho National Broadcasting Service from Maseru, 639 kHz, 350 km or 220 miles
03:40 Radio Botswana from Maun, 531 kHz, 840 km or 520 miles
05:07 Cape Talk from Cape Town, 567 kHz, 1250 km or 850 miles
07:02 Emissor Provincial de Sofala from Beira, Mozambique, 873 kHz, 1420 km or 883 miles
08:27 Emissor Provincial de Nampula from Nampula, Mozambique, 765 kHz, 1969 km or 1054 miles
09:25 Emissor Provincial de Cabo Delgado from Pemba, Mozambique, 1224 kHz, 1965 km or 1221 miles
11:25 Emissor Provincial de Lichinga from Lichinga, Mozambique, 1260 kHz, 1600 km or 1000 miles
13:21 Radio Free Africa from Mwanza, Tanzania, 2700 km or 1660 miles
16:21 Voice of America from Sao Tome and Principe, 1530 kHz, 3800 km or 2400 miles
18:51 Radio Rossi from Grigoriopol, Moldova, 999 kHz, 8650 km or 5400 miles
19:33 Vesti FM from Grigoriopol, Moldova, 1413 kHz, 8650 km or 5400 miles
