XHDATA D-328 Portable Shortwave Radio, Compact AM FM Radio with TF Card MP3 Playback, Rechargeable Battery Operated & Type-C Powered with Earphone Jack for Home, Outdoor, Gifts, Black

The D-328 is a very good little radio. Unlike the digital sets that tune in 5kHz or 10kHz steps, this continuous tuning radio catches stations that may be missed with a digital radio. It's easy to quickly cover a shortwave band and locate stations. Tuning takes a bit to get used to, but once you do you won't be disappointed. The telescopic antenna works good, but an additional wire antenna can be clipped on for better reception. FM & shortwave reception is excellent, and AM is good, but not outstanding. The mp3 player works well; I loaded a uSD card with hundreds of old radio shows. Be aware that this radio is not stereo. This radio is small enough to take to picnics, camping, etc. My only complaint is the control lettering is molded into the plastic, and very difficult to read, although the operation is very intuative. Check out all the outstanding reviews on YouTube. I really like this radio!

A great little radio. It's been in my tacklebox and served on a number of fishing and camping trips and I've never had any trouble with it. Shortwave reception seems to be pretty good and the sound quality is better than you'd expect from the size. On a full charge and low volume you can start it up with breakfast in the morning and it'll go until bedtime, but you'll need to charge it the next day. It does take a while to recharge completely from dead. I haven't tried the mp3 functionality, just used it as a radio. It has a very long telescoping antenna for good SW reception. The fold-out stand in the back is a neat idea but doesn't actually work very well given that it's offset to the side; it will stand up but the slightest jostle will knock it down (just lean it on a rock)

The executive summary: Excellent shortwave, very good FM, good AM (medium wave). Worth many times its price. I bought this radio because I wanted a good-performing, conventionally-tuned pocket shortwave receiver with comprehensive frequency coverage. I didn't expect perfection for this price, but this receiver pretty much delivers it. Pocket shortwaves like this were more common 20 or so years ago, with entries from Sony, Panasonic, etc. I have a few of those older ones and this equals or exceeds their performance on every signal I listened to. Plus, this radio has much better shortwave band coverage than any other conventionally-tuned pocket radio I've ever been able to find. This includes currently-sold units as well as the vintage ones. If you like the older ones just because you're into radios, you might want one of those, but if you're looking for a radio to listen to, this little XHDATA performs better. As mentioned, shortwave coverage is exceptional, and well-chosen. You get 4.75 to 22 MHz in 9 bands with very few gaps. And then there's the reception. One radio I compared this to is a Sony ICF-SW11 (a larger analog shortwave portable) and this little XHDATA beat it on some frequencies and equaled it on others. I couldn't find any signal the Sony could pull in better. Once a signal is tuned the radio holds it very well, too. Unreal performance for this size and price. All tests were made with the radios' internal pull-out antennas only - no external long wires. To me it's important that a portable radio is something you can take with you and listen to anywhere without having to haul along extra paraphernalia. This is a DSP radio so you do have to tune slowly to hear everything that's out there. That's a pleasure to do, in fact, because the tuning thumb wheel moves very smoothly and is nicely weighted. The dial is also legibly marked and reasonably accurate. Shortwave listening is also enhanced by the speaker/audio quality of this radio. You get a warm, mellow sound not unlike that of a larger radio. There is none of that scratchy "transistor radio" sound at all. This makes shortwave sound very good, as the warmth of the sound gives the impression of a clearer signal with less background noise and static. FM has very good sensitivity and selectivity. As on shortwave, it holds a station well once you've got it tuned in. Sound quality is pleasant owing to that mellow quality, as described earlier. This gets more FM stations than most other small radios I own, owing to good selectivity. It can lock in on a weaker station right between two strong ones, which most radios cannot do. AM (medium wave) is not bad, but performance on this band isn't quite at the same level as FM and shortwave. Weak signals do come in but they're very quiet - in a few cases not loud enough to be listenable with the volume all the way up. If AM is your main priority, you already know that a bigger radio (with a larger internal ferrite AM antenna) is going to work better for you than a pocket radio of any kind. This one is fine for local/regional AMs during the day, and of course the dial comes alive at night with far off stations, as on all AM radios. MP3 player works great and has the useful feature that you can advance 10 tracks at a time. Saves having to push the forward or back button dozens of times to navigate through the audio files on your micro SD. The rechargeable battery is user-replaceable, as it sits behind a regular battery door. The capacity is 1020 milliamp-hours, giving very long playing times before needing to recharge. (For comparison, an iPhone SE 2020 has an 1,821 milliamp-hour battery - and look at the exponentially higher power consumption of a smartphone compared to a radio.) Tuner and all other controls work smoothly. The volume control is especially nice in that it increases the sound level very progressively across its whole range of adjustment. (On many other inexpensive radios, the first third or so of the volume control's range does little, and then the volume increases rapidly after that, so it's harder to get exactly the volume you want.) Feels well built overall. The glossy finish makes the radio look sharp, but it does show fingerprints. You can beat this XHDATA D-328 if you're looking for a pocket shortwave receiver. Performs as well as or better than much larger ones, for a very low price, and shortwave band coverage is better than that of any other conventionally-tuned pocket shortwave radio I've ever seen.

I've had portable multiband radios over the decades, but (after one day, so far) this compact (3 x 5 x 1") unit is really a pleasure to have! Securely packaged - worked perfectly out of the box. Does not feel 'cheap.' Buttons are small, but not hard to operate. Easy to tune manually. Gets good aviation band reception in SF Bay Area (my main reason for purchasing). Also excellent local AM and FM reception with internal antenna. The manual (3 1/2" by 5 1/4", 23 pages, English only) has been criticized by others as hard to read or understand. It is small print, but readable by this senior. Instructions are complex because there are so many features built into the product. It suffers only slightly from "Chinglish" language expression. Some screen symbols (settings of functions) are very small on the 3/4" by 1 7/8" LCD display and thus difficult to read. It is very lightweight (8 oz with ext. antenna wire and battery). Sound quality is OK on speaker; even better using stereo headphones. It will take me awhile to learn all the built-in features, but so far - I say it is a winner, and highly recommend it.

Pros Great sound Also an MP3 player Sensitive DSP grabs stations, helping with tuning (see Cons) Frequency coverage extends well out of traditional bands Cons Bright strobing LED when playing MP3 files (I deducted one star because this is very annoying in the dark) Markings on the black plastic are hard to read The way DSP grabs a signal can make it hard to tune weak stations next to strong ones You have to remove the SD card to change MP3 files; connecting radio to computer only charges battery MP3 is play only Overall it's a decent radio, a value at the under $20 price

It’s pretty small, but I like it. It’s a nice handheld size and I really like the look of it. The volume is decent and clear, I absolutely love that it’s usb C charging. Purchased it for an emergency radio for my fire plan but think it’ll live in my shed now for entertainment. It’s simple, easy to use and lightweight.

Se ve de buena calidad la recepción en muy buena en zonas urbanizadas aún no lo he probado fuera de la misma, el sonido es muy bueno, claro esto de pendera mucho en la banda q lo tengas sintonizado, es funcional y compacto, veremos cuánto tiempo seguirá así.

I only purchased this product to compare the performance of my Radiwow 108, because I was doubtful about my unit of radiwow's signal reception. well, and I was right, xhd 328 was far better in reception and number of stations it detected. Very good medium waves, okay FM and very decent SW. i found the reception quality better than Radiwow 108. It is much cheaper , the only cons is that speaker quality is not good, radiwow r108 has very good sound quality , ofcourse it is expensive and has digital display and operation. I returned my radiowow 108, because i needed a performing radio. XHD does this job better in my location. I made my own antenna reel and I live in crowded suburb with lot of houses in cluster and thin lanes. Despite that I was able to receive very clear signals. I was getting Pakistan radio on medium waves including Indian radio from Delhi center and other states nearby(night time). Daytime I received couple of local AIR stations . But I was getting very clear signals of nearby medium waves station. FM , all the local FM stations I received clearly, after adding antenna even mild ones became clearer. SW: after adding my self created wired antenna, I was able to get clear signals from Saudi Radio(transmitted from riyadh), China radio(transmitted from china), Vietnamese radio (transmitted from singapore), Voice of America transmitted from (Philippines) , BBC (transmitted from singapore), beyond australia (transmitted from kununura transmitter Australia located 7330 kms approx) It's very good for sw radio listeners. Please research on shortwaves before buying a shortwave radio. SW reception depends of lot of factors, your location, propagation of waves targetted to your location, day night time, and weather. shortwaveinfo website will be helpful for you to understand and also download skywave schedule app. Mostly you will receive CRI radio broadcast from china, but find the schedules for BBC, voice of Turkey, NHK Japan, Reach Beyond Australia, and see when they broadcast targeting south asia. you will be able to receive signals more clearly when target area of broadcast is location of your receiver. Also, do not get confused, most broadcast like BBC world, NHK, CRI IRIB, Farda, are broadcasted locally from thailand, singapore, or iran. if they broadcast from africa or europe , you will most likely not get the reception if you are in India. see, schedules and study the target location of broadcast for better listening (day night variation too) This radio was able to catch signals from australia without any extra antenna, and I live in crowded area, first floor, so that's cool it is able to receive signals from that far. ofcourse i sit near window for better reception. Radiwow 108 is great and very fancy but for India xhdata 328 is better choice. The analog station selection makes it easier to scan. Plus it's cheaper. The only sad part is it has not very good quality speaker and FM is not great if indoor, it's better to scan FM on your mobile phone. But on addition it has MP3 player and is much lighter in weight. It seems like it is a analog radio but it is digital. You can listen to channel change on headphone. One full charge the battery will run 6hrs to 7 hrs playing the radio. it costs around 1500 but I bought it for 1900, that is over price charged by amazon, hence 4 stars. On ideal weather conditions with antenna fully extended I was able to get: BBC south Asia broadcast in English at 15310 KhZ 5:30 pm IST, 12065 KhZ Winters: BBC middle East 10:30 pm IST 7485 KhZ Voice of Iran: 8:55 pm IST 7410 KhZ ( broadcast from Iran) Voice of Turkey (English) (approx 5000 Kms away) 10 pm IST 15520 KhZ Radio Saudi: 13755 KhZ 6:30 PM (Urdu service) broadcast from KSA Radio Farda 10 am IST 15690 KhZ Voice of America Burma English service: 15565 KhZ 05:30 pm IST China Radio International 05:30 pm IST 12015 KhZ 06:30 pm IST 9450 KhZ Radio Romania English service 9:00 am IST 11825 KhZ broadcast from Romania NHK Japan 9:00 pm IST Hindi Service 9600 KhZ broadcast from Uzbekistan P.s: if you replace stock battery with good quality BL5c you will get back up of 15 hours on speaker. Always charge with 5V , 0.5 or below amp charge. It charges slow but keeps your battery last longer. Fast charger will destroy your battery. Edit: I am still using this radio. I bought xhdata D 808 but D 328 continues to remain as my everyday use radio.

The product is like used. FM label is deleted. Very bad after sale and very bad return process

Excelente aparelho.