XHDATA D328 Portable Radio AM FM Shortwave Radio with TF Card Playback

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.

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)

I've had a couple $12 radios, just to listen to FM classical music to get the earworms (lyrics) outa my head. Some worked ok, but their reception was spotty, and one stopped receiving channels, so into the trash they all went. This XHDATA R108 is outstanding! So far. Great reception! Rarely do I even have to extend the antenna (and it comes with an external wire antenna, maybe for far away trips) Very easy to program stations. It has FM, AM, Shortwave, AIR, I haven't yet played with those others, just FM, but the easy scan mode captures every signal within your location. Sound is quite loud for such a little radio, the width of my iPhone 17, but short by an inch and a half. Has alarms, sleep settings. Only thing is that it doesn't have regular battery power. So hopefully the lithium battery lasts, I'll update this (as of 2/28/26) It stands upright in a flat surface, has little rubber foot pads. And it has a pull-out flap in the back to prop it up at an angle. It has a wrist strap. Battery life is not confirmed, it has a sleep timer that maxes at 120minutes, which is perfect for me when it puts me to sleep. I've only charged it once in the last week, but it was still half max... All in all for $60 I like it very much

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!

Got this for work. I am constantly charging this radio. The battery does not last long like it should. I finally gave up on trying to listen to a radio at work. The cord is so short when charging it that it is in the way of my keyboard on my desk. Like to listen to AM radio and it is really hard to keep the station tuned in. Not made like the old ones in my days. Now it is just another thing that sits in the desk drawer and will be tossed in the trashed when I get tired of it in my desk drawers. It is a shame because I really like the size of it, and I can recharge the battery.

I got one a few days ago for $19.90 U.S. DSP on an analog dial is a bit weird to me. Operating outside, the FM is great on the whip, sounds surprisingly good, very good, and stereo on the headphones sounds great. AM outside worked just fine and was fun to use. It takes some patience to scan through all of the SW bands. Form my computer desk with a 50' wire clipped on, SW works better than I thought it would. If $20.00 U.S. is the budget than you can't go wrong with the XHDATA D-386.

DO NOT BUY! It was a good radio for the 1 1/2 months it worked. Now it's a non-returnable, non-refundable glorified paperweight or landfill fodder. A radio it definitely is not. The return window and refund window for non working items is such that it's obvious they must be knowingly selling a defective product. That's easily apparent when you go to their support website and one of the first things it says is due to design issues and problems with this radio the open window for returns is one month. After that you can only pay money to have it repaired. The website literally says this policy is in place because of all the issues with this radio

Seemed broken out of the box. Bad reception even on strong local stations. Also has an odd chemical smell. Speaker sound was OK. Display is limited but bright. Edit: Second replacment unit had none of these issues. Stereo headphone sound is good, speaker has a nice tone, mp3 and bluetooth work well. Shortwave is decent, works better than some I've tried. Appriciate the tuning light. Unlike the first this is well worth the price. Only docking a star for the display not showing more mp3 track info, and no light on the tuning display.

Todo bien

Best is the SW that I needed. The battery last about 4hours continued use. Just sent k for me. Would recommend to my friends! Cheers

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.

エアバンドとして購入しました。 使い方もかんたんで、十分な性能。

Este modelo de radio portátil es de buena calidad es el mejor de todos los radios portátiles que se anuncian en la página , lo he comprado para regalo en dos ocasiones.