XHDATA D219 Portable AM FM Shortwave Radio Battery Operated Small Great Reception Radio with Good Sound,Earphone Jack for Elder,Home,Child [Silver]

This radio is well made. Not some cheap plastic dollar store junk. It is very loud and with crisp clear sound. Very loud for its size. I can hear it clearly for about fifty feet in my home. I won't have to cart it around from one room to the next so I can hear it. Just set the station I want to and let it rip. AM only picks up close local stations during the day, but more at night which is typical for AM. The stations have adequate dial in with well delineated band width. The antenna is only needed for AM and SW (which I have not tried yet and really am not interested in). It is compact, the battery compartment is snug and easy to access and fits the batteries well. They do not justle around in it all. This will be excellent to throw in the glove box of my wives' car in case of CHTF scenario or break down to save the car battery while she waits for help. It will go well in the couple small of bug out bags we have. This radio is very compact and can fit in a shirt pocket or pack pocket. I am really amazed at the sound quality. No static or bleed in the stations. I am especially satisfied with the fact that the on/ff button is separate from the volume button. Something that you would not expect in a low-cost radio. It would be awesome if it had NOAA, but for under $9.00 you cannot expect everything. I am super happy with this purchase. You will not find a better value or bang for your hard-earned buck anywhere else. This radio gets better reception than my Denon home stereo receiver does, and it cost over $2000 new (I got it second hand for much less). I will update this listing when I check out the SW channels. I do like the fact that these are preset and that there is not a jillion of them like I have seen on other models. I cannot give these guys 10 stars, but if I could, I would. The shipping was lightning fast, and it was double boxed to boot. I am going to get 2 more of these for sure. They would make great gifts for birthdays or Christmas. Man, I can say enough good things about this radio. If you are looking for a low-cost emergency or game day radio, then you absolutely need to consider this one. Am I satisfied with this radio? You bet your life I am and it might just be a God send should my life count on it in an emergency. It is all analog easy to use and looks like it is way more expensive a model than it is. Ruggedly made and will last if one keeps it out of direct sun which is not known to be very nice to plastic over time. You have to buy this radio if you are in the market for one. Later: I used the SW bands. During the day is best for this radio for this band something I expected just the opposite. Nighttime decreased my options for reliable stations with no bleed out. Move it to the number on SW band and then use the dial to find a station you want to listen to. Some of the bands provide clear stations by the boat load. Some have nothing on them. It does add to the stations you have at hand to listen to. Most of them are talk radio stations...Spanish or religious stations. It definitely expands the radio stations you can listen to. I have used earphones with this, and it is stereo, and the sound quality depends on the ear buds or phones you use. I do imagine they will decrease the battery life. I bought three more of these to use as gifts, and sent one to a friend.

Initially, I had problems with the Shortwave Reception. Ordered a replacement, but it was lost in shipping! I'm a long time radio enthusiast, radio amateur operator, and tinkerer so I disassembled the radio. I re-routed the antenna wire, which was too long and poorly dressed. I added an SMA Jack for an External Antenna using RG-174 and attached the Ground to the PCB’s ground plane. There’s a ton of info on the Si4825 IC Chip used in this radio and this little guy is very sensitive and is a great platform for modifications. Cost me less than $9(USD) delivered, which is a fraction of the cost of a Si4825 Development Board. I’ve been building radios since age 9, and at 71 I can say that none of my homemade xtal sets, regens, or direct conversation receivers worked as well as this XHDATA D219. I believe this little guy would work much better out in the countryside. I live in a large metropolitan area which is full of radio broadcasters, cellphone towers, TV stations, and VHF/UHF utility stations. The IC Device, a Si4825, which is the heart of this radio, is subject to RF interference. To some degree, all DSP devices suffer from this issue. In higher cost radios using these chips, filtering is added. Because there are really no filters on this inexpensive radio, it is subject to RF Interference and Overload. This becomes even a greater issue in a large metropolitan area with many transmitters. Out in the countryside, your reception on Shortwave would be much better. My radio did improve once I shortened the lead wire from the built-in telescoping antenna and added a jack for an External Antenna. I have been using my outdoor longwire antenna. It would overload and suffer from intermodulation without any filtering. So I've been using my Ham Radio Antenna Tuner between the radio and my outdoor antenna. And I've added a homemade Antenna Attenuator, you can see it in my video. Works just great. The sound quality is just fantastic for having such a small speaker. And the plastic used for the case is very high quality and nearly unbreakable. My wife liked the little radio so much that I ordered another for her. She loves the "Big Radio Sound" coming from this really small speaker and we've both been listening to a local AM Radio Oldies Station as we cook and go through our daily routine. Some users have reported that their radio was "dead" on the Shortwave Bands. As a long time Shortwave Listener (SWL) I will advise you: you must make sure that the Shortwave Bands are "OPEN". In other words, there must be radio signals present in order to hear them. For the past two days the Shortwave Bands have been "dead" due to Solar Flares. This evening I tuned the little D219, which my wife calls "Gidget", to the 17 meter SW Band. It was full of stations with Radio New Zealand booming in the loudest. I also received Radio Free Asia, transmitting in Chinese from Saipan. It was being "Jammed" - by guess who? I'll leave that to you to surmise. If you're persistent in listening, you will hear stations, some of them quite exotic. BTW, I did try out the XHDATA D219 this evening without using my outdoor antenna and attenuator. I stood next to my apartment window and easily picked up Radio New Zealand on 17.675 mHz, just using the built-in telescoping antenna. Overall, I highly recommend this little radio.

If your thinking about whether or not to buy this radio, think first about what you'll use it for. I believe its best use would be as a backup radio for news and weather in any emergency. - It uses AA batteries. *(how long they will last is yet to be determined) - It has around a 2" speaker that sounds crisp but by no means unpleasant. *(No base or mid to speak of, but it does sound much better than many other small radio's. The speaker sounds very clear on both AM and FM, and I did actually like the sound of some symphony music I heard on the public radio station. - The antenna is 53.3cm (21"), is sturdy, and swings 360. *( More than adequate for this radio) - The tuner seems very sensitive and I found myself picking up "many" more stations on AM and FM than a few of my other radio's. *( however; you will hear some different clicks, hisses, and other faint background noises) as you tune through other stations. These all seem to get hidden or disappear once you get to a stronger station. - I didn't find that earphones made any significant improvement over the speaker. I also couldn't tell if I was hearing ST or Mono. I'm sure it must say it online somewhere. The headphones themselves were an inexpensive set. - There is a nice fold out stand in the back that sits the radio at a nice angle for listening. - Reception on Shortwave(SW) was fairly nonexistent. *(as expected for the whip antenna). If I really wanted shortwave I would not be buying this radio! Excellent shortwave still requires a significant expense! Final Thoughts: I bought this radio for very low volume nighttime listening while in bed. It failed that test because at the volume I listen at, (which is understanding 1 word in 5), the voice was distorted; I believe because of the low power not being able to drive the speaker properly. However; I plan to keep the radio as a backup storm radio, a purpose for which I believe it is well suited; chiefly because of how many stations this tuner picks up, as well as the other reasons listed above. $10. !

The new XHDATA D-219 radio appears to have the same circuitry of the XHDATA D-328 less the Mp3 playback capability - but it also sells at a lower bargain price. What IS new is the AM and FM sensitivity of this radio - which seems to have been optimized to exceed that of the already excellent D-328, leastwise observed in the radio I have. FM stations are now heard that normally require extending the antenna a bit with the D-328. In AM mode, there is no question that there are more distant stations receivable at night. Lost count in how many stations are received in the SW mode in the evening hours. The 9 khz/10 khz statements made by some reviews are incorrect for this radio. The Silicon Labs chip used in this radio, probably the Si743X, is set for 1 khz steps in the AM and SW modes and 10 khz steps in the FM mode, and a highly stable external master clock is used to run the frequency synthesizer. It is possible to skip more that these prescribed step amounts if the tuning control is turned quickly or the control is not perfectly linear in electrical resistance. Therefore it is sometimes helpful to tune very slowly in the forward direction then in the reverse direction with these type of DSP radios in order to locate an especially weak station at night. The Silicon Labs chip also has an Automatic Frequency Control feature that tends to 'snag' the station if not tuned exactly on it, which sometimes causes odd peculiarities in tuning in a station. There are a lot of false images of stations with these type of radios. So ignore these and ensure you are correctly tuned to the proper and strongest station signal. XHDATA definitely wins the radio golden award by having a tuning control mechanism that has absolutely no slack in it, unlike too many other radios in this price range. The speaker sounds thin as one would expect from this size speaker. However with the proper earphones, good fidelity can be achieved. As is, the earphone audio output of the D-209 sounds a bit bright on the treble end and diminished on the bass end. Choosing an earphone set that has the reverse frequency response is helpful. Hard to find but included with many Tecsun radios, the Tecsun E-302 earphones have this quality, and if using, the resulting audio sounds good and fairly well balanced. However, experiment with what you have. Battery life using alkaline cells seems to be about 100 hours if using only the earphones. The D-219 is possibly the most capable and fun radios one can buy in this price range, and also one of the simplest to use. Easily another winner from XHDATA….

As a long time radio ham, I've owned many phenomenal receivers. The radio isn't one of them. But, for the low cost, this radio is amazing. It's well made, easy to use, and will easily receive shortwave stations from around the globe. The standard medium-wave band reception is very good. From upstate NY I'm able to receive stations from hundreds of miles away with great clarity. The FM band is amazing, with many stations all across the dial. It isn't FM stereo, but even distant stations come in loud & clear. I've been a shortwave listener for over 60 years, and this little radio does a good job pulling in stations from all over the world. While there aren't as many shortwave stations as there were years ago, there is still a lot of activity on the 9 international shortwave bands available on this little radio. It operates for many, many hours on 2 AA-cells, and the telescopic antenna for FM & SW is of very high quality. If you're looking for a versatile, fun little radio for yourself or as a gift, don't hesitate to buy one of these. I enjoy mine on my backyard patio in the evening. As someone mentioned in another review, it's great for a language student to hear actual foreign broadcasts. I can highly recommend this little powerhouse portable radio.

I bought this on a whim; I've got a dozen shortwave receivers and transceivers, but this one was (when I bought it) less than some of the combination meals at the drive-through fast-food places. I like having battery radios handy for emergencies and casual use, so I added it to my order. The surprise is the performance: selectivity is not very good, which is always the case with low-priced portables. But the sensitivity is surprising! With just the built-in antenna, this D-219 gets shortwave stations remarkably well. The sound is fine for such a tiny portable, the controls are a bit glitchy, but if you want to go to the park and still hear the baseball game on Radio Marti, you can slip this in a pocket and go. At the price, this is a fantastic little radio---not as good as a $1500 tabletop set :-) but surprisingly good. Recommended! 73 de AC4RD

I have been a very happy with the XHDATA D219 Portable AM FM Shortwave Radio. It is a very compact and decent sounding radio for the size. It also is pretty easy on batteries. It is a sensitive little radio with very selective FM tuning. Selectivity is important if you're trying to pick up weak stations next to stronger ones. In the Denver area, there is a hundred watt FM station on the far side of town that has always been tough with other radios to pick up. Most small analog dial radios I've owned will naturally drift over to the stronger station. This means having to retune the radio constantly, which is no fun when you're trying to do the dishes and you have to keep drying your hands to tune the station back in. The XHDATA D219 Portable AM FM Shortwave Radio holds on to the weak FM station with no problem. It is probably the most sensitive radio I've owned of this size. I also took it overseas and really enjoyed the sensitivity on the shortwave band. Sure, a digital tuner is easier than an analog dial for shortwave, but at this price point having so many shortwave bands to choose from is quite impressive. The compact size also makes it a great travel radio. The AM sensitivity is pretty decent, so it would function as emergency radio also - without the weather band of course. But again, for this price point, I think it is a great value.

Nice little radio with lots of bands. It actually sound pretty good for its size. Price is certainly right. This is not a complete review, just two comments: 1. The volume pot does not appear to be an "audio taper potentiometer" meaning that it is very hard to make fine adjustments to low audio settings. At the lower volume levels, a tiny bit of movement of the volume control results in large changes to the volume. Not a huge deal, but kind of aggravating when adjusting to low volume levels. 2. The radio that I received does not work at all when plugged into a 5 VDC power source. When a 5 VDC source is plugged in, it just makes static. I checked the power plug that I'm using with a voltmeter, and it is +5.2 VDC at the center pin of the plug, which is correct for that radio per the markings on the radio. I contacted seller and exchanged a couple of messages with them about this problem in which they requested more info from me. I didn't hear back from them after the second exchange. I ended up contacting Amazon and they issued a full refund and told me to keep the radio. Still trying to decide whether to order another one in hopes that it will work on the power plug. That will depend on whether or not I hear from the seller with a reasonable response.

It's good, but the power cable isn't included.

Very good little fm am sw receiver, with good reception and sounds. Unfortunately it is not many stations on shortwave band ,because we aren't in Europe, where is a lot of many news, music in different languages. As overall good toy for very low price. I will recommend this receiver.

Me gustó,el radio portátil es compacto y tiene una bocina que se escucha bien no distorsiona, su precio es accesible lo recomiendo...

Very good receiption .

As described, working fine and using external AC power adapter for my setup. Packaging and shipping was fine and the item arrived safely. Reception and sound is good and the compact size suits my location. Controls are easy to use. No issues. I use it every workday for about 8 hrs a day.