XHDATA D-109 AM FM LW BT MP3 Shortwave Radio Review

The XHDATA D-109 AM FM LW Shortwave Portable Radio with Bluetooth, and an MP3 Player will Bring Back the Glory Days of Radio Fun! Punchy Audio, 600 Memories, Amazing Reception on All the Bands, FM/MP3/BT in Stereo while using Headphones, 18650 Powered, Type C Rechargeable, Two Alarms, Always on Back Light, and more to keep you Tuning the Night Away. Is it a Must have in 2023, and beyond? One Word, Yes.

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Features I like about the D-109:
Amazing FM Reception.
Excellent Speaker Audio.
18650 Battery Power. Replaceable with other Unprotected Button Top Batteries.
Six Hundred Memories.
Nice Size.
Good Build Quality.
AM Reception is Excellent, with No Birdie/Harmonics on the Band.
Bandwidth Filters.
Scan Feature. Browse the Band you're on, or your Saved Memories.
Two Alarms. Wake to Radio, Buzzer, or MP3 Player.
Back Light can be Set to Always On.
Buttons are Raised, and Easy to Use.
Clear Display.
Full Shortwave Band.
External Antenna Jack for FM/SW.
Long Wave for those who need it.
Easy to Add Memories, and Delete them.
Good Value for the Money.
Makes a Perfect Starter Radio for Someone getting into the Hobby.
Bluetooth.
MP3 Player. Remembers Exact Track Position.
Type C Jack for Recharging the Radio.
Headphone Experience is Decent.
Dedicated Sleep Function Button.
Four FM Band Plans. 64, 76, 87, 87.5 - 108MHz.
Lock Function.
Receive Calls through Bluetooth Mode.

Features that could be Added or Improved on:
Longer Tuning Knob. It is a bit on the Thin Side.
Ability to lock in Fast, or the Slow Setting while using the Tuning Knob.
Seek Tuning! It is missing. Browsing isn't the same.
Fix MW Break Through when using the EXT. ANT. Jack.
Quick Tuning using the Right, and Left Arrow Buttons. This would be Fantastic.

Overall, with just a few more tweaks, this Radio is an Absolute Must Have. Right now it is still a Great Recommendation for those Starting their Portable Radio Journey. It is also for those who want a larger radio with a Higher Capacity Battery, Easier to Use Buttons, and Bluetooth/MP3 Player built in.

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[KRAFTWERKK]

I always love it when a radio has a nice amber / orange backlight for the LCD. much nicer and eyepleasing that blue or white.

[davidhall]

Just purchased one of these radios after watching your review and I’m impressed with the build quality and the sound quality as well. I have acquired quite a lot of radios in the last couple of years after watching your reviews but I must say this is one of the best especially when listening through headphones which is in stereo which many of my other radios aren’t or they don’t sound as good as this one

[gmorgan]

I have one on the way. Your review confirms I made the right call.

[todderbert]

Note: The Numeric Keypad Entry is Fixed on all Current Models, including this Radio. It does have an issue with MW breakthrough on the SW EXT. Antenna Jack. The whip antenna is great on SW/FM, so you may rarely find the need to use the EXT. ANT jack.

[robintyson]

Great radio. The FM coverage in particular is fantastic, picking up distant stations with good signal strength. Love the bluetooth feature and SD card reader. And it's so small and light, and the rechargeable (replaceable) battery is really great. Good for power cuts. Love the little stand at the back - so you can prop it up at an angle.

[robc]

I just ordered this from Amazon has $10 off plus free prime shipping fantastic good Friday 2023

[Steven-rext]

Brought it home.after long wait. And put it to it's paces.. controls are easy. Plugged in chip. Music didn't skip. And the CPU is very nice. Audio better than most. The band with control is good for clearing up noise. Toderbert got it right tks.

[NTPTM]

Hej Todderbert I just saw your review and very nice walkthrough of the new XHDATA D-109 i like many things great audio and you can have the display light always on and you can upgrade the battery to higher capacity love it. I think XHDATA have make a very nice radio with this D-109 and also the XHDATA D-219 is very nice yes the XHDATA D-109 is a buy all day long for me take care and have a nice evening.

[AlfistaWayne]

Fantastic review. I have watched at least 20 of your other reviews and have subscribed to your channel. THANK YOU ! ⭐

[nospammayer]

The 109 is hard to beat, price wise, good reception, good audio, bt and mp3 etc… Love mine, and doesn’t feel cheap at all! Thanks for the usual excellent review!

[jagchuk]

I bought this blind as my work gave me a $50 gift card. Haven't received it yet but your video has me ready! Can't wait to show my son!

[ma-mo]

Wonderfully comprehensive review, as always.
So many of these radios have mp3 players, but so few of them incorporate anything but the most basic player functions. Random track play, accessing different folders on the card, displaying the track name: only a very few radios have these features (V115 and a few Degen models). It's a darn shame.

[robintyson]

Had a call from someone this morning. The voice reads out the number to you, then you can answer. Very clear. Also, with the bluetooth connection, you can jog the podcast forward (I think by 30 seconds) or backward by using the back/forward buttons or the tuning control. Very nice.

[D.B._CooperMLMC]

Dude, I just received this very radio, and I couldn't find the AM band!! I searched on YouTube and found your video, and I found 670 the score when you pushed the MW button YOU tuned to my station I listen to. You need to point out that the MW button, takes you to the AM band !! I won't have to send it back. Thanks 👍

[mpatrickthomas]

You have THE BEST reviews. TY.I wish these shortwave companies could make a North American version without LW since it's useless here, and replace it with like an airband, but that might jack the price up.Again, great reviews.

[craignehring]

Great review, as usual. This is a serious contender

[saumyacow]

Hey nice channel. Can I comment as an electronic engineer, this is one of my pet peeves.. no one seems to make a really, really good radio anymore. Certainly not AM band. The best radio I ever had was way back from 80s. Was AM/FM analog tuning, but decent quality knobs and very solid, thorough electronic design. Back in the days when FM decoding required a lot of circuitry. It was ultra sensitive. Honourable mention goes to one of my Sony walkmans. Again, someone gave the engineer some scope. A feature of this unit was gradual FM stereo cut in on weak/variable FM signals. I've never seen that feature since. Since then too many manufacturers seem to think if you want AM then you want a piece of designed-to-the-cent cheap junk and if you want FM you must live in a big city with a strong signal. Plus all the antennas are cheap, tacky and fragile. In recent times there have been DSP chips which in theory should be amazing, but in reality are almost always poorly implemented. Either with a tiny/cheap/insensitive AM antenna or poor design introducing a digital noise floor (or both). Has anyone ever gotten this formula right? A best in class sensitive receiver making the best use of DSP (and lets bring back gradual stereo cut in).

Before I go. For a long time my constant companion was the Sony SRF M807. A brilliant bit of electronic design. Quite sensitive (not perfect), very well behaved in AM, synthesised and back in the days when this required a fair bit of circuitry. It's a shame this thing never got updated for DSP. And it seems discontinued. I don't believe it has a logical successor. And a lot of radios that looked similar just weren't up to the same standard.

[DrakeR]

This is a very nice performer on HF. I was reluctant to buy a non SSB radio but at $30.90 I gave it a try and I'm glad I did. My only complaint is the tuning knob - 1khz step is nice but it's very easy to tune too fast. The FF/RW buttonns also are 1khz but if they were 5khz step it would make tuning alot easier. Very impressed for the price. It's also nice to type in a number to jump to different mp3 files.

[XantoS]

21:50 Was that Alex Jones ? Lmao. Love your videos, bought a Prunus J-166 for me and this XHDATA D-109 for my father as a Christmas gift. Awesome radios, both have that "bass heavy" speakers that I love.