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Companies making radios have a problem, and this little Sihuadon R-108 shows what that is: If you can get something this good for this money, why would you pay three, four or ten times as much for a radio that’s about 95% the same as this one? There might be a few reasons, but first consider all you get here.
Reception-wise, to evaluate shortwave I put the R-108 next to my Sangean 909X2 as well as the earlier models in that series I own, the original Sangean 909 and the RadioShack DX-398. There were no signals – not one – that were listenable on the bigger and more expensive portables that were not listenable on this little R-108. There were a few that seemed to be a little stronger on one of the radios or the other, but any such difference was so slight as to be barely noticeable. Note that the R-108 does not receive single-sideband broadcasts, so if you want to hear those signals that would be one of those handful of reasons why you might opt for one of the costlier radios.
FM on the R-108 is extremely good. Sensitive, selective, and it even sounds rich and full. Here, the Sangean 909X2 does outshine it just a little because it has an FM bandwidth control, so if the station is completely crowded in by strong signals on either side, the Sangean did have a very slight advantage. But compared to the older iterations of the 909 series, the R-108 blew them out of the water, bringing in stations that were completely crowded out on the other radios to the point of being not receivable.
MW (AM broadcast) is surprisingly competent for a radio this size, since a small size means the internal AM antenna cannot be very large. Here, the original Sangean 909/DX-398 were best, rendering weak AMs a notch stronger than the R-108, which you expect given that they are physically bigger. But here again, nothing was listenable on these slightly stronger AM performers that wasn’t still listenable on the R-108. If ultimate AM reception is your primary interest, you probably already know you need to go with a larger radio that has a bigger internal AM antenna. But if you do need something that is pocketable, this R-108 is a great choice for AM. And, stronger AM stations sound really nice when you use the wide bandwidth (6 KHz) setting. The middle settings (3 and 4 KHz) are typical of what you are used to hearing on a radio that does not have a bandwidth setting, while the narrow ones (1-2 KHz) let you sacrifice some audio fidelity to hear weak signals with less static.
Air band is a little harder to compare, because you get different signals at different times, and the Sangean 909X2 is the only other air band radio I have. A nearby small airport’s automated weather info frequency came in well on both this radio and the Sangean.
One big advantage of this radio over some other small shortwaves is on this one the controls are more intuitive and easier to remember how to operate without referring back to the instructions.
As mentioned previously, sound quality is quite pleasant for a radio this small. There is balanced audio with some bass, not that scratchy “transistor radio” sound. In addition, you can turn the volume up all the way if you need to and the audio does not distort. They put a halfway decent speaker in here.
Power comes from a BL-5C rechargeable battery similar in size and shape to a mobile phone battery. It’s hard to say exactly how long it goes between charges because on mine, I just plug it in for an hour or two every so often and I never have to worry about the battery going dead. You can charge it with any common micro-USB charger, and the battery sits behind a traditional battery door so is easily user-replaceable if it ever stops holding a charge.
Bottom line: I believe this R-108 is the best shortwave radio you can buy for this money. Everything it does, it does well, and the performance here is virtually indistinguishable from radios that cost far more. If you have no interest in shortwave, consider the Sangean PR-D19. It's about the same price as this R-108 but it's a little larger, has two speakers, and gets a bit better AM reception.
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R 108 mi nuevo mejor amigo
Tiene excelente rendimiento en mw, sw, air band, respecto a Fm es muy bueno pero se queda un poco corto en comparación con cs 106, sin embargo es menos propenso a interferencias, se escucha un fm más limpio que otros radios, no le afecta la señal de emisoras locales en la recepción de emisoras lejanas con señal más débil, su calidad de sonido es espectacular tiene un excelente bajo no se distorsiona con el nivel de volumen máximo. Estoy en Colombia y he logrado escuchar radio aficionados en inglés con muy buena señal supongo que son de USA. Hay un aeropuerto a 15 km y otro a más de 90 km y logro escuchar las transmisiones con bastante claridad el aeropuerto de mayor distancia con ayuda de antena externa, conclusión mi mejor compra en radios portátiles, posiblemente compre el d 808, aunque de momento no lo creo necesario con r108 estoy muy feliz, gracias.
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