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Author Topic: Gary DeBock’s 2021 Ultralight Radio Shootout! Another SWLing rip.  (Read 1832 times)

Offline ThaDood

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Gary DeBock’s 2021 Ultralight Radio Shootout! Another SWLing rip.
« on: May 07, 2021, 2012 UTC »
Hmmmmmmmmmmm... Looks like Radio Jay Allen has a 'lil competition here. Neat read, fo' sure.      https://swling.com/blog/2021/05/gary-debocks-2021-ultralight-radio-shootout/
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Re: Gary DeBock’s 2021 Ultralight Radio Shootout! Another SWLing rip.
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2021, 1004 UTC »
Looks like XHDADA D-808 is the best performing radio from the review.
I have had it now for about 2 years now, and still working fine.
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Re: Gary DeBock’s 2021 Ultralight Radio Shootout! Another SWLing rip.
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2021, 0543 UTC »
Interesting, in depth reviews of the various radios.

DeBock's done these Ultralight MW radio shootouts before, but I think a couple of the websites where they were published no longer exist.

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