Thus, the higher price than we would otherwise have had to pay (although I think the D-808 is still a bargain) and the longer shipping time frame as well. Crane, Redsun agreed not to export the XHDATA D-808 to the US, but eventually an enterprising eBay seller found a way to ship the radio to the US via Israel.
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This is also the reason that manufacturers no longer provide schematics and service manuals for their products which used to be standard practice which is a sad state of affairs.
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Crane in designing their one-of-a-kind CC Skywave and Skywave SSB models, has no control over other manufacturers who are seemingly free to copy parts of those designs, and to modify them any way they want to. Why so long? That’s where the history of the XHDATA D-808 gets interesting and it has to do with a lack of patent protection among Chinese manufacturers.
My radio arrived 34 days after I bought it which was within the promised time range given in the auction. I paid $112.87 + $10 Shipping from Harelan ecommerce on eBay although it costs less in areas other than the US.
It seemed to be a radio I should get to know, partly due to its provenance, partly due to several positive field reports of its overall performance especially on AM and partly due to its reasonable price. Although it has been available for a while now, the more I heard about this radio the more intrigued I became.
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