D109WB Portable Radio AM/FM/SW/LW/WB Weather Radio Shortwave Radio Receiver with NOAA Alert, Battery Operated Great Sound Wireless BT Mp3 Speaker, SOS Alert Alarm Clock Sleep Function

Product arrived on time and well packaged. For the record, I am NOT a short wave expert. I am a casual user who likes to surf the bands at times, so this radio and others like it are used for fun as well as for emergency preparedness.I also have a Sangean 909X, which easily cost 4+ times as much as this radio when I bought it back in 2011. That radio is my comparison source.First things first however. This radio has a solid build feel to it. The switches have a nice tactile feel to them. I love the use of the 18650 battery for power (The radio cannot be powered with the battery removed....It MUST be present) because I use that same battery type in many of my high powered flashlights. Now my understanding is that the battery provided in unprotected, meaning that it lacks safety circuitry to prevent overcharge, short circuits, and other issues that could lead to a battery fire. I would highly recommend purchasing a protected 18650 to use in this radio and yes, they DO FIT. I cannot guarantee that every brand will fit, but I was able to install two protected name brand 18650 batteries in this radio with no difficulty. Do not charge the battery unattended. Now all of THAT said, even the lower capacity 18650 battery provided with this radio should power it for a LONG time versus any AAA / AA batteries and likely even better than those that might use C or D cells. Since I can solar charge my 18650 batteries this makes it a great tool for emergency preparedness as well.Now those buttons.....Some are a bit confusing so I do find myself referring back to the operating manual at times, but that should improve with usage and familiarity.The sound quality from the speaker is quite good at this price point. It is mono of course and do not expect Bose quality, but again at this price point...I am very happy.Reception on both FM and shortwave seems to rival every other quality (And much more expensive) radio that I own. I have mixed feelings about AM. It does not seem as good as my other radios but to be fair... I really need to try to outside. It it as good as my CC Radio Plus DX? No, but it is darn close. FM reception was outstanding. On shortwave this radio easily outclassed my Sangean 909X during an indoor test. Yes, it actually did pick up more channels when in scan mode. Now some of that COULD be in how each radio's software is set up...What it selects to stop at versus what it skips. But again...at $45 after the coupon discount?!Obviously at this point I cannot speak to durability, but I can say that I am VERY pleased with my initial impressions. At this point in time I feel that this radio is a bargain at this price due to the speaker's good sound quality and surprisingly good FM and shortwave reception. I will close by saying that I thought about this radio for quite some time before I decided to make the purchase, primarily because I could not believe it would be this good at this price point.....$41 after a $15 coupon.

I bought it at Prime day saving event for $39+tax. It has Silab/Skyworks 4734 chipset, a good med range full band receiver, plus BT and common audio file playback. Overall I would rate 4 stars for the price you pay.PROS:- Good AM-MW and FM sensitivities and can pull in almost the same amount of stations as Qodosen DX-286- SW sensitivity is OK when an external antenna is used.- LW is useless in NA due to lack of stations, but tested with a signal generator to have a similar sensitivity level at 510KHz LW, vs. 530K in MW band (RSSI is 56dBuV from the same source strength at respective frequencies)- The BT and music file playback are a nice bonus.- Decent full range speaker with good suspension and acoustic design, though just 40mm diameter. It plays loud and clearly with decent bass.CONS:- Front end design saturates easily in SW band, and receives lots of harmonics or inter-modulation signals from MW band when it's overloaded. e.g 2nd harmonics from local 50KW blowtorch 1170KHz KLOK. It pops up strongly at 2.34MHz SW band!- LCD is not biased properly (at least for my unit), best viewing angle is 45 degrees lower than the normal direction. Hard to read in other angles.- USB type C was not designed right, missing 5Kohm pull-down on the CC lines. It won't charge on a USB-C PD charger with type C-C cable, but it would be ok to use type A to C cable (thanks to no CC control)it comes default with 9K channel spacing for MW band, so some may be surprised it only receives a couple of stations in AM-MW (much less hit for common multiples of 9K and 10K at 90K, you will get 1/10 stations). Power it off and press on the number 2 key to toggle to 10K mode in NA, before you return it!

This radio is my first shortwave receiver. It’s very well made, and very capable. FM reception is really good. AM is also good. It also pulls in some interesting SW broadcasts. The weather band is a nice feature to have also. Speaker sounds nice for voice and music. The sound is even better with earbuds. It’s easy to pair with devices to use as a Bluetooth speaker.A few things could be improved: the instruction manual leaves something to be desired. The way that the buttons work and how they are labeled is not intuitive. It takes a bit of experimenting to learn how to use the radio’s features. Fortunately there are a number of YouTube videos on the D-109WB that demonstrate how it works.This seems to be a good radio- I recommend it.

I have had the radio for a while and am mostly happy with it. FM and weatherband work great, for medium band and shortwave you will need to use an external antenna for best reception. There is a weird buzz when the audio knob is in a certain position which can be fixed by moving it roughly a centimeter up or down off of the spot. After daily use for about a month, the radio did freeze and none of the buttons were responding, but the radio was still playing. After a minute they started working again. Using the DX/LOC button did nothing to help zero in on far away stations. The VE/MC button just seems to be a noise reduction filter that lowers the overall volume of the radio, you will want to leave it on voice. I think the should replace it with an EQ button. The build quality is pretty solid and the buttons are made out of a rubber membrane. The instruction manual is way too small to read, and I had to go to the XHDATA YouTube page to figure out how to use some of the other functions. I think I got around ten hours of battery life at medium volume.