You can tell from articles here at BlogOrDie! that the Qodosen DX-286 is among my favorite radios. When I went on my vacation earlier in the year I took my Tecsun PL-330 only because it supports SSB and I wanted to take a shot at some aviation weather transmissions (and that was successful). If my DX-286 had SSB, I would have taken it.
I participate in several shortwave-related groups on Facebook, and I occasionally see the comment that the DX-286 looks interesting, but the lack of SSB is a deal breaker.
So it was with some interest that I saw a comment online that pointed to the Qodosen website where I found:
Hello, we will be releasing SSB models later, so stay tuned!
Well, isn’t that interesting?
I just asked about HD Radio on the Qodosen website. Given the great FM sensitivity of the TEF6686, pulling in HD stations should be easy.
I like the HD Radio in my car. It would be nice to have another brand besides Sangean offer portables with that capability.