I’m posting this to accumulate additional information about the MLite-880. It’s needed because unlike most radios where one buys them and learns how to use them more effectively over time, this one is receiving aggressive firmware updates.
June 16 2026
The latest firmware update on the internet is 1.5.7, but the latest version and release notes on the manufacturer website is 1.5.5. Much of the content deals with presets.
Comments online speak highly of the current implementation of synchronous tuning. This demodulation mode let the user select one of the sidebands of an AM signal, possibly eliminating selective fading or adjacent channel interference.
Also the Elecevolve one-click installer has been updated to version 1.2.0.
June 17 2026
The firmware version on the Elecevolve website is V1.5.8. This will be automatically installed by the one-click installer. It supposedly has some fix for the OIRT band (this is the FM band formerly used in Russia and Eastern Europe).
There is a new “Activity Timer” item on the Radio Set menu, Page 2, Number 5. When enabled, rotating the knob allows settings of 5 – 240 minutes in 5 minute intervals. Presumably the radio shuts off if no control is pressed within the activity time.
June 18 2026
Elecevolve has created an “official” Facebook group for the MLite-880. This is in addition to the very fine MLite-880 User’s Group.
June 20 2026
This change log surfaced on Facebook by DXHunter:
[1.58] — 2026-06-11
- Fixed an OIRT bug.
- Minor preset fixes.
- Added an activity (sleep) timer under Menu 1 — once the set time elapses the receiver switches off, dropping its power draw to the lowest possible level.
- Battery voltage is now shown in the About menu.
[1.57] — 2026-06-08
The author did not publish a detailed changelog for this build. His summary:
- Bug fixes.
- Performance improvements.
[1.56] — 2026-06-02
- SAMU and SAML modes added. Switch using button 9 in menu 2 (select SAM first, then cycle through SAM, SAMU, SAML.
- Menu 0: “GEN” function added to return to the frequency, modulation, and step settings used before selecting a preset.
- Menu 1, page 1, item 4: option to toggle whether presets are used when entering frequency.
- Menu “About”: now displays the hardware version.
- Encoder auto-reset: if in “Volume” mode, it automatically returns to “Frequency” mode after 5 seconds of inactivity. Note: if Volume mode was entered using the # key, the auto-reset is disabled.
- S-meter accuracy improved (though it remains an indicative “posometer”).
- Preset editing remains restricted to menu 0 only.