Lebkuecher
Flashlight Enthusiast
I finally have sold some amateur radio equipment and am ready for a long-overdue update of my ssb listening and table am/fm broadcast radio. I am interested in the S-8800, but the price is steep, and I'm not sure the performance increase on ssb over the PL-880 is sufficient to justify the difference in cost between the two radios. Anyone have both? I also noticed this week that Amazon is saying they don't know if the PL-880 will be back in stock there (edit: Amazon now says they will have more in about a week). Kaito USA is also out of stock.
I also worry that there may be no authorized repair location for the S-8800 in the USA - since it is not sold here - that could conceivably be a problem.
I have both if you have questions or want me to record some samples via YouTube.
Thomas from SWLing already has a good comparison vid on YouTube comparing the two on SSB.