Kaito Electronics Inc. KA1102BLK Digital AM/FM/SW World Receiver with SSB
The Kaito KA1102 is a dual conversion portable radio covering AM/FM and Short Wave. The special designed PLL circuit has a very high sensitivity and low noise levels. Thanks to the dual conversion technology, the KA1102 has a super sensitive radio bands. AM coverage is from 522 – 1710 kHz. The AM reception is impressive. It is able to pick up weak signals very well. The FM band covers 70.0 – 108 MHz (including the Japanese FM band and Russian FM band, if traveling in these areas). (more…)
July 29th, 2009 at 12:29 am
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good but not perfect
This is a nice little world radio, but it is not perfect. Sound quality on AM/SW is pretty poor. Sound quality on FM is fine.
July 29th, 2009 at 5:16 am
3.0 out of 5 stars
A little disappointed
I received the Kaito KA1102 a couple of weeks ago, and although it seems to be very well made and easy to use, I am a little disappointed.
July 29th, 2009 at 7:35 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
A mini-portable Worldband radio that actually works well.
Since the features of the radio have been covered already by the other reviews, I’ll just review the performance real quick.
July 29th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed With Sound Quality
I spent several days with this radio learning how to operate it. The manual is not clearly written but it’s usable.
July 29th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Extremely fine portable AM (MW)/FM/SW radio
This is my second Kaito portable radio and it is indeed an excellent product as all the other reviewers have pointed out before me.
July 29th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Feature rich and outstanding value
The feature set is unbelievable. I especially like the coverage, sensitivity, PLL tuning, and ability to receive CW and SSB.
July 29th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great radio but…
Ok I agree all the good comments but in the first day of use the volume down button was permanently depressed (even it works well)…
July 29th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good quality at low price, size and weight
I own an old Panasonic RF45 Shortwave radio and a Icom ICR10. The Panasonic reached his lifetime, and the Icom is a very expensive toy to carry it from one to another place.
July 30th, 2009 at 2:23 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great shortwave radio
Well, I remember listening to shortwave radio while growing up in Eastern Europe in the early 80′s and felt a little nostalgic about it, so I asked Santa to bring me one for…
July 30th, 2009 at 9:42 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent little radio
Best radio in the world you can get at this price. Mine lasted only a year though. I think it has some software issues. I can’t get it to work with batteries anymore.