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 best pocket radio January 9, 2009
Cesar J. vazquez (miami fl. usa)
This radio have great AM and FM reception and a very good SW reception,you can use external power but it dont realy need it,the 2 AA batteries will last a very long time.This is the new sony.
 REMEMBER THE SONY? July 16, 2008
Ibn Spidoon (New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Twenty-five years ago, Sony made 'em this way, and even then, the Sonys were more expensive.
This baby puts the world back in your hands.
Exceptional value.
 Useful for the travel bag, but not for exploring the SW world April 29, 2008
Heinz Hammerling (New Jersey, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pro:
Cheap and cheerful, small and light-weight, the right size for a travel bag, well built, good AM, reasonable FM and SW performance, low power consumption. Easy and intuitive to operate. No 100 page manual, no switch to set the radio to a "9kHz frequency spacing".
Con:
High pitched and annoying speaker, amplifies the hiss, unfortunately FM only in 'mono'. No Long Wave "LW" (a must in Europe if you speak French, or live in the UK).
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Other:
This radio is ideal to listen to English language NEWS when traveling outside of the country. I.e for those moments when you cannot figure out any of the three or four local radio stations, coming in "loud and clear" in Arabic, Hausa, Moldovian, Russian or Bengali. The radio is a must for short travels to the Mid East, Europe and Africa, where you have many and powerful SW radio stations.
Fun Radio for "Tuning Around" on Shortwave. March 26, 2006
jr_Tech (Portland OR. area)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is an "old fashioned" dial and pointer radio, lacking all of the features of a modern digital set... no preset stations, poor indication of the actual frequency that is tuned, no clock, no alarm. Somehow, it is still great fun to use!
Band scanning has been a weak point of digital radios... the sound is usually muted while slewing through the frequency range, leaving just a tuning indicator light to show that a station has been found (most will not stop scanning on weak signals), or if not muted, a loud "chuffing" noise is produced as the frequencies are scanned. With this set you just turn the knob and listen for stations!
If you want to easily find, say the BBC on 5.975 Mhz a digital radio will get you there much faster, but for scanning the band to see what is on, the old dial and pointer still works quite well!
Also see my review of the Similar Sangean model SG622. The Sangean is slightly more expensive, larger in size, slightly better sounding due to having a larger speaker, Kaito seems to be slightly more sensitive on weak signals and is more solid feeling. I like the thumbwheel controls and color (blue) of the Kaito better. Wish I could give the Kaito another 1/2 star! ...both work well!
Great Radio November 16, 2005
Matt Boswell (Atlanta, GA USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This radio is wonderful. The reception is great. I was able to get stations from Taiwan, China, Japan, Sweeden, Britain, Germany, many Spanish speaking countries and lots of morse code, too. If you want to hear worldwide broadcasts, this is for you.
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