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KA7EII
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Rating: 4/5
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Jun 13, 2009 20:01
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Nice for a radio in this class.
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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For it's size and price, this is a pretty decent radio. It covers Shortwave in two bands from 2300-7500KHz and 9200-22000KHz, AM (MW) from 520-1710KHz and FM from 70-108MHz. It has 200 memories and direct frequency entry via the keypad. Selectivity is not the greatest and you will hear some images as this is a single conversion receiver. Using the built in whip antenna, I have no problem listening to the stronger broadcast stations like Radio Australia, China Radio International, WWCR etc. Seems to work a bit better than a Kaito KA11 that I also have.
Pros:
200 memories. You can use main dial to tune through memory channels.
Sleep timer and alarm function.
Small.
Runs a long time on two AA batteries.
Cons:
Hard to adjust volume control at lower levels.
Selectivity could be a bit better.
Main dial only tunes in 1KHz steps on AM and Shortwave.
Overall, I am very happy with this little radio. No, it is not a super DX receiver but for the price and the size of the radio I am very satisfied.
KA7EII - Rocky.
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