I got my Degen 1102 directly from China from Liypn through eBay. Even though
the brand says Degen (which is the company that actually makes both the
Degen and Kaito versions), it is fully American-friendly. The owners manual
has an English section and a Chinese section. It has rechargeable batteries
(Degen brand 1300mAh Ni-MH) and are chargeable inside the radio with a
220-110 adapter supplied at no cost by the seller. The MW band comes preset
as 522-1620 with 9kHz spacing, but when you set the radio to 10kHz spacing,
the MW band atomically expands to 520-1710. And the pretty blue light is
right here on my Degen, just like it is on the Kaito version.

There has been lots of misinformation being put out by Kaito dealers versus
Degen dealers. But from what I can tell, my Degen is exactly the same as a
Kaito. And if there's a difference, then I haven't found anything obviously
missing from mine, so it must not be a very important difference.