Dear Gus,

Regarding small shortwave portables: you now own the Sony ICF-SW7600GR
receiver and the Sony AN-LP1 antenna. Thus, you own the best. In my
opinion, everything else in this class is "second-rate" in overall
convenience, in overall construction quality, and in overall
performance.

Yes, some are "almost as good," perhaps even somewhat "better" in one
aspect of performance or another, and maybe even "more value for the
money," but NONE offer the total overall usefulness, the build-quality,
or the advanced performance-quality of this radio set. I repeat my
opinion that it is the best.

I own five of this combination (plus two of the older ICF-SW7600G
models). The oldest is from 1998. All work as they did when new. I have
absolutely no intention of ever selling any of them and I'm certain
that, after you've grown familiar with your receiver/antenna
combination, you won't want to sell it either. You may even want to buy
another one!

Best of luck to you,

Joe

Gus wrote:
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I was actually thinking about the
DE/KA1101 vs. the '7600GR. I know from a technical standpoint there is
no comparison, but I was thinking that perhaps the 1101 feature set was
good enough for my purposes. I never really considered the 1103,
primarily because of the volume control (honestly, it sounds like a
poor design), and the fake analog scale/LCD seems kind of gimmicky to
me. I'm somewhat of a "purist." I'm sure many people will disagree with
me, but I need to be happy with my purchase.

Anyway, in the end, I decided to keep the '7600GR and I purchases an
AN-LP1. Everything looks good so far. I do think I could get a
reasonable fraction of my money back, if I were to decide to sell
everything off, while the Degen/Kaito is really a throw away radio
(from the sound of it).

Thanks for the input.

--Gus