On Apr 17, 2:11*pm, Bart Bailey wrote:
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posted on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:29:46 -0700 (PDT), Cato wrote: Begin *



* Even a company like Grundig or Eton.... all their radios are made
in China now...

Nope, not all, as if it should matter.

Uhmm... the Eton E5 and Grundig G5 are made in China (Looking at the
back of my E5 "designed in California, made in China".

The Eton E100....... on the back of the radio it says..... Made in
China.

As of 2001, many of the suppliers to Sony had already shifted
production to China, where labor costs at the time, (2001) were 1/30th
of the costs in Japan.

Sony itself now gets many parts from China.

Sony to Shift Parts Supplies to China People's Daily,
Business, Thursday, September 27, 2001, updated at 13:44(GMT+8)


Outsourcing?

Hi,
It is me again. I forgot to include this in my last post. I did
e-mail the seller and will include my initial e-mail and then his
response. You decide if he seems honest or not:

(My e-mail)

Hello,
I won the auction from you for this radio. However, I am having
problems getting any stations on AM. Can you explain why that
might be? I do like the radio, but I will tell you, I have never
had one this hard to program and operate. I know that is not your
fault, but I wish it were easier. I must be doing something wrong.
Any ideas, please? Thanks.
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(His response)

Hello,

I played around with that radio for about an hour one afternoon just
to see what it could do. I got AM stations no problem but I am right
in Chicago so the signals are strong. I didn't try to pull in any
distant stations. Shortwave seemed to work well - also FM was good.
Other than that I can't add anything more about that particular radio.
There are some radio forums online where someone might be able to help
out more with that model.

I have a Kaito KA1103 too which I like a lot but is too big (for me)
for traveling. Their radios are quality but I agree there are some
unusual features and controls. Especially the KA1103. The manuals
are funny too - very bad translations into English! I hope you have
luck with it and get it working the way you want it. It seems like a
cool little radio.

John W.
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Any advice?
thanks,
Haci