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Kaito KA-1102 comments
I just received one of the newer KA-1102 Chinese portables from
www.radios4you.com and I must admit that after playing with it for a few hours it is the most impressive portable for the price ($90 shipped with guarantee) and size that I've used. The sensitivity on its short whip and SSB reception are phenomenal to say the least. The BFO "clarifier" is a true variable USB/LSB BFO oscillator and appears to be rock stable. The AGC action on SSB was also the best I've seen for a portable with no noticible distortion or "pumping" action. The selectivity in the narrow position was about 5 kHz with fairly steep skirts. This is an impressive little dual conversion radio for its size and price. Highly recommended. |
I too brought one of these receivers last week, the Degen 1102. I
think they are identical except for the name on the front. I had mine shipped to the UK for US$73.00 all in. I am pleased with it. For such a reasonable cost it is a real bargain. I happened to have my Sangean ATS909 with me and have compared them. The 1102 is more sensitive on all bands (FM/SW/MW) than the ATS when used with the whip antenna. However, when connected to a Sony AN-LP1 antenna the ATS909 wins out as it seems as if the 1102 can't handle all the extra signal. Still, it is very sensitive on the whip alone. Tonight I'll run a little test between it and my Sony SW77 and see how they compare. My only complaint is the volume control is two buttons (up/down), I prefer a thumb wheel. Also, SSB is only available on one of the ten pages of it's memory. However, I rarely use SSB so it's no great problem. If it had a sync mode it would be almost perfect. Any one else brought one yet? Regards, Alan (Frank) wrote in message om... I just received one of the newer KA-1102 Chinese portables from www.radios4you.com and I must admit that after playing with it for a few hours it is the most impressive portable for the price ($90 shipped with guarantee) and size that I've used. The sensitivity on its short whip and SSB reception are phenomenal to say the least. The BFO "clarifier" is a true variable USB/LSB BFO oscillator and appears to be rock stable. The AGC action on SSB was also the best I've seen for a portable with no noticible distortion or "pumping" action. The selectivity in the narrow position was about 5 kHz with fairly steep skirts. This is an impressive little dual conversion radio for its size and price. Highly recommended. |
"Frank" wrote...
I just received one of the newer KA-1102 Chinese portables from www.radios4you.com and I must admit that after playing with it for a few hours it is the most impressive portable for the price ($90 shipped with guarantee) and size that I've used. The sensitivity on its short whip and SSB reception are phenomenal to say the least. The BFO "clarifier" is a true variable USB/LSB BFO oscillator and appears to be rock stable. The AGC action on SSB was also the best I've seen for a portable with no noticible distortion or "pumping" action. The selectivity in the narrow position was about 5 kHz with fairly steep skirts. This is an impressive little dual conversion radio for its size and price. Highly recommended. Hi Frank. In a previous post Michael said his 1102 gave him intermod from 5960 kHz when he was listening to 5975. Do you find this to be the case with your newer radio? I know you said it's very selective, but I listen to 5975 every night, so I won't get a KA1102 if it has interference on that frequency. Thanks. |
To anyone using a *newer* KA1102... have you tried it on 5975 kHz
to see if it still has intermod from 5960? Michael and Frank had different results and comments on performance. "Sanjaya" wrote... "Frank" wrote... I just received one of the newer KA-1102 Chinese portables from www.radios4you.com and I must admit that after playing with it for a few hours it is the most impressive portable for the price ($90 shipped with guarantee) and size that I've used. The sensitivity on its short whip and SSB reception are phenomenal to say the least. The BFO "clarifier" is a true variable USB/LSB BFO oscillator and appears to be rock stable. The AGC action on SSB was also the best I've seen for a portable with no noticible distortion or "pumping" action. The selectivity in the narrow position was about 5 kHz with fairly steep skirts. This is an impressive little dual conversion radio for its size and price. Highly recommended. Hi Frank. In a previous post Michael said his 1102 gave him intermod from 5960 kHz when he was listening to 5975. Do you find this to be the case with your newer radio? I know you said it's very selective, but I listen to 5975 every night, so I won't get a KA1102 if it has interference on that frequency. Thanks. |
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:01:33 +0200, Zacharias Liangas wrote:
If someone can watch my web page at www.compulink.gr/zliangas/C300vDE1102.htm will find that not only on 59xx kHz are intermods but also on the 8Mhz using the external antenna Regardless of these problems , i feel this radio as excellent for its money at US$60 Are you sure the address is right? I get 404s consistently - and I couldn't get the review from the other location you posted, either. Pity, because I'm interested! Cheers, AJ |
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