I totally agree with these observations. I purchased a Degen 1102 from Ebay
from liypn's sto http://www.stores.ebay.com/id=68650377&ssPageName=L2
He provides very good service. The 1102 has excellent reception off the
whip, maybe the best I have ever witnessed from a low cost portable. SSB
reception is also quite good, just need to be careful with the fine tuning
wheel. This is definitely my new travel radio. The only knock I have on it
right now is on MW (east coast), I am getting some kind of machine gunning
interference around 770 Khz (WABC, NYC). Only seems to be present on this
radio, not my other rigs. Another strange thing, if the backlighting comes
on, the noise seems to diminsh until the light goes off - then it starts up
again. Other than that, it is flawless.

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"Sanjaya" wrote in
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"Mike S." wrote...
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All in all, it's money well spent. This is the best value in a
portable I've seen on a _long_ time.

That really says it all.
I boxed up my YB400 and
use the 1102 now. Plug it in
every so often and recharge the
batteries while I sleep.

I really like the Kaito 1102. I ordered mine from Radios4you and
received it less than 24 hours later; this must be a record!

While managing a conference recently I had some long, otherwise unfilled
hours to spend at the registration table, and it was evening to boot. I
brought the 1102 along (it fits neatly into my purse) and didn't really
expect much, since I was in a long hotel hallway with lots of computer
and electronic equipment nearby.

Standing near the glass doors, with just the whip antenna and running
off batteries, I was able to listen to most of my regular evening
catches with no problems and a surprising amount of sensitivity: Radio
New Zealand International, R. Sweden, R. Nacional Amazonia, Voice of
Turkey, Vietnam, Kuwait, Nigeria and Tunisia, as well as the bigger
stations (BBC, RN, DW, Korea). Intelligibility was clean and I could ID
almost everything (I believe I caught R. Bulgaria but the signal was
pretty muddy).

I've never had this type of reception from a pocket-sized radio before.
I wasn't expecting to DX of course but this sure beats any other small
portable off the whip, at least in my experience.

AM and FM were also pleasant, particularly the FM stereo via earbuds.

Terrific number of features for the money, IMHO.

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