{"id":17081,"date":"2016-01-26T11:34:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T15:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=17081"},"modified":"2016-01-26T11:34:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T15:34:37","slug":"kaito-ka108-unboxing-kaitos-new-compact-portable-radio-and-mp3-playerrecorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/kaito-ka108-unboxing-kaitos-new-compact-portable-radio-and-mp3-playerrecorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaito KA108: Unboxing Kaito’s new compact portable radio and MP3 player\/recorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kaito-KA-108\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yesterday afternoon, I ventured off of our snowy mountain for the first time since Thursday. I was very pleased to find the new Kaito KA108 waiting for me at the post office. Universal Radio<\/a> kindly dispatched a unit to me for review from their very first shipment<\/a>. Thanks, Universal!<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m starting to put the KA108 through its paces: checking out reception on shortwave, mediumwave and FM. I plan to make a few recordings today and see if its internal recorder is effective (my fingers are crossed on this one!).<\/p>\n

By request, I took a few photos while I unboxing the Kaito KA108 last night (click each image to enlarge):<\/p>\n

\"Kaito-KA108-Unboxing-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kaito-KA108-Unboxing-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Kaito-KA108-Unboxing-4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kaito-KA108-Unboxing-5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Check back soon as I plan to post at least a short review\/overview within a few days. \u00a0Follow the tag: KA108<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday afternoon, I ventured off of our snowy mountain for the first time since Thursday. I was very pleased to find the new Kaito KA108 waiting for me at the post office. Universal Radio kindly dispatched a unit to me for review from their very first shipment. Thanks, Universal! I’m starting to put the KA108 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,26,43],"tags":[4625,1512,4624,4712],"class_list":["post-17081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ka108","tag-kaito","tag-kaito-ka108","tag-kaito-ka108-unboxing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4rv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16663,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/the-kaito-ka108-a-shortwave-portable-with-built-in-record-function\/","url_meta":{"origin":17081,"position":0},"title":"The Kaito KA108: a shortwave portable with built-in record function","author":"Thomas","date":"January 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Ante, who writes: Looks like Kaito has a new radio in the works. 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While there are a number of compact portables on the market, the KA108 really caught my attention because it features\u00a0a built-in digital recorder. Which is to say, you can listen to a station on shortwave, press a button,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Kaito-KA108-Front-2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kaito-KA108-Front-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kaito-KA108-Front-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kaito-KA108-Front-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kaito-KA108-Front-2.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20283,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/pauls-review-of-the-kaito-ka108\/","url_meta":{"origin":17081,"position":2},"title":"Paul’s review of the Kaito KA108","author":"Thomas","date":"August 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Paul Dobosz (K8PD) who shares his review of the Kaito KA108. Paul originally wrote this for the\u00a0Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts and has kindly allowed us to post it here: Kaito KA-108 Review by\u00a0Paul Dobosz (K8PD) Kaito just introduced a pocket sized DSP based MW\/SW\/FM receiver\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Kaito-KA108-AM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kaito-KA108-AM.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kaito-KA108-AM.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kaito-KA108-AM.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Kaito-KA108-AM.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1338,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/kaito-ka600-self-powered-emergency-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":17081,"position":3},"title":"The Kaito KA600 Voyager Pro self-powered emergency radio","author":"Thomas","date":"July 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Universal Radio has started selling the new Kaito KA600\u00a0Voyager Pro self-powered shortwave radio. \u00a0Two features really set this radio apart in the self-powered market:\u00a0RDS and the ability to enter a frequency via direct keypad entry. 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Apologies!] Click here to read his full review: http:\/\/www.reliefanalysis.com\/2014\/03\/review-katio-ka550-terrific.html The Kaito KA550 currently\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"kaito-ka550","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/kaito-ka550-1024x884.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/kaito-ka550-1024x884.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/kaito-ka550-1024x884.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14510,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/tecsun-r-911-15-80-with-free-shipping-at-amazon\/","url_meta":{"origin":17081,"position":5},"title":"Tecsun R-911: $15.80 with free shipping at Amazon","author":"Thomas","date":"August 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader \"RCXB\" who comments: \"Another radio deal, if you don't mind the writing in Chinese, you can get a Tecsun R-911 for just $15.80... A couple dollars cheaper than its already-cheap re-branded Kaito WRX911 namesake that everyone raves about.\" As of this morning, there are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Deals"","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fullscreen capture 8272015 125437 PM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Fullscreen-capture-8272015-125437-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Fullscreen-capture-8272015-125437-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Fullscreen-capture-8272015-125437-PM.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}