{"id":19357,"date":"2016-06-11T09:27:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T13:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=19357"},"modified":"2016-06-11T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T13:27:10","slug":"usaid-sends-the-kchibo-kk-9803-to-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/usaid-sends-the-kchibo-kk-9803-to-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID sends the Kchibo KK-9803 to Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2349\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_0829.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2349\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_0829.jpg\" alt=\"The Kchibo KK-9803 portable shortwave radio\" width=\"1024\" height=\"847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_0829.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_0829-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_0829-100x82.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kchibo KK-9803 portable shortwave radio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimandrewelliott.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Elliott<\/a>, who shared a link to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAID_DCHA\/status\/741353675617112064\" target=\"_blank\">this tweet<\/a> by USAID and notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if USAID is doing them any favors by giving them a Kchibo KK-9803 &#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAIDOTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USAIDOTI<\/a> provides radios 2 communities displaced by Boko Haram in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nigeria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Nigeria<\/a> so they can access credible information <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JR6MKikEfl\">pic.twitter.com\/JR6MKikEfl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization (@USAID_CPS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAID_CPS\/status\/741353675617112064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I agree with Kim. Even though, of course, I&#8217;m committed to the idea that radios bring access to information in parts of the world that need it the most, USAID obviously did no research prior to purchasing the\u00a0<strong>Kchibo KK-9803 <\/strong>for humanitarian use.<\/p>\n<p>No\u00a0doubt, the\u00a0Kchibo KK-9803 is one of the poorest performing radios I&#8217;ve ever reviewed (<a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/a-review-of-the-kchibo-kk-9803-shortwave-radio\/\">click here to read the full review<\/a>). Though I <em>fully<\/em> support the concept of what USAID is doing, almost any other receiver would have been a better choice.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/etow.org\" target=\"_blank\">ETOW<\/a>, we work on a very modest budget&#8211;indeed a micro budget by USAID standards&#8211;but we would rather invest in better equipment, even if it means sending a smaller quantity\u00a0to the field. Since so many resources are used just to deliver equipment to remote areas, one hates to waste those resources on equipment that may not perform the intended task or suffer from poor longevity.<\/p>\n<p>My hope is that someone at USAID will read this and, at least, consult us prior to future distributions. An efficient analog portable (even the <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/db\/2010\/12\/kaito-wrx911\/\" target=\"_blank\">TECSUN R-911<\/a>, for example) would be a much better choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kim Elliott, who shared a link to this tweet by USAID and notes: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if USAID is doing them any favors by giving them a Kchibo KK-9803 &#8230;&#8221; .@USAIDOTI provides radios 2 communities displaced by Boko Haram in #Nigeria so they can access credible information pic.twitter.com\/JR6MKikEfl &mdash; [&hellip;]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[5151,219,704,989,1664,3559,5150],"class_list":["post-19357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-boko-haram","tag-humanitarian-radio","tag-kchibo-kk-9803","tag-kim-andrew-elliott","tag-kim-elliott","tag-nigeria","tag-usaid"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-52d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2316,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/a-review-of-the-kchibo-kk-9803-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":19357,"position":0},"title":"A review of the Kchibo KK-9803 shortwave radio","author":"Thomas","date":"December 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Admittedly, my expectations were quite low when I ordered the re-engineered Kchibo KK-9803 for a mere $14.90 from a seller on eBay. It is, without a doubt, the least expensive portable shortwave receiver I've ever purchased new.\u00a0 Now I know why. Indeed, I found it hard to believe that this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Radios&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Radios","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/radios\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_0829-300x248.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6657,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/the-new-tecsun-r-2010d\/","url_meta":{"origin":19357,"position":1},"title":"The new Tecsun R-2010D","author":"Thomas","date":"June 11, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"[UPDATE: Click here to read my full review of the R-2010D.] I just ordered the Tecsun R-2010D--a SiLabs DSP-based shortwave radio with an analog dial and tuning mechanism--on eBay. The Tecsun R-2010D is very similar to the Degen DE321, DE32 and the Kchibo KK-9803.\u00a0I hold out hope though that the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"TecsunR2010D","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/TecsunR2010D-300x231.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6715,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/new-product-the-shouyu-sy-x5-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":19357,"position":2},"title":"New product: the ShouYu SY-X5 shortwave radio","author":"Thomas","date":"June 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"[Update: Check out our review of the SY-X5 by clicking here.] Thanks to Paul, I just found out about the ShouYu SY-X5: a new analog DSP-based shortwave radio with built-in MP3 player. Like the\u00a0Degen DE321,\u00a0DE32,\u00a0Kchibo KK-9803\u00a0and the recently released Tecsun R-2010D, the SY-X5 has a mechanical tuning mechanism powered by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The ShouYu SY-X5","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Shouyu-300x290.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1372,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/the-elusive-kchibo-d96l-on-sale-for-47-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":19357,"position":3},"title":"The elusive Kchibo D96L on sale for $47 US","author":"Thomas","date":"July 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Actually, the price is showing as $46.78 from DinoDirect. The Kchibo D96L is considered a bargian small radio and always reviews well. \u00a0Based on the Silicon Labs Si4734 DSP chip, this receiver has excellent selectivity and sensitivity for a radio in its price range--especially on the AM broadcast or Mediumwave\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Radios&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Radios","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/radios\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/D96L.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1022,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/2011-wrth-a-look-inside\/","url_meta":{"origin":19357,"position":4},"title":"2011 WRTH: A Look Inside","author":"Thomas","date":"December 31, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week, I received a copy of the 2011 WRTH, and enjoyed a most welcome read over the holiday weekend. I always look forward to the newest edition of the WRTH. I find that, even in an internet world, and especially now in the absence of the much-mourned Passport To\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Books&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Books","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/books\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/wrth2011.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4932,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/a-review-of-the-degen-de32-shortwave-radio-compared-with-the-de321-and-tecsun-pl-380\/","url_meta":{"origin":19357,"position":5},"title":"A review of the Degen DE32 shortwave radio: compared with the DE321 and Tecsun PL-380","author":"Thomas","date":"February 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Degen DE32 is one of the latest DSP-based analog radios to hit the market. In the past, I have reviewed two others: the Degen DE321 and the Kchibo KK-9803. Tecsun had announced a version of their own--the Tecsun R-2010--which I had eagerly anticipated, but I now believe it's been\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Degen DE32 (Click to enlarge)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/IMG_6844-186x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19357","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=19357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}