{"id":26501,"date":"2017-06-19T07:22:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T11:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=26501"},"modified":"2017-06-19T07:22:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T11:22:29","slug":"swiss-army-knife-radios-dave-plugs-the-discontinued-kaito-ka1121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/swiss-army-knife-radios-dave-plugs-the-discontinued-kaito-ka1121\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Army Knife radios: Dave plugs the discontinued Kaito KA1121"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the topic of “Swiss Army Knife” shortwave portables<\/a>, many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO)<\/a>, who adds:<\/p>\n

Since the KA1121 was referenced in a comment<\/a> on your blog today, [my review is]\u00a0now located at: http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/de1121.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Sadly the set is no longer manufactured either as the Kaito KA1121 or the Degen DE1121 (the actual manufacture version) and has not been in sometime.<\/p>\n

Near impossible to find one on the used market properly working now. But I must say it\u2019s STILL as close as one can come to from a Swiss army knife portable SW radio even today, so be it a bit weird to operate and understand.<\/p>\n

Makes decent off air 128 kbps recordings and in actual MP3 format. Dual conversion, excellent selectivity, 2 bandwidth filters and fairly decent SSB. Dynamic range not too shabby either. Alpha tags on memories that are PC programmable via a formatted text file.<\/p>\n

Caveats are a very poor reliability record (2 of my test samples over the years have gone to radio heaven \/ parts), the strange MP3 unit battery (this likes to totally fail, especially if abused) and oh we can\u2019t forget the sticky cabinet syndrome<\/a> and that has hit all of them by now.<\/p>\n

In our case we carefully removed this goo with 91% isopropyl alcohol and little elbow grease. We still have 2 in active use at our QTH and \u201cstill\u201d love them bugs and all.<\/p>\n

73 and many thanks
\nDave Zantow N9EWO<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you, Dave! \u00a0Yes, the ‘1121 is also a choice radio for many Shortwave Archive contributors. Indeed, one of our contributors has snagged fantastic DX off of her DE1121. Click here to browse her recordings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I created an eBay search<\/a> for the DE1121\/KA1121 some time ago, thinking I would snag one if it popped up. Turns out, you’re right about scarcity, Dave–at the moment, there are only two units, both of which are missing the MP3 bit. Of course, as with anything else on eBay, new units could pop up at any time.<\/p>\n

Click here to search eBay for the Kaito KA1121 and Degen DE1121<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the topic of “Swiss Army Knife” shortwave portables, many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who adds: Since the KA1121 was referenced in a comment on your blog today, [my review is]\u00a0now located at: http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/de1121.html Sadly the set is no longer manufactured either as the Kaito KA1121 or the Degen DE1121 (the […]<\/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":[1],"tags":[2584,6255,6254,1155,2832,6253],"class_list":["post-26501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dave-zantow-n9ewo","tag-degen-de1121","tag-kaito-ka1121","tag-shortwave-field-recording","tag-shortwave-portables","tag-swiss-army-knife-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6Tr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11433,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/dave-recommends-the-ccrane-witness-plus-ac-adapter\/","url_meta":{"origin":26501,"position":0},"title":"Dave recommends the CCrane “Witness Plus” AC Adapter","author":"Thomas","date":"November 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Dave Zantow who shares the following: CCrane \"Witness Plus\" AC Adapter Review Now Posted : The CCrane 5 volt USB-mini REGULATED AC power adapter (for the Witness +) is perfect for use with OTHER USB radios and has a 900ma MAX current rating. 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