{"id":270,"date":"2011-01-01T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/db\/?p=270"},"modified":"2011-07-10T13:33:39","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T18:33:39","slug":"kaito-ka500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/2011\/01\/kaito-ka500\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaito KA500"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_272\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/KA500Blck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-272\" title=\"KA500Blck\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/KA500Blck-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/KA500Blck-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/KA500Blck.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Kaito KA500 self-powered shortwave radio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Kaito KA500 is a self-powered shortwave radio with AM, FM and weather band coverage. It also has a very good fold-out reading lamp and flashlight. Quality is mediocre (<a title=\"SWLing.com review\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?tag=kaito-ka-500-review\">see SWLing.com review<\/a>), but for occasional use, its receiver is above average.<\/p>\n<p>Specs:<br \/>\nPower Sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dynamo Cranking Power: 120 turns per minute of cranking will power the built in Ni-MH battery pack with strong current and voltage.<\/li>\n<li>Solar Panel Power: Under the direct sunlight, the solar panel will power the radio without a problem.<\/li>\n<li>AA Batteries: You can use 3 normal AA batteries to run the radio for maximum reception.<\/li>\n<li>A built-in Rechargeable battery pack.<\/li>\n<li>AC adaptor charge from the 3.5 mm jack. (Optional)<\/li>\n<li>Charge from a computer via USB port.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lighting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 LED reading lamp for camping and emergency use.<\/li>\n<li>White LED flashlight<\/li>\n<li>Red LED blinking for emergency alert.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Receiver coverage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AM: 520-1717 KHz,<\/li>\n<li>FM: 88.00- 108.00 MHz,<\/li>\n<li>SW1: 3.20-9.00KHz, SW2: 9.00- 22.00KHz,<\/li>\n<li>Weather Band: 7 standard bands for all stations, PLL crystal control circuit for stable reception,<\/li>\n<li>Weather Alert: To be activated by weather alert signals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Includes: 6 Cellphone Tips, Earphone, USB Cord<\/p>\n<h2>Resources:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Kaito\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaitousa.com\/KA500.htm\">Manufacturer&#8217;s Product Page &#8211; Kaito KA500<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reviews\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"SWLing.com review\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?tag=kaito-ka-500-review\">SWLing.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Retailers\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Universal Radio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/0131.html\">Universal Radio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kaito KA500 is a self-powered shortwave radio with AM, FM and weather band coverage. It also has a very good fold-out reading lamp and flashlight. Quality is mediocre (see SWLing.com review), but for occasional use, its receiver is above &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/2011\/01\/kaito-ka500\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[89,43,18,88],"tags":[560,348,103,556,102,307],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-degen","category-kaito","category-portables","category-self-powered","tag-degen","tag-degen-de500-reviews","tag-ka500","tag-kaito","tag-kaito-ka500","tag-kaito-ka500-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1f4Ph-4m","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/db\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}