Hi All, some further observations on the portable SSB-CW capable portable radio discussion; Tot necessarily given in order of importance:
1, I have _No Experience with any of the C Crane equipment.
2, I have no experience with the Kaito KA1103 receiver.
3, I am not familiar with the Grundig G4, although a quick google search showed a unit with an MP3 Recorder-player that sold for $200 or so.
4,Grundig's older Yacht Boy/YB400 or YB400PE, radios, are about the size of the Sony 7600 G and GR radios, have forty volatile memories, are easy to operate, but in my experience tended to be battery hogs/they take six AA batteries, rather than the Four AA for the Sonys, and 3 AAs for the Kaito KA1102, the yb400s go from around seventy to a hundred dollars used.
5, I have no experience with any other of the Grundig/Eton SSB capable radios.
6, There are several other receivers worth considering, Sangean ats909/Radioshack DX398, Sangean ATS505,/Radioshack DX402, both of these run off four AA cells, are similarly sized to the yb400 and sonys, and can sell for 90-150$s for the 909, and 70-100 for the 505.

7, Panasonic made some older units, two of which were similarly sized to the above mentioned Grundig, Sony, and Sangean units, they used 4AA cells, and had ten or so memories, but their model numbers escape me.
8, the Sony ICFSW100 is a wonderful shirt pocket SSB cabable radio running off two AA cells, but which sells for 2-300$s used.


9, Sony also haves some earlier 7600s,/those have only ten volatile memories, run off four AA cells, and there's even a 7600 of some stripe that's not SSB capable, and is only a analog radio with several short wave listening bands, rather than continuous coverage.

10, I tried to send the review of the Kaito KA1102 to the list, but it was goo long, so if some of you want that review, write me off list at,
>d d y e r 1 AT g m a i l dot com, using the subject line of your first name+1102, and I'll get it to you.
11, But back to the earlier discussion/comparison of the sony 7600G and GR, with the Kaito KA1102.

if memories aren't really important to you, if you can get along without selectable sidebands and cynchronus detection, both nice and helpful, but not necessary tools for copying SSB and CW,if smallness of size is more important than fullness of sound,/(the Kaito has probably a 2.5 inch speaker, where as the Sonys have probably a four inch speaker,)

If you'd prefer a new, rather than used radio, can spend between $60 and $70$s, from Amazon,
The Kaito, KA1102, that's Kaito, K A 1 1 0 2, not what an earlier post of mine said----/I thought I'd proof read better than that, is probably a good choice/I'm not_____ financially connected with the Kaitos in any way, but find the little things, and they will fit nicely in a suit coat pocket, and even in some shirt pockets, and once you get the hang of them, they're pretty surprising.
*I'm sending this much longer than I'd intended, epistle, to the list as a separate post, and I want to thank everyone who has contributed, questioned, commented, etc. throughout this thread.  HTH, Danny Dyer, Wb4idu