Wow, great post, Danny.

My Grundig doesn't have a record feature at all. I bet it's a G3 and I'm
just having a Duh moment. It is about a third the size of the ATS909, which
I also own and like a lot. The ATS909 is only so-so with the telescopic whip
on hf, not great at all, but has a very good fm broadcast receiver. The G3
has pretty good receive using the telescopic whip on hf, a pretty good
broadcast fm receiver and a pretty good aviation vhf receiver which lacks a
squelch circuit. It runs on four aa batteries.

My apologies for misstating the model of the Grundig I own.

Ron Miller

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Dan B Dyer Jr,/Danny
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 8:36 PM
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Subject: Dannys June 27 comments on the small portable SSB capable shortwave
radio thread.

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