Never had a short wave before but these days they have numerous power options and seem reasonably priced. With that does anyone have any experience with one of these, or perhaps have a better recommendation for the money?
https://www.amazon.com/Kaito-Voyager...ds=kaito+ka600
Any and all help appreciated.
Very interested here as well. I've used the Midland weather radios, but have not taken the plunge on a shortwave yet.
Calling Outlander...... Time to go to work. :)
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I'm not familiar with the Kaito unit, but for shortwave/HF monitoring the go-to radio is the CountyComm GP-series.
https://countycomm.com/collections/r...-purpose-radio
@Safetyhit, my experience has been that do-it-all type solutions tend to suck equally at everything.
If you could list your priorities in terms of receiving radio communications, I would happily give a gear recommendation.
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I did suspect something of the sort could be possible with the Kaito, as while they seem to get good initial reviews durability could be a factor if nothing else and I'm willing to spend a buck on one at least. Checked the one you suggested, looks good and will consider it for sure since I remember this being your specialty of sorts.
As far as what I'm looking for, probably like many not so much concerned about something like a flashlight as much as good, effective reception ideally along with with multiple power options (solar, crank, batteries, wall adapter) and a usb charging port. The one I am looking at has all of the latter, but how good the reception is will be is suspect based on the reviews at least. Would also probably spend the extra $10 on this antenna as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Kaito-T-1-Rad...7Z7R9WE7VH5HV1
Edit: This seems to be a pretty thorough review. For short wave the extra antenna sounds like a must but other than that seems ok for the money. Will keep looking a bit more before deciding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7fQP47uUPg
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