My Grundig is digital.

Jeanette Isabelle

"...My Grundig is digital..."

I wish ours was...

The (4 band) SW radio at Countycomm has a digital display with dial tuning. Much more accurate than my pocket grundig and cheaper too. Highly recommend.

http://www.countycomm.com/gp4light.htm

Jeanette, Is it digital or does it have a digital display with an analog tuner? The Grundig mini300 and the CountyComm GP-4L have a digital display with an analog tuner. It's an accurate display and makes tuning a station easy, but it's not a digital (synthesized) tuner.

Ditto on LED's recommendation.

Does anyone here own the Kaito KA11? How is the durability compared to the GP-4L(I've heard the GP-4L has a metal housing)? Is there anything besides the LED that the GP-4L can do that the KA11 won't?

The KA11 feels like it has a metal housing to me. Overall, it is more radio and if you intend to actually use the SW (I only use AM/FM on the GP-4L and my Grundig mini300), the PLL circuitry is a good thing to have IMO. I've read gripes about the KA11's receiver sensitivity, but that is probably more an antenna issue.

I've also got the Kaito 2100 which is a great radio. The nice thing about the KA11 and the KA2100 is that if you load them with rechargeable batteries (NiMH are recommended) the radio has the charging circuitry to keep them fully charged. The KA2100 battery compartment is set up for 4xAA and 4xD batteries. I only have the AA positions filled, need four good D NiMH batteries before those spots get filled.

Here is the Grundig I own:

http://www.transistor.org/collection/grundig/grundig1.html
http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=69336&sid=621d464e6eacff425964f48800b9f928

Jeanette Isabelle

Russ, may I ask: If you were to choose between the GP-4L and the KA11 for a BOB radio which would you choose? Also are there other options that I might want to consider... Thanks

Nice radio, looks like a good design. Definitely a digital receiver. The tuning steps are noted in the Technical specifications of the YB-P2000 Users Manual on page 24.