Product Description
Stay prepared and informed with the KA 009 from KAITO. If the power goes out and batteries aren't available, the KA 009 can function for up to an hour with only two minutes of hand cranking or an hour's exposure under direct sunlight Its built-in generator means that even in the most desperate situations, you'll still have access to local news and information--as well as to news from around the world. The unit's 10-band tuning receives AM, FM, SW 1-4, TV 1/2, weather and aviation stations. AM:525 ------1700KHz; FM:88 ------108 MHz; WEATHER Band: 162.40 - 162.55 MHz; TV1:Channel 2 - 6; TV2:Channel 7- 13; Air Band (Aviation): 118 - 137 MHz; 4 Continuous short wave 4.00 to 26MHz (Covers most of the world stations). Accessories include AC/DC adapter, Earphones, Soft Antenna included and User manual.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 10 reviews)

Lovely radio

I've had this radio for about 2 months now and have been enjoing it nearly every day. The sound quality is great, it picks up stations well, and looks/feels great.

The methods for self powering do work, but do not provide too much longevity. Cranking for about 5 minutes only yeilds roughly an hour and a half. Which is decent, but gets sort of annoying after a while especially when the signal reception deteriorates from low power. The solar panel doesn't work very well for collecting energy, but works great on the spot. I love using this radio while working in the garden on solar.

When using batteries the radio works best in my opinion. I even can recycle batteries that have been "used up" by my digital camera. So far I've gotten about 10hrs. of play life at medium-low volume from batteries my digital camera "used up."

I've mostly used the radio to listen to NPR, and music on FM. The short-wave bands are also interesting to listen to at times. Picking up foreign stations is not hard at all. The air band rarely picks up clear channels in my location; the TV bands don't pick up anything; and the weather band doesn't really pick up anything either. It should be noted though that my home is sort of a black hole for cell phone and radio signals.

Overall this is a great radio. If you listen to the radio often and want a more "green" way to listen this is it.
June 03, 2008

Good emergency radio!

This is a great little emergency radio, allowing cranking for power or batteries or solar power. It also has a 110 AC adapter.
April 05, 2008

Weatherband reception unsatisfactory

I just received the radio, and most of the functions work OK, but the weatherband reception is unsatisfactory. Using a different radio (Midland WR300) I can get three or four weather broadcasts very well, but with the KA009 I get noise and some FM-band stations when trying to tune a weather station on the weather band.

I'm ready to return this new radio. Amazon's instructions are to send it back to Kaito. Unfortunately, Kaito's web site has no information about returning products.
September 25, 2007

Great work radio

The radio works great at work. I sit in a construction office trailer, and I like to listen to the radio.

I charged it up once, and it runs and runs. Yeah, solar!
August 05, 2007

Great Radio For the Price

After experiencing Hurricane Rita, I felt I needed to buy an emergency radio. I keep this one at work and my Grundig FR400 at the garage at home. I've had nothing but good experiences with the radio. I can get the weather band fine, hear the major TV stations in the Houston Area, and pick up the airline bands nicely. It comes with a ac adaptor unlike the Grundig. The built in rechargeable batteries are a great feature. I've only used the dynamo a few times and it worked. I've not tried the solar. It is stored in an office so I expect it to last many years. I've tested all the bands and work fine. The LED light works. It does seem fragile. I wouldn't drop it above 3 feet. It is compact. Small enough to bring it to an Astros or Dynamos game to hear the play by play. I wish they would make a digital tuner with programmable pre-set buttons.

Edited: 6/18/2007. I own an Eton/Grundig FR300 not FR400 as stated above.
June 13, 2007

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