Degen DE321 Pocket-size 10-Band AM/FM Shortwave Radio with DSP (Digital Signal Processing), Black

For the price this radio is perfect. Small, good reception, loud enough and batteries last a good long while. I use it all the time out on the work bench where power outlets are a premium (for me lol). Great for camping, EDC, power outages, etc. I bought this and an Eton Mini for double the cost, and this is just as usable. The Eton features extend this one, but the main difference is the digital tuning. IF you have bad hands, get the digital tuning, otherwise there is no reason to spend that extra cash. This one is plenty good enough.

SADLY ALL Shortwave Bands did not work .. ZILCH! Seems like a dated design (old style slider band switch), and though it claims to have a DSP (it may have some sort of basic DSP) , it still seems very much like a dated design.. Also build quality seemed flimsy,,, cheap plastic , tacky all round, and really really cheap overpriced item.. just avoid and find a better quality radio receiver..

Excelente radio analógico. Buen sonido

This little radio is a great, small, hand-held radio. I am very impressed with the signal pick-up strength. I live outside of Denver, CO, in Aurora. I travel all over the city on busses. This little radio does a great job with FM signals and antenna is a boost to clarity when needed. I rarely ever need the antenna extended. The antenna is NOT used for the AM stations, as expected. I find that AM doesn't come in a well as FM when I am on the bus. And, of course again, the AM stations sound best when radio as a whole is rotated to a certain position. I use a suction cup on busses to hang radio on window, when I want to listen to AM stations. FM comes in great on the bus. The headphone port works as expected, with nice stereo output and PLENTY of volume. The mono speaker quality is what one might expect from a small speaker (no deep bass, but decent enough for general listening.) I listen to talk radio (850 KOA) when I water the flowers and the grass from my deck. The sound coming out of this Kaito is crystal clear and my wife laughs because the radio is so small, yet decent sound. It is a little bigger than a deck of cards, but not as thick. Oh, I enjoy the little piece on the back side that flips outward to make a prop for the radio. It looks kinda cool sitting on the handrail of my porch. I have found a couple shortwave radio conversations and that was fun, but mostly I listen to AM and FM. The red light is hard to see unless you look orthogonal to the face of the light. This is a slight drawback as the light greatly assists in finding the best tuning spot on the analog dial. I guess another drawback for me, personally, is when this radio hangs from my wheelchair's under-the-seat hook, the opposite side of the radio rests on my sandals; often times the tuning dial or the volume dial rub on my sandals and the results are quite unexpected when this happens. I tried shortening the string (which is a fine length for general purposes), but the dials still manage to rub somewhere. So, I wish the the handy tie strap attached to the opposite corner of the radio. :) Not a big deal. I highly recommend this little Kaito radio. (Oh, and after 20 hours of listening, the batteries are still strong.) I don't know the battery life, as of yet.

A very reasonably priced short wave radio that does a decent job of picking up stations over all its bands. Its small size makes it very portable, and I intend to take it with me when travelling.