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 Portable Receivers 

The chart below compares features found on our most popular portable radios. For an explanation of any feature click the feature.
To go to a particular radio click the model number, or return to the portable index.

  Grundig Sangean Sony Kaito
Feature S-
350		 YB-
300		 YB-
400		 YB-
550		 SAT
800		 ATS-
404		 ATS-
505		 ATS-
606		 ATS-
818CS		 ATS-
909		 ICF-
SW07		 ICF-
SW77		 ICF-
SW100S		 ICF-SW
1000T		 ICF-SW
7600GR		 KA-
1101		 KA-
1102
Full coverage YES1 NO YES YES YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES2 YES
Keypad NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Tune Knob YES NO NO NO YES NO YES NO YES YES NO YES NO NO NO NO NO
Memories NO 24 40 200 70 45 45 54 54 306 80 162 50 32 100 50 190
Scanning NO NO YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
FM Stereo YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
AC Pwr Supply YES YES YES OPT. YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES OPT. YES YES
Recorder NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO
Ext Ant Jack YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Record Jack YES NO NO NO YES NO NO NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Wide Narrow YES NO YES NO YES3 NO NO NO YES YES NO YES NO NO NO YES YES
Sync Detect NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES YES NO NO
Clock Format 12 12/24 12/24 12/24 12/24 12/24 12/24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
S.S.B. NO NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES

Notes:   1 2.3-27.4 MHz. 2 3-26.1 MHz. 3 Wide/Medium/Narrow


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