Seems to have some exciting features. Has anyone ordered or know what the DSP settings are ?
Regards from NZ
Tony

Kaito has a manual listed here:

http://www.kaitousa.com/DE1126/DE1126%20_English%20manual.pdf

Haven't looked myself yet but I'll take a glance tonight.

I've had a DE1126 for about a month.

For a small multifunction radio/recorder/player:

+ OK AM performance, but not likely anyone here would consider for AMBCB DX
work.
+ The most sensitive and selective FM receiver that I have
+ Sensitive SWBCB performance, some local AMBCB bleed through
+ Good radio & microphone recording
+ Good or better MP3 files playback features
+ Very good multi alarms to record three independent time slots of the last
radio station tuned
+ Easily used user interface with multi-line graphical display
- The supplied switching PS very noisy. Cannot use timer/alarm function
when charging the battery

Overall a very nice tiny unit that performs well.

Gary KE8WO

Gary, a few questions about the 1126

I'm wondering if the bleed through is as bad as my Kchibo D96L
Does it fix the DE1123 issues with having to record on Max-Volume?
How is the default bandwidth on AM?
Are the batteries AAA NiCads like the 1123?

I like to keep a very small radio in my backpack I carry to work every
day. For now it is the DE1123, but always looking for improvement. I
figure the choices are the DSP Degens, and the Tecsun PL360. Kchibo
also makes a micro-size DSP radio, the D95L, but I have yet to see a
review on it.

--
Neil Goldstein
http://www.neilgoldstein.com

I've had one for about 10 days now. My take:

MW to SW bleed-through doesn't seem as bad as on the D96L.
Seems to be able to record at any volume level. I haven't figured out how to set it to make unattended recordings yet.

MW and shortwave reception are good. Default AM bandwidth is ok. Does not seem to have user-selectable bandwidths. Audio on MW and SW is a bit muddy to my ears, probably a compromise between good audio and good selectivity, favoring the selectivity side.

It uses a single, flat, rectangular Li-ion battery.

FM reception and audio are comparable to the G8 and D96L (i.e., great). Remarkable considering the short whip antenna.

Not that easy to program, at least for me; all buttons and knobs have multiple functions.

Hope this helps,

Keith Beesley

A few words on the DE1126 alarms ... alarms are accessed via the "Sys Set"
command. It is a powerful feature. On the 1126 there are three types of
alarms:

1. A typical alarm that goes off at the prescribed time with an alarm sound.
2. An alarm that turns off the 1126 at the prescribed time.
3. An alarm that turns on the 1126 at the prescribed time and then activates
the 1126 in some user specified action. These actions are:
a. Play radio with the last station being listened to.
b. Playback the last audio file listened to.
c. Activate recording from the unit's microphone.
d. Activate recording with the last radio station being listened to.

There may be a total of six of these alarms in any mixture. Each alarm may
be specified to be once only for that day or repeating for each day.
Typically an "On" alarm would be followed by an "Off" alarm .. especially if
recording either voice or the radio. The "Off" alarm will close the
recording and properly save the recorded file.

So .. say your favorite radio station has a three repeating programs that
you would like to record every day. You would use three pairs of alarms:
One "On" alarm to turn the radio on and start recording followed by one
"Off" alarm to turn the 1126 off and complete the recording. This repeats
for four more alarms. The recording time for each of the three time slots
can be as short as a few minutes or as long as many hours.

This then provides for unattended recording of three different time slots in
one or all days. The down side is that this records only from the last radio
station tuned in and you cannot specify the band and frequency, for example
via a memory channel.

I've also found that when recording from the radio the speaker volume is
automatically turned very loud and is not controllable. Shades of the
DE1123. Plug in headphones when recording to avoid this.

Gary KE8WO

Hi!

I've placed one on order with Amazon. With normal usage,how long can this model go without a recharge?

Gene