Review on 📻 Enhanced Kaito KA230 Portable AM/FM Radio with Advanced Features by Sade Tucker

I have checked the circuit, it says the date of this set of circuits is 25th Jun 14, a clear indication that this is not a DSP but a 3 wire AM antenna (only DSP radios have 2 wires) and a variable capacitor tuner ((DSP radios I think use a linear taper potentiometer which is used to change the frequency by feeding the VCO on the DSP chip The only reason I can think of as a worth buying this model over other higher end DSP radios is the fact that sometimes when a large or relatively small current surge hits the DSP chip, the entire radio fails.This DSP-less model means that if something (e.g. an EMP burst) hits most radios, the front end gets roasted and pretty much everything else doesn't have a triple n EMP surge protection (like most military electronics from the 1980's and newer). The only other benefit of this model is that it doesn't work with AAA batteries, which are known to be more prone to leaking than AA batteries (which leak just as badly, so it's best to keep batteries and radios separate unless they really aren't required for use). Otherwise I cannot recommend this model as it suffers from what has caused many brands to drop super thermal radio designs as these types require calibration during build time, DSP radios require "zero” calibration and much less Require connection components, so to build DSP radios very cheaply. You still need to use a quality potentiometer to keep the tuning between stations accurate, rather than clamping the stations together, similar to a poorly calibrated heterodyne radio with no DSP.