A MUST HAVE Prepping/ Survival Item : Solar/Crank Shortwave Radio Kaito 500A

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[CanadianPrepper]

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[FirstWeRead]

I live exactly where hurricane Irma hit, when that happened it felt like shtf, no gas not water no food cash was useless no way to get a hold of information. One of these hand cranked radios was priceless

[SuperFlatrock]

This is the number one item for storage in a Faraday cage. Also include rechargeable batteries, and a solar charger.

[johnlamarca]

When I was homeless I bought one from Fry's. I took it apart and removed the little solar panel. Got a very long speaker wire and had the solar panel in the hot sun while I sat in the shade. Solar wasn't very good at charging up the radio. Used batteries for night time use. Still have it I think.
YES! Yes! Analog! Digital is really not an improvement.

[casualpreparedness]

That was one of the first things that I checked off on my preparedness list. 👍😎

[outbackeddie]

I agree with you - analog radios are the way to go for long-term reliability in adverse conditions. I have an old analog Radio Shack AM/FM/SW radio that is over 40 years old and it still works just fine. It doesn't have solar charging, NOAA, USB, or any of that fancy stuff but I know it will work 10 or even 20 years from now if I ever need to dust it off and put in into service.

[dhejdkdkdebjejdjdjs]

I hook my antenna to the neutral bar in my circuit breaker box. Then the whole power grid is my extended antenna. I picked up a station from China!

[toml.]

You need to crank the dynamo much faster- 2 revolutions per second.
I spoke to the service technician at Kaito in California. The solar panel on the KA500 will NOT charge the internal battery. You need to install AA alkaline cells or charge the internal internal battery via USB. You might be able to power the radio using the solar panel, if you have bright sunshine.

The smaller radio is designed to keep the battery charged via the solar cell, after you charge it via a USB adapter.

[toml.]

And don't forget to practice using the radios ( and ALL your prepper gear!) before you actually need it. Try using all the radios to tune to a particular station (like WWV), make up a dipole antenna for Shortwave, use the a solar panel to charge a NiMH cell or the Kaito radio, charge the Kaito using the crank, practice firestarting, purify some rainwater, pitch a tent, etc.

[nandotwo]

Great video CP!
If I said it once, then I've said it a million times, knowledge is power! In a crisis, it's great to have comms between members of your own prep group, but you also need to get information from outside your circle that's being broadcast too. Whether it's severe weather or SHTF, you need to know what's happening beyond your line of site whether it's a mile or a thousand miles away and heading towards you.
Thumbs up CP!

[jonesey]

In my 30 years of survival-type radios, the ONLY one that is still operating is my BayGen Freeplay. The little cheap, crankers and solars are good toys, in my opinion. If you want something to play with, they are great. If you want a "survival" radio, you need to break out the billfold and get something that's going to last. Unfortunately, the BayGen is tough to find anymore. Glad I got mine when I did.

I also would NEVER buy a radio with internal only batteries. Get something that takes easily found replaceable bats, such as AA or similar.

Appreciate all your work n uploading vids. Thanks.

[jackkoo]

Sir,

i agree with you concerning the analog vs digital. I have the analog version as well as the digital version. The digital one has a "time" always on which drains the charge all the time and it is actually harder to get a station "dialed" in because it will automatically skip over certain stations whereas the analog one allows for the manual "dialing" in of stations.

[jeffking]

Just stumbled upon this video.
Kaito is always a good choice. They have worked very hard to bring their quality control up.
They have a great Tech support, and handle all Warranty problems out of California. I’ve dealt with them on a Tecsun, and have purchased a few Kaito radios.
Kaito specializes in Emergency Radios, .
The KA-500 is one of the most popular radios sold. And well worth the price.
Sensitivity/Selectivity on the KA-500 is quite decent. I’m in Jacksonville Florida, and had no problems receiving all locals, semi-locals, and a few long distance stations.
FM very good.
Short Wave is fair, but improves with “Longwire “ antenna.
📻🙂

[OHSTN]

Awesome video CP. I really like that Voyager simply because it has so many different ways to power it. With any of these radios, the more wire you can get in the air the better reception you're going to get. It's a great idea using your rain gutters as antennas. If you're away from home, one could bundle a 50 foot piece of wire with an alligator clip attached to one end, to connect to the antenna if your radio.
Some people might be wondering why the heck they need a shortwave radio. Well if you're in the disaster Zone, local FM and AM radio stations are also in the disaster Zone. Shortwave broadcasters are usually outside of your local area. They broadcast in a variety of different languages, and also on different bands. Now the thing that's important about the bands of those radios, is shortwave broadcasters will transmit on one band during the day, and another band during the night to reach the same target listeners. So it's important to know what stations are transmitting on what band/frequency, at what time of day. Like everything else in preparedness, we need to practice and train to make the most of technology.
By the way thanks for the shout-out CP
Julian STN

[toml.]

A recommendation for a book or booklet regarding the use of radio in disasters or emerencies would be helpful.
If you usae a wirew to extendthe antenna, stay away from house! Electrical noise will always find you.

[gregggoldstein]

I like analog verses a digital band radio as one has more freedom to feel out faint signals as opposed to digital which has fixed settings. I also like the reading lamp as it is brighter than the flash light when moving from one area to another. Also having a selector knob to capture 6 other weather band frequencies and combined with short wave bands. There is also a switch on the back of the radio when selecting charging capabilities from dynamo to charge the cell phone, or recharging via solar panel. I like your review and antenna hacks and that you offer the adapter that is a seperate acessory to power the radio from a wall outlet. Or recharge the internal battery. Thank you Nate for posting this content on you tube.

[brianrodriguez]

I have one leftgutter left didn't know what too do with it soo I just put it in my bugout bag thank u soo much now ik I should keep it for the radio

[americashorizon]

Awesome video, attaching a metal hanger to the antenna works well for better reception.

[robertwall]

I have a very good Digital compact version of which I keep in my Faraday Cage Box when not in use. But these radio's are a good item to have on hand when in a Natural Disaster SHTF situation. Another good item I have is a Compact "Solar Powered Battery Charger for AAA/AA" 4 at a time.

[SuperFlatrock]

I bought a pocket Kaito multiband radio a few years ago. It runs on two AA batteries only, but they last a long time. I paid just $10 or so, and it is probably the most useful bang for $10 ever. The need to string up a huge antenna really depends on your location. I've never had a problem with reception.