Shawn,

There is a lot of enthusiasm about the 1103 and it has a lot going for
it. But I find myself hardly ever using it because of the volume
control design.
It has no dedicated volume control. You must engage the volume control
button, then adjust the tuning knob to move volume up/down and then
wait for the volume control process to stop - only then can you use the
tuning knob again for tuning.

To me it is very awkward and takes the fun out of using the radio. I
am not a fan of the fake analog display either. Because I find the
design frustrating, it gets little use.

I appear to be in the minority as there is a lot of positive feedback
on the radio. I think for program listening, where you set the volume
and forget it...it would be okay. It's too bad they didn't give it a
dedicated volume control. By the way, the 1102 has up/down volume
buttons.

I did a review at radiointel.com if you want some more detail.

Russ