Didn't want to fool with the chinese version.
Universal was out for next 2 months.
And most places were at $100 or thereabouts. CC Crane I think wanted
$109.
So I'm happy to have found one for $86 shipped.

Well, these radios are all Chinese-made

What I meant to say was that I just preferred to get the 120 volt version.
If I was traveling alot, then the degen would have been fine.

, but some of the American
distributors are offering them under the Kaito badge with the 120 V AC
adapters; plus it's easier to return them to the seller here in the USA
in
the unlikely event you'd get a defective piece. The $86 is about as low
as
I've heard of for an American distributor's price. I bought mine from
Liypn
off eBay for about $45 or so bucks... a great deal, even with relatively
high shipping of $20 (from China)... and it only took a week for delivery
to
my address.

Thats a good price, the few left on ebay were $89.


Hope you enjoy your 1103, I certainly do! It is a nice
portable... nothing else is even close in this price range for the
features/performance.

It's nice to have had the http://www.radiointel.com/reviews.htm
site to look at.
I found the reviews easy to read.
Took some time, nonetheless to go through the radios.



Jackie