Ya ain't gonna receive Weather Fax on that little radio. Who ever sold it
to you and told you that you can, told you one big lie.
Hope you didn't pay too much, it's an older model now with an simulated
analog display that eats batteries. The Sony ICF-7700 had the same dumb
screen ... not battery friendly. "The Kaito" with a lousy volume up/down
procedure. Unless you are at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, you should be
able to pick up quite a bit more than you are getting. It is a sensitive
radio. Try it outside away from any electrical interference if possible
these days.
I believe you may just have a FAULTY radio.
The User Guide:
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/media/i...L000061258.pdf
http://radio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Divers/DE1103.pdf


"kyle williams" wrote in message
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hello, i am new to shortwave listening, i just got a kaito 1103, mainly
to receive weather fax while out on my boat in California, but I am in
utah now messing about with it, and I am wondering if 1)I just need more
practice tuning, or 2)are there just no signals here I can hear, 3) or
is my radio faulty? and how do I know which? I cannot seem to pull in
any signal I can recognize as a broadcast, with the exception of the FMs
and MF AM stations local to my home here. (1160).

I have strung the wire antenna about head high across several large
windows inside my house, which is a normal 1 story brick bungalow. (no
big steel beams or massive lead walls...). I found a string of posts on
this forum from 2006 with a fellow named Matt who described exactly what
I am going through and there were several suggestions to him of how to
very carefully try to tune in, and I have been trying that, at all hours
of the day and night, aware that many signals seem to propogate better
at dusk, dawn, and night.

is there any way to test whether my radio is faulty, or is it just me?

thanks and happy holidays
Kyle




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