For the money the DE1103 gives good performance. Within major
broadcast bands it delivers many signals and the dual filter helps in
some situations. And is does a good job of retrieving hams signals too.
It is quite compact and the ergonomics are good although not at the
7600 level. The tuning knob is a distinct plus for a radio in this
price range and makes band scanning fun.

There are a few shortcomings you should be aware of.
1=2E Ihe receiver generates numerous image signals 900khz down. Thus
much of the 6mhz band is repeated in an area where there are
potentially some interesting nonbroadcast catches. Same goes for the
9mhz band generating images in the interesting 8.8 segment where
international aircraft may be heard.

2=2E The usefuless of the 255 memories in the 1103 are compromised in 2
ways. A. Degen decided to use hexadecimal numbering for it's memories.
While confusing to many, this scheme also means the keypad is useful
for only certain groups within the 255 memories. B. The memory
retreival feature has a serious bug when used on FM and MW. When a
stored channel is retreived from FM, the firmware also retrives the
highest numbered memory used for MW. Likewise for retrieving MW
stations. For those of us who flip between bands it means having to
continuall retune the other band.
3=2E The signal strength meter for some reason does not work on FM as it
does on virtually every other multiband radio I'm aware of.

I've owned one for about a month now and do enjoy it. It is not
perfect nor is it a replacement for the 7600 or the YB as some have
claimed.


Francisco Jos=E9 Ca=F1izares Santofimia wrote:
Hi all.
Can anyone tell me the differences, opinions... between that
receivers
(Degen DE1103 and Sony ICF-SW7600GR)?
=20
Regards,=20
Francisco

I am very pleased with my 1103. I have owned three different 7600gr radios
and I just wasn't impressed. The 1103 has a much better sounding speaker.
Plus, the 1103 has a tuning knob but it still maintains the advantages of
being a digital radio.

To me, I have arranged the memories on 1103 in sequential order: MW to SW to
FM. When I need to access a particular frequency, I just give knob a spin or
two and I'm there. I've never found a reason to access any memory directly,
so it really doesn't matter to me if a memory is named 1c or 23.

A previous poster claimed that "the memory retrieval feature has a serious
bug when used on FM and MW. When a stored channel is retrieved from FM, the
firmware also retrieves the highest numbered memory used for MW."

That's not quite right on my 1103 anyway. What I have observed is that the
radio remembers the last frequency tuned on each of its 12 bands. That means
that when you switch from one band to the other, the radio tunes to the last
station you listened to on that particular band. To me, that's a pretty nice
feature.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think the 1103 is the best radio made. I have
others that I like better, depending upon my mood. But for my needs and
tastes, the 1103 comes closer to perfection than did the 7600gr.

I'm in agreement with these comments. My 1103 has very impressive
performance for the price. It's the only portable I've ever used that could
pull in CHU 3.330 MHz on the whip antenna alone, indoors, from here on the
West Coast of the US. It's also delivered a handful of the 90 and 60
meterband Indonesians on the whip alone.

The Degen DE1103 Yahoo Group has lots of messages and information about this
portable to help you make an informed choice.

Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA USA


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For the money the DE1103 gives good performance. Within major
broadcast bands it delivers many signals and the dual filter helps in
some situations. And is does a good job of retrieving hams signals too.
It is quite compact and the ergonomics are good although not at the
7600 level. The tuning knob is a distinct plus for a radio in this
price range and makes band scanning fun.

There are a few shortcomings you should be aware of.
1. Ihe receiver generates numerous image signals 900khz down. Thus
much of the 6mhz band is repeated in an area where there are
potentially some interesting nonbroadcast catches. Same goes for the
9mhz band generating images in the interesting 8.8 segment where
international aircraft may be heard.

2. The usefuless of the 255 memories in the 1103 are compromised in 2
ways. A. Degen decided to use hexadecimal numbering for it's memories.
While confusing to many, this scheme also means the keypad is useful
for only certain groups within the 255 memories. B. The memory
retreival feature has a serious bug when used on FM and MW. When a
stored channel is retreived from FM, the firmware also retrives the
highest numbered memory used for MW. Likewise for retrieving MW
stations. For those of us who flip between bands it means having to
continuall retune the other band.
3. The signal strength meter for some reason does not work on FM as it
does on virtually every other multiband radio I'm aware of.

I've owned one for about a month now and do enjoy it. It is not
perfect nor is it a replacement for the 7600 or the YB as some have
claimed.


Francisco José Cañizares Santofimia wrote:
Hi all.
Can anyone tell me the differences, opinions... between that
receivers
(Degen DE1103 and Sony ICF-SW7600GR)?

Regards,
Francisco