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

"JS" wrote
It's nice to have had the http://www.radiointel.com/reviews.htm
site to look at.
I found the reviews easy to read.

And heavily biased!

Is there such a thing as an unbiased review? Or said another isn't a
review nothing more than an opinion?

That's how I take reviews, no matter the source. It's one guys opinion
and nothing more.

And I gave you mine.

"John S." wrote in message
ups.com...
Is there such a thing as an unbiased review? Or said another isn't a
review nothing more than an opinion?

That's how I take reviews, no matter the source. It's one guys opinion
and nothing more.

Well, differences aside.
Got it last night, didn't get to try it yet.
Still has to be better than what I'm using now.


"Li,Chanchun" wrote in message
...
And I gave you mine.

"John S." wrote in message
ups.com...
Is there such a thing as an unbiased review? Or said another isn't a
review nothing more than an opinion?

That's how I take reviews, no matter the source. It's one guys opinion
and nothing more.

I think you will be pleasantly surprised at both the number of stations
that radio will catch on just the whip antenna as well as the quality
of the sound. Degen really packed a lot of performance into a nice
looking radio that is priced very reasonably.

Well, in spite of China's plans to take over the US.
I am enjoying the little radio.
It is real easy to use.
Haven't used the single sideband feature yet.
Listened to it last night in bed, and woke up this morning with the radio
still going, with the backlight on,
and nothing but static.
The fm stereo sounds pretty good, not like a Sony but still nice.
AM reception is not bad, I went through all the bands, not hard to remember
the
button locations, and I like the dial, just feels better than a push button
to me.
Didn't use the whip antenna, but maybe will try it tonight.




"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...
I think you will be pleasantly surprised at both the number of stations
that radio will catch on just the whip antenna as well as the quality
of the sound. Degen really packed a lot of performance into a nice
looking radio that is priced very reasonably.