CorbinRay schrieb:

Why to buy a DE1107: First, because you can never have too many radios.

The killer argument! :P Actually, one should stop buying them when there
is no space for any additional ones left. My radio drawer is
essentially full now. (Besides, there's been a priority shift away from
SW radios here. FM recordings accumulate to multiple GB a week, thus a
hard drive upgrade became necessary, and since the stuff has to be
backed up somewhere a few packs of DVD+/-Rs - good ones at that - have
been needed as well. My second comp got two new used sound cards - the
second one was too good a deal to pass up -, and now a PSU providing
better ventilation would be good. Then I still need some audio cabling,
I currently always have to plug and unplug things when changing from
recording to playback on the PC.)

Second, this is touted as an analog radio with the DE1103s performance.

Is it really? I'd rather expect something along the lines of an ICF-7601
or R-9700DX. The '7601 had been frustrating me in the long run, as it's
just overloaded far too easily on shortwave; this is a built-in problem
of the receiver concept with its very wide 1st IF. (An AE3405 is quite
the opposite, it never overloads but is rather deaf and fairly hissy as
well.) I found an ICF-SW30 to be quite a positive surprise - kind of a
pain to tune but (being a "true" dual conversion rig) far less prone to
overload while having good sensitivity. I wouldn't go below that level
of performance any more in a SW set.

Third, this might end up being your favorite portable radio, but you'll
never know it unless you get one.

This kinda applies to my RF-B11, which has been my on-the-go FM radio
for well over a month now (since mid-April). The AM ranges are nothing
special (OK, better than on the DE105) but on FM it really shines. I
should really check the batteries one of these days, they're still the
same ones... 1.25 and 1.27 V. These alkalines were pretty much full when
I put them in, now they must have seen at least 20-25 hours of use. Not
too bad. Keeping the rx inside a plastic bag apparently was a good idea,
not a scratch in sight (with daily use except on weekends).

Stephan
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