GP - The 909 is fairly insensitive off the whip - damn near deaf, IMHO
- but using an external antenna off the jack, or even a passive
inductive connection from a strung-up wire to the whip, the difference
is like night and day; one must be careful of too much antenna, in
fact, because the radio becomes too sensitive and subject to overload.

Don't know about the 1103, but with care the 909 will give excellent
results with an external antenna.

There are fixes for the 909 whip out there that involve minor internal
tinkering (essentially fidding with a resistor and a do-it-yourself
matching transformer), but the above removes the need for that and
won't void your warranty if you goof something up.

Bruce Jensen