Any comments on the SW reception quality and other features
of this radio? I saw it listed for $75.00 and hence the temptation!

-ishwar

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Any comments on the SW reception quality and other features
of this radio? I saw it listed for $75.00 and hence the temptation!

It's a great little radio for the price, small and sensitive, and it has SSB
function as well. I have one and recommend it highly.

Jackie

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Any comments on the SW reception quality and other features
of this radio? I saw it listed for $75.00 and hence the temptation!

-ishwar



Decent reception, image problems, small sound. If you're in this price
range, buy the 1103 instead. Or, go a little higher for the YB-400.

Great little radio for the price. Got mine off of ebay and enjoyed it.
As having owned both the 1102 and the 1103 I would go for the 1103.
Some can't stand the ergonomics of it or the "fake" analog lcd. Never
bothered me.

One thing I really liked on the 1103 that the 1102 doesn't have is a
line-out jack. The 1102 only has headphone out. When I tried to record
from it the volume was really low. Can't go wrong either way though.


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The DE1103 is a dual conversion radio and it has plenty of images.
Most of the 6mhz, 7mhz and 9mhz and 15mhz bands reappear 900khz down.
You can count on almost any strong signal popping up in the wrong
place.

Someone posted a link to a summary of moderately priced receivers on
Radiointel. One of it's erroneous points was that receivers with
single conversion should be automatically excluded while those with
double conversion were assumed to provide protection from images and
were therefore much better radios. In the real world it ain't that
simple.

The DE1103 provides good value for the money, but it's price means that
some shortcomings remain. I think a similar assessment applies to the
DE1102.