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March 2005 MONITORING TIMES 67

strength meter doubles as a charging indicator,

to show that charging is in progress. Further, the

meter acts as a battery level indicator, to show

how much charge is left in the cells. And, with

the radio charging, pushing CHG changes the

clock to the number of charging hours left.

LW, 120 meters, the 18900-19020 band,

11 meters, and the CB band aren’t shown on the

semi-analog face, only by the digital readout.

The SW coverage of the semi-analog face is

(kHz):

3100-4100

4500-5500

5500-6500

6500-7500

9000-10000

11450-12450

13450-14450

14950-15950

17050-18050

20950-21950

While in one of these bands, a thin LCD line

appears and acts as the tuning needle. On SW

it jumps in 25 kHz steps, so it reads anywhere

from exactly on to 24 kHz off. On MW, it jumps

every 30 kHz, and on FM, from .47 to 4.27 MHz,

depending on where you are on the dial face.

The digital tuning increments via the knob

are 1 kHz for MW and SW, and .02 and .03 MHz

(alternating) on FM. When you reach the top or

bottom of one of these bands, the needle snaps

back to the opposite end of the band. To tune to

frequencies outside these bands, you must enter

them, or a memory, directly (but coverage is

complete, from 100-29999 kHz).

Auto scanning up or down is in 5 kHz incre-

ments on SW, 1 kHz on MW, and .10 MHz on

FM. Auto scan goes through the entire band on

the dial, following the needle as it wraps around

back to the top or bottom of the band. When auto

scanning or manual tuning while outside one of

the bands on the dial face, if you then enter one

of the bands, you are locked in that band until

you again direct-enter an outside frequency or

memory or use Band - or + to enter another band

on the dial face.

Memories

The memories are labeled from 0-9, then

0A-0F, 10-19, 1A-1F, 20-29, 2A-2F, and so on.

Presets numbered 0-99 can be accessed through

direct-entry. Any memory with a letter in its

label (from 0A to FE; there is no FF) can only

be accessed by the jog dial in memory mode.

Your positions on each of the 12 bands on

the dial face are remembered, unless you switch

to memory mode, when they are effaced by

presets.

The operation manual refers to memories

0-99 as the “convenience” area, and memories

0A-FE as the “hidden” area. As you can see,

deciding how to set and use your memories can

be a confusing business.

Memory scanning is accomplished by

entering memory mode and then turning the jog

dial, which will run you up or down through all

preset memories (unset memories and all other

frequencies are skipped). This feature is the

way to at least partially overcome the lack of a

standard keypad for groggy bedside operation:

If you preset all your sleep time frequencies

consecutively in a cluster in the memory, then

enter memory mode, all you have to do is turn

the tuning knob to carousel up and down through

your group of chosen stations, without having to

press a single button.

SSB

For SSB reception, you tune to a SSB signal

with the knob or by direct entry, punch the SSB

button, turn the knob until the transmission starts

to become intelligible, then adjust the fine tune

dial for precise demodulation. SSB is stable, and

the fine tune dial feels smooth and solid. Once

you fine tune a SSB signal, usually no further

adjustment is necessary.

Illumination

With the light switch on, while running

on batteries, the radio lights up whenever the

jog dial is turned or one of the front buttons is

pushed. Not only is the dial face illuminated

with an amber glow, but all of the front buttons

are, too. The lights stay on for 15 seconds after

the last turn of the dial or press of a button.

When running on AC power, with the light

switch on, the lights are always on.

To get the lights to come on without chang-

ing your settings, punch any of the direct entry

digit buttons. These functions only change the

LCD readout for a few seconds before returning

to the standard readout, giving you 14 “light

buttons” to choose from.

Selectivity

Selectivity is excellent on all bands. I did a

test on SW with the crushingly massive signal of

Radio Thailand’s 5890 relay. With the IF switch

set to wide, I found the bleed-over ceased about

15 kHz up or down, at 5905 and 5875. On the

narrow setting, RT’s footprint was reduced to

about a 5900 to 5880 spread. If there were fair

signals on 5880 and 5990, they would be listen-

able with the narrow IF, though perhaps not on

5885 and 5895, but Radio Thailand is extremely

strong in my area.

Overall, the IF selector works like a charm,

and is usually only necessary to separate stations

which are 5 kHz apart. If a station does inter-

fere, switching the filter from wide to narrow

will usually make the desired station listenable,

providing it isn’t too weak. The sound will be

somewhat muffled and an increase in volume

will be necessary, but the interfering signal will

be drastically reduced or eliminated. A strong

station 10 kHz away will rarely interfere, unless

it’s your local AM station.

The narrow IF setting is also helpful in

pulling out a signal suffering under heavy

noise.

Tuning up 49 meters, there are no traces of

the spurious signals of RT or gospel stations in

the background, as there are on single conver-

sion units. Images are rare.

Tuning with the knob is smooth, probably

as close to an analog feel as they could get it,

with no muting. But when a band is quiet, some

chirping can be heard with each 1 kHz step.

Sensitivity

The 1103 has a very low internal noise

floor, so that weak stations inaudible on a

noisier radio will appear on the 1103. The rat’s

nest encountered around 6 MHz here in the

Northwest in the evening on single conversion

and lower quality radios is absent on the 1103.

The BBC on 5975 usually has no interference,

and the band is quiet on adjacent channels.

The 1103 can pull in almost any signal

with the 36” telescopic antenna. Plugging in the

included 35 foot wire and stringing it indoors

gives a further boost. With the wire plugged in,

the BBC on 11835 and Radio Vlaanderen Intl

on 11635 often overload this radio, necessitat-

ing unplugging the wire or sliding the LO/DX

switch to LO. Radio Havana Cuba on 9820 also

sometimes overloads with the wire.

Table 1 lists some of the stations I’ve heard

lately on the 1103, minus the monster stations. I

always use the wire indoors, though just about

all stations come in using the whip.

Table 1: Sample Loggings of

Moderate-Stength Stations

Austria: .................... 9870

Argentina: ................ 15345

Belgium (RTBF): ........ 17570 (via Julich)

Bulgaria: .................. 9700 11700

Chile: ....................... 11665

Croatia: ................... 9925 (via Julich)

Czech Rep: ............... 6200 7345 17485

Dominican Rep (tent): 6025

Egypt: ...................... 7115 11855 12050

Gabon: .................... 15475

Greece: .................... 7475 12105 15630

Hungary: ................. 9790

Indonesia: ................ 9525 11785

Israel (Kol): .............. 943 5 11 5 85 136 3 5

15640 17535

Israel (Galei Zahal): 15785

Italy: ........................ 11800

Jordan: .................... 11690

Kuwait: .................... 11675 15110 15505

Libya: ....................... 11635 15205 15315

15660 17635 17695

17880

Moldova (Cland): ..... 13800

Morocco: ................. 15345

Nigeria: ................... 7255 15120 17800

Philippines: .............. 11720 15190 17720

Portugal: .................. 15480 21830

Romania: ................. 11820 15380

Saudi Arabia: ........... 13710

Serbia/Montenegro: . 9580

Singapore: ............... 6150

S. Africa: .................. 7265 9770 15265

Spain: ...................... 605 5 15 1 1 0 152 9 0

15385

Switzerland: ............. 13645 15445 15515 (all

via Julich)

Syria: ....................... 12085 13610

Tunisia: .................... 7275

Turkey: ..................... 7170 9460 15350

Ukraine: .................. 7545

UN Radio: ................ 15495 (UK)

Vatican: ................... 7250 7300 12055 15570

15595 17515

Also heard were many Middle Eastern and

African relays of Radio France Intl, Deutsche

Welle, BBC, and VOA. On 41 meters SSB,

I’ve heard hams from Australia, Arkansas, and

throughout the Midwest. On the CB band, “The

Big Bad Wolf from The Bayou” and another

from Dallas came crashing in during early af-

ternoon.

At night on MW, a station is audible almost

every 10 kHz with just the internal antenna. The

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