The price is about what one would have paid for a Satellit over the years.
There is little on the Planet for its size that is as good as this.
We should also remember that we're talking portable radios here and not
tabletop radios.
Eton have had their share of successes and failures just like everyone
else, this time they've hit the jackpot and it may very well be the last
time.
On 28/04/2016 6:46 PM, André van Deventer wrote:
Must say at this stage I am also looking at the AR8200 Mark3 receiver. At
least they have an agent over here which is very knowledgeable
Bit pricy though but I have always been very impressed with the products from
them which I have used.
Nice thing about it is that it is programmable by computer also.
Any other AOR users on this list?
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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 28 April 2016 01:07 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio
Okay an apology from me to you, there were a batch of the Eton Satellit which
muted as you described but those made after September last year have a revised
firmware that illiminated this problem, I must have one of those with the
updated firmware.
On 28/04/2016 1:42 AM, André van Deventer wrote:
I listened to a youtube demonstration of this radio. You could clearly hear
the break in audio when the tuning knob was turned even on USB. I understand
that the tuning knob has clicks. So if you tune for example through the short
wave frequencies there is a very slight break in audio for each click. This
was in fact what also irritated this specific interviewer.
I'm in the market for a good portable receiver but I would not like something
like that for tuning shortwave bands and especially doing USB work.
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Dane Trethowan
Sent: 27 April 2016 12:30 PM
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Subject: Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio
And where has it been said the audio is interrupted when the tuning knob is
turned? I don’t recall any mention of that do you?
On 27 Apr 2016, at 8:23 PM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za>
wrote:
Must say what I find immensely irritating with this specific radio is the
sound of the tuning during bands.
Perhaps I come from the time of analog receivers where the tuning is smooth.
Now every time that you turn the tuning knob and it clicks the audio is
interrupted. My old AOR 3000A receiver does this on the fm bands but not on AM
and SSB.
I would be in the market for a portable receiver that has both the short wave
bands and SSB mode, is reasonable accessible and does not have this annoying
tuning feature.
André
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Dane Trethowan
Sent: 27 April 2016 11:25 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio
The radio arrived yesterday.
For those who wish to find out more about the new Eton Satellite note that the
Satellite in the name of the radio is spelt without the trailing E, I would never had
known this if it weren’t for my Braille Display <smile>.
List members would have read the review of the radio I posted and I agree with
pretty much every point in the review so there’s little point me going back
over old ground.
Audio out of the speaker less than 3 inches in size is nothing short of
impressive, not as good as the audio from the Tecsun PL880 but still good all
the same and of course the speaker of the PL880 is a 4 inch unit so if its
audio quality you’re looking for in a small unit then the Tecsun PL880 sets the
bar though its slightly bigger than the Eton.
The Eton is well thought out in just about every way, everything from the
double-jointed telescopic whip to the arrangement of functions.
The presets are arranged in pages, press the “Page” button and you can type in
a number of a page of presets followed by the page button to get there.
Once there just press one of the preset buttons above the keypad or tune to a
station and hold down the preset button for 3 seconds to set.
This Satellite is one of the very few radio sets around that performs well on
each and every band and I can only say its about time.
The clicks when turning the jog dial feel most satisfying so you’re not going
to accidentally turn 2 clicks instead of 1, certainly one of the best
mechanisms I’ve seen in a jog-dial.
The speed of the dial can be changed either between fast, slow or off by
repeatedly pressing the dial.
I’m extremely glad Eton chose to add an Aux-In function to the radio though
this function isn’t immediately obvious to the user, the Line-out jack can be
switched to an Aux-In jack so the user can take full advantage of the audio
powered packed into the radio through an external source.
Stereo headphones sound really nice through this radio, perhaps a little quiet
for some models of stereo but good enough for most.
so is the Satellite worth the $200 U.S. price tag? Most certainly and I have
the feeling this is the last great Shortwave radio we’re going to see for quite
some time, or perhaps this radio may well be the last we’ll see in a good line
of radios, time will tell.
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