RE: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[André van Deventer]

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-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 28 April 2016 03:18 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

I don’t know anything about those, is this a portable we’re talking about?

I was immediately reminded of a company called AOR I think it was, whilst their 
receivers may have been good the sensitivity and performance on the HF bands 
was not, I got this from someone I know who has had a few of their sets.

It should also be noted that many of the portable sets I’ve written about now 
employ DSP - Digital Signal Processing - which makes the portable radio a more 
powerful and flexible unit than its ever been thus giving us more features, 
better sensitivity and selectivity.

For example, it now only costs $50 to get a basic set with outstanding FM 
performance and a little more to get something with both outstanding AM/FM 
performance and slightly more for a well respected World Band radio.  Not all 
that long ago to get something that performed well on FM would have cost 
hundreds of dollars and todays FM performers even beat some of the best Tuners 
I’ve seen.

The trick with all this - if you take an interest that is - is to stay informed 
if possible as to what’s happening.

The other big development of course has been SDR’S - Software Defined Radio - 
many of these radios are in fact small computers which run on software so no 
need for any of the expensive hardware designs that defined the radios of years 
past.

I’m setting up a SDR system now with various components and software, I sent an 
article about this to the list some time ago.

The Interface I’m using is a command driven one.


> On 28 Apr 2016, at 6:46 PM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
> 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?
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> 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.
>
>

Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[Dane Trethowan]

I don’t know anything about those, is this a portable we’re talking about?

I was immediately reminded of a company called AOR I think it was, whilst their 
receivers may have been good the sensitivity and performance on the HF bands 
was not, I got this from someone I know who has had a few of their sets.

It should also be noted that many of the portable sets I’ve written about now 
employ DSP - Digital Signal Processing - which makes the portable radio a more 
powerful and flexible unit than its ever been thus giving us more features, 
better sensitivity and selectivity.

For example, it now only costs $50 to get a basic set with outstanding FM 
performance and a little more to get something with both outstanding AM/FM 
performance and slightly more for a well respected World Band radio.  Not all 
that long ago to get something that performed well on FM would have cost 
hundreds of dollars and todays FM performers even beat some of the best Tuners 
I’ve seen.

The trick with all this - if you take an interest that is - is to stay informed 
if possible as to what’s happening.

The other big development of course has been SDR’S - Software Defined Radio - 
many of these radios are in fact small computers which run on software so no 
need for any of the expensive hardware designs that defined the radios of years 
past.

I’m setting up a SDR system now with various components and software, I sent an 
article about this to the list some time ago.

The Interface I’m using is a command driven one.


> On 28 Apr 2016, at 6:46 PM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
> 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?
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-----
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: 27 April 2016 12:30 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> 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
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>> 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 abo

Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[Dane Trethowan]

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?



-Original Message-
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.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: 27 April 2016 12:30 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
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

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
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 .

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

Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[Dane Trethowan]

Yes it does.




On 28/04/2016 4:57 PM, André van Deventer wrote:

Ah that is good news indeed.

Another thing - I'm wondering if this radio covers the airbands  as well?

Regards

Andre



-Original Message-
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.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: 27 April 2016 12:30 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
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

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
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 .

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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RE: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[André van Deventer]

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?



-Original Message-
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.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: 27 April 2016 12:30 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> 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
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>> 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 .
>>
>> 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 t

RE: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[André van Deventer]

Ah that is good news indeed.

Another thing - I'm wondering if this radio covers the airbands  as well?

Regards

Andre



-Original Message-
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.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: 27 April 2016 12:30 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> 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
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>> 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 .
>>
>> 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 headphone

Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[Dane Trethowan]

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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Trethowan
Sent: 27 April 2016 12:30 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
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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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 .

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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Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[Casey]

Hi so how is this unit for reception on all bands including a.m and f.m?
Is it nice and sensitive and selective and good at picking up hard to 
get stations?
Also do you think that when the f.m band is open to receive stations 
from far away I believe they call that skip will this unit work good for 
that also?

Also how good is it on batteries?


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Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[Dane Trethowan]

Just in case anyone wants a manual to read? Well I have the Eton 
Satellit manual here but quite frankly I don't know why Eton bothered to 
publish a manual, this


manual would have to be about the worst manual ever written for anything.


On 28/04/2016 2:47 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Well I have one of these radios on my hot hand I can tell you that the 
audio doesn't mute but the level drops when the dial is turned, yes 
that part is correct but its far from an annoyance as you seem to 
suggest, in other words as the dial is turned you can still hear the 
audio.





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.




-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
Dane Trethowan

Sent: 27 April 2016 12:30 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
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

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
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 .


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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Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[Dane Trethowan]

Well I have one of these radios on my hot hand I can tell you that the 
audio doesn't mute but the level drops when the dial is turned, yes that 
part is correct but its far from an annoyance as you seem to suggest, in 
other words as the dial is turned you can still hear the audio.





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.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 27 April 2016 12:30 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
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

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 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 .

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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RE: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[André van Deventer]

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.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 27 April 2016 12:30 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
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
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 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 .
>
> 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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Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[Dane Trethowan]

Now that’s a good question.

The Sync detection on the PL880 is about the worst there is and the one on the 
Eton Satellite isn’t much better, in short its a disgrace if Sync Detection is 
what you’re after.

The radio with the best Sync Detection I’ve seen of recent years is that found 
on the Tecsun PL660 which is a very good Shortwave unit however its audio isn’t 
too good for its size and the AM Broadcast band sensitivity is dreadful, the 
worst I’ve seen in a portable.

FM performance thankfully is outstanding.


> On 27 Apr 2016, at 9:43 PM, tim cumings  wrote:
> 
> Dane how would you compare the synchronous detection on the satellite to that 
> of the techsum pl880?
> 
> 
> On 4/27/2016 5:25 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>> 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 .
>> 
>> 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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>> halfwits in this world behind.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[tim cumings]

Dane how would you compare the synchronous detection on the satellite to 
that of the techsum pl880?



On 4/27/2016 5:25 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

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 .

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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Re: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[Dane Trethowan]

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  
> 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
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 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 .
> 
> 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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RE: A Few Words On The Eton Satellite Radio

[André van Deventer]

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

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 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 .

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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