Kaz, By all means - to each his own, or catha qual a su gusto as they say down South. I agree that the lack of a ferrite loop in the E1 is a most unfortunate omission. I took my E1 to Grayland in September '06 and as I recall the readio held it's own with the array of supersets present, pretty meuch neck in neck as I recall. The radio does shine with external antennas. The synchronous detector perfroms as well as any I have seen (I have a Drake R-8A, 2- 2010s, & a 7600g). PBT on a portable is great, the filtering on the E1 is without equal in the portable world, IMHO and the audio quality is also very good. I have considered attaching my Q-Stick to the radio, but I have using the Q-Stick with my ultralights these days! The display on mine developed problems which Drake gladly repaired with a pretty quick turn-around, ~2 weeks. Just my 2 cents worth.
73 Craig Barnes Wondervu, CO --- Neil Kazaross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As many of you know, you won't find anyone on this > list who's less of a fan > of portables than I. > > Anyhow..tested two of those grey credit card sized > Sony wonders..and > WOW..quite sexy for their size, but not quite as > much oopmh as my old > TRF-12-655 but nice to get KTRS 550 here 35 miles NW > of Chicago days in WIND > 560 null etc etc. (Poor RXes have no chance) but the > TRF does that also. > > OK now to the Eton E1 and to be frank I am not > terribly impressed ! FM is > decent..but the whip doesn't swivel and the set has > decent selectivity but > would be better for DXers if a bit tighter and while > you can make it > directive by holding it so the whip is horiz, with > the whip vertical, it is > no better than the stock (surprisingly good and > better than GM's trash) > radio in my new Dodge pickup. > > OMG the E1 has no AM ferrite loop stick. YUCK as the > non directional whip > picks up noise and noise and MORE noise. KTRS,,LOL > too much WIND slop and > noise. > > I was thinking of using the E1 for a frisbee but > naw..give it as a prize at > the next convention until I went to RS twice (cuz > the dufus assured me that > I needed the wrong adapter) one would think Eton > could include a PAL adapter > for US sales ??? and hooked it up to my BOG, that I > decided to think about > keeping it. > > In short, the E1 is worthless to DXers without some > kind of antenna other > than the whip (puke) and the R8A is still better > even for domestic DX, but > not by a huge ammount. > > On shortwave I recall that my dead (error 3 and > CAN'T fix no matter > what..who can fix this ??) Sony ICF-2010 had more > sensitivity with just its > whip antenna as compared to the Eton with it's whip. > > Maybe I'll keep the E1 as a backup for domestic DX > if I fear my DX truck's > battery is low. > > My appologies to those who love these portables..at > 15 bucks the Sony ULR is > fun, but the E1 (what was the Circuit City big sale > price ?) will be little > more than a $300 paperweight I fear. > > 73 KAZ...who's next buy will be a Perseus SDR > (what's best way to get one > here in the US ?) > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list > are those of the original contributors and do not > necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
