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.
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Dane Trethowan
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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
<[email protected]> 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
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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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