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Old October 25th 05, 10:46 PM
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For One and All,

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ETON-E...o/message/1599

FYI - # 1 in the Rankings is better than # 2,3,4,5,6,7, and 8.


All are WELCOME and "Invited to Join" the
ETON 'Elite' E1 XM Radio eGroup on YAHOO !
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ETON-E1-XM-Radio/
Where the Topic is the Eton 'Elite' E1 Receiver
with XM Satellite Radio. = http://tinyurl.com/9lfd7
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Old October 26th 05, 01:32 AM
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Some more numbers, with E1XM figures folded in:

Dynamic Range/IP3 (5 kHz):

1. AOR AR7030 82 dB / +1 dBm
2. Drake R8B 75 dB / -20 dBm
3. Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711A 74 dB / -18 dBm
4. Sony ICF-2010 68 dB / -21 dBm
5. Drake SW8 67 dB / -26 dBm
6. Sony ICF-SW77 64 dB / -37 dBm
7. Eton E1XM 55 dB / -50 dBm
8. Ten-Tec RX-340 46 dB / -55 dBm

Dynamic Range/IP3 (20 kHz):

1. AOR AR7030 100 dB / +28 dBm
2. Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711A 99 dB / +20 dBm
3. Ten-Tec RX-340 93 dB / +9 dBm
4. Drake SW8 92 dB / +11 dBm
5. Drake R8B 89 dB / +2 dBm
6. Eton E1XM 87 dB / -2 dBm
7. Sony ICF-SW77 82 dB / -10 dBm
8. Sony ICF-2010 80 dB / -9 dBm

Image Rejection:

1. Ten-Tec RX-340 100 dB
1. AOR AR7030 100 dB
2. Eton E1XM 90 dB
3. Drake R8B 85 dB
4. Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711A 80 dB
4. Sony ICF-SW77 80 dB
5. Drake SW8 64 dB
6. Grundig Satellit 800 63 dB
7. Sony ICF-2010 62 dB

First IF Rejection:

1. Ten-Tec RX-340 100 dB
2. AOR AR7030 95 dB
3. Drake R8B 90 dB
4. Grundig Satellit 800 86 dB
5. Sony ICF-2010 85 dB
6. Sony ICF-SW77 80 dB
6. Drake SW8 80 dB
7. Eton E1XM 75 dB

Blocking:

1. Drake R8B 135 dB
2. Grundig Satellit 800 132 dB
3. AOR AR7030 130 dB
4. Drake SW8 125 dB
5. Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711A 123 dB
5. Eton E1XM 123 dB
6. Sony ICF-SW77 121 dB
7. Ten-Tec RX-340 109 dB
8. Sony ICF-2010 109 dB

AGC Threshold:

1. Drake R8B 0.9 uV, Superb
1. Drake SW8 0.9 uV, Superb
2. Grundig Satellit 800 0.8 uV, Superb
3. Sony ICF-2010 0.6 uV, Excellent
4. Ten-Tec RX-340 0.5 uV / 0.13 uV (preamp off/on,
Excellent/Poor)
5. Eton E1XM 0.3 uV, Good
6. Sony ICF-SW77 2.0 uV, Good
7. AOR AR7030 2.25 uV, Good
8. Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711A 0.11 uV, Poor

Phase Noise:

1. AOR AR7030 130 dBc
2. Sony ICF-SW77 122 dBc
3. Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711A 115 dBc
4. Drake R8B 114 dBc
4. Sony ICF-2010 114 dBc
5. Ten-Tec RX-340 113 dBc
5. Eton E1XM 113 dBc
5. Drake SW8 113 dBc
6. Grundig Satellit 800 111 dBc

Overall Distortion, sync:

1. Drake R8B 0.4 %
2. Drake SW8 1.2 %
3. AOR AR7030 2.0 %
4. Sony ICF-SW77 2.3 %, 3.3 % (Wide/Narrow)
5. Grundig Satellit 800 2.4 %
6. Ten-Tec RX-340 2.6 %
6. Eton E1XM 2.6 %
7. Sony ICF-2010 2.9 %, 3.5 % (Wide/Narrow)
8. Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711A 8.2 %

Max. Sensitivity:

1. Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711A 0.13 uV
2. Ten-Tec RX-340 0.14 uV
3. Sony ICF-2010 0.15 uV
3. Eton E1XM 0.15 uV
4. Sony ICF-SW77 0.16 uV
5. Drake R8B 0.2 uV
6. AOR AR7030 0.2 uV
7. Grundig Satellit 800 0.23 uV
8. Drake SW8 0.32 uV

Ultimate Rejection:

1. AOR AR7030 90 dB
2. Watkins-Johnson WJ-8711A 80 dB
3. Drake R8B 80 dB
3. Eton E1XM 80 dB
4. Ten-Tec RX-340 70 dB
4. Grundig Satellit 800 70 dB
4. Drake SW8 70 dB
4. Sony ICF-SW77 70 dB
4. Sony ICF-2010 70 dB




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Old October 26th 05, 02:16 AM
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According to a recently released shortwave book, the only radios that
surpass the Eton E1's rating cost three or more times as much money. Several
radios received the same rating including the Satellit 800. It looks like
the E1 might be a pretty good radio. Perfect? No, but there's no such thing.


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Old October 26th 05, 08:11 AM
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BD - The subject line says it all ) ~ RHF
[ 2006 Passport Word Band Radio ]
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I wonder whether the book in question contains lots of Eton ads.



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Old October 26th 05, 02:07 PM
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Steve - Is that a Revelation ?

For all of it's commercial life Passport To Word Band Radio (PTWBR)
has had lots and Lots and LOTS of ADs !

Yes - PTWBR has pages upon Pages upon PAGES of Eton {Grundig) ADs !

Often Eton Corp {Grundig USA} has been a Prime ADs Buyer in PTWBR.

and that's a fact jack ~ RHF

Passport To World Band Radio (PTWBR) - by Lawrence Magne
PTWBR= http://tinyurl.com/6p4c3
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