very nice comparison, Brenda Ann. I agree with everything you said.

I do think that the 650 has "true SSB"; even though it has a BFO, it does
send the signal through a product detector on SSB modes. There's not quite
enough sideband rejection to reject the unwanted sideband when you're
tuning. I've also thought that maybe they should have made some provision to
adjust the BFO injection; sometimes it seems too much and overpowers the
signal, while a large signal overpowers the BFO. The 650's answer is MGC,
which of course solves the problem one way, but I think they could have done
better.

I was quite impressed with the 800 I had, and had I not already had plenty
of desktop radios, that one would still be here, getting lots of use.
Compared to the 650, er, I mean my 600, the choice of which one to keep is
easy. As good as the 800 is, it's just not really a Grundig to me.

John



"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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"RHF" wrote in message
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Hello Everyone,

For those who have "Owned" and/or 'extensively use' these two radios.

Could you please "Compare" the Grundig Satellit 800 Millennium to the
Grundig Satellit 650/600.

1. What about these two radio's General Layout and Controls ?

Layout and controls are similar on the two radios, but they have different
controls. The 800 has a rudimentary RF gain control, where the 650 has a
true full range RF gain. The 800 has electronic switching of AM/LSB/USB,
650's is manual. Same is true of the band selector and bandwidth controls.
The 800 has no adjustable preselector, whereas the 650 has an all band
preselector, which is motorized and auto/manual. Memory, frequency
selection, etc. are very similar.


2. What about these two Radios's AM/MW Band performance ?


AM band performance is very good on both radios, however, the 800 has a
small advantage because of the sync detector.


3. What about these two Radios's Shortwave (SW) Bands performance ?


As much as I love the 650, the 800 has better SW performance, mainly
because
of the true SSB and sync detector.

4. What about these two Radios's FM Band performance ?


FM performance on the 650 is better than that on the 800. Some of this is
because the PLL in the 650 is much quieter, and doesn't produce birdies
all
over the FM band. The 800 wins for the Aircraft band, which doesn't exist
on
the 650.

5. What about these two Radios's 'build' Quality ?

Build quality is much better on the 650. To my knowledge, the Grundig made
650 (made in Belguim) never had the QC problems that have plagued the 800.
Aside from that, the radio is much solider than the 800.. very sturdy and
tough.

6. What about these Radios's Audio Quality and sound performance ?

650 audio wins hands down, with it's much more powerful amplifier, larger
and two-way speaker system, and lower THD. However, it does not have FM
stereo capablility. The 800 does not have a line input, whereas the 650
does.

7. "Other" Comments ? ? ?

I like the fact that there are only two antenna connections on the 650,
switchable between hi-impedence and 75 ohm, over the different connections
for different bands on the 800. I like the pre-amp on the whip on the
800.


TBL: The More You Write about these two Radios - The Better !
- - - Any and All Details would be Appreciated.


iwtk ~ RHF

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