Hi Lucky...

Thanks for your input on the E1. I'm curious to know how this radio is
on battery consumption, so if you run it off of cells, let us know how
it is with regard to battery drain. Is the display always illuminated,
even on battery power?

I've had my eye on the E1 for quite some time and anticipate eventually
buying one. It's good to see Eton reviving this class of radio. If
it's all it purports to be, then it seems that its performance could
well be a notch or two above the '2010, SW77, and Sat 700. The $500
price tag might seem a bit much to foot, but let's face it, it's not a
matter of whether or not its performance is superior to a similarly
priced R-75 but rather whether one is in need of a high quality and
truly-portable portable, laden with numerous features not to be found
in the under $200 class that dominates the portable scene. Let's face
it, the SW77 retailed at $469.96 in its day (and it only had two
bandwidth filters and certainly had no passband offset). For folks
like me, where indoor conditions are a nightmare due to local noise
conditions, something like the E1 is a godsend: a nice, state of the
art, fully featured, self-contained portable, sized such that it can
easily be carried along on outdoor listening excursions.
I guess that with the XM option available for this receiver, it's
inevitable that this radio will take the heat of the sat-radio
opponents of this group. Personally, I would have preferred Sirius
over XM with this radio... I'm a Sirius subscriber myself, but it's
not as though this in any way diminishes my enthusiasm for shortwave.

All the best, folks.

Thanks again, Lucky.

j.a.mulc.