Merlin3rd wrote:
I've had two of them and what a disappointment. Just sold the last one
on ebay. A real boat anchor. The best SW portable was the Sony 77 then
the ATS 909. The Chinese radios are junk. Who cares anyway shortwave is
dead.

Right you are ! But, if you post anything negative about SW receivers,
this newsgroup will give you a whipping ! Yes, RadioIntel determined
that the Eaton **** E1 is no better than the Sony 2010, or the Grundig
Satellite 800. As a matter of fact, the E1 has a host of problems - the
antenna flops, no handle, no MW or satellite antennas, flimsy
knobs/switches, and does not even receive/process IBOC, or DRM. Since
SW is starting to convert to DRM, and since it is all-or-nothing, the
E1 will eventualy be receiving nothing. Grundig Chinese-made radios
are absolute cheap plastic garbage; there has not been a decent radio
made, since the Sony 2010, or the DX-440, both of which are much better
quality than the E1, at $500. The E1 is assembled in India, but it is
still under slave-wages; Grundig used to be made in Germany, which they
want consumers to still think, but the sleazy Tecsun/Eton bought the
rights to market products under the Grundig name.

Hold on, here comes the crowd (RHF and BH) !