On Feb 17, 8:41 am, "Steve" wrote:
On Feb 15, 1:21 pm, "Steve" wrote:





On Feb 14, 6:44 pm, "junius" wrote:

It looks like the Eton E1 (minus XM satellite radio capability, it
would seem) is to be rebadged as the Grundig G1.

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/2001.html

Not available until late 2007.

The selling price on this set could potentially prove more attractive
than that of the $500 E1XM: The G1's list price is $500 on
Universal's website, as opposed to the $700 list price of the E1
(which Universal and other outlets regularly sell at 499.95).

RadioIntel has some pictures of the G1, taken at CES 2007.

http://www.radiointel.com/ces2007.htm

junius

Anyone know why they're slapping the Grundig name on it? Is this just
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Meanwhile, I've spent much of this weekend playing around with Ten-
Tec's humble "black box" receiver, the RX320, available from Universal
for $349.00. It's amazing what you get for the price. The software I'm
currently using with it (RxPlus) gives me my choice from among 34
filter bandwidths, four VFOs, excellent dsp noise reduction, the
ability to decode SSTV, RTTY, PSK and HF-FAX, three AGC speeds,
extremely effective passband tuning, 1 hz tuning resolution...I could
go on and on. Yes, these black boxes chain you to a computer, it's
true. Yes, it unfortunately includes DRM capability if you get the
right software. However, it's *American made* and the bang for the
buck is impressive--a refreshing change of pace from the overpriced
portables people inexplicably obsess over. And I guess one nice thing
about these black boxes is that there's not as much to break or moving
parts to wear out. My only real complaint about this receiver concerns
its lack of synchronous detection, but my sense is that this could
have a software solution down the line. I don't know. But even out of
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Interesting set the RX-320. I played around with one once, and I
considered getting one for a time. The bandwidth flexibility is really
a plus. Admittedly, though, I have a preference for all of the knobs
and buttons and other things with which things can go wrong! Were I
looking to get a computer controlled set, I'd definitely go for the
RX-320.
As I'm soon planning to go for the General class ticket, though, I'm
thinking my next plunge will be for the IC-7000 (which, incidentally,
offers a passband width range of 200Hz to 10kHz in 200Hz steps for AM
mode...nice for those who enjoy BCB SWLing!). If Icom were to have
added synchronous detection to this unit, it'd hands down be much more
interesting than almost any of the recent offerings for SWLers in the
HF-receiver market.