"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
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dxAce wrote:
Looks kinda retro to me.

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/0750.html

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Looks like better build quality than Sat 800, but IIRC, it's a Tecsun
build.

The Sat 800 was the biggest pile of junk I've ever bought.

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/

You must have an early version. The later revisions were much better, and a
damn fine radio.

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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The Sat 800 was the biggest pile of junk I've ever bought.

Unrevealed Source wrote:
You must have an early version. The later revisions were much better, and a
damn fine radio.


There was only one change to Sat 800, and that was the installation
of a shaft bearing on the tuning mechanism.

There has been a lot of noise swirling around this radio since its
announcement. One was the existence of three 'generations.' This
particular bit of myth was created by a certain eBay seller looking to
spike his profits on refurbed units he acquired, hoping to distinguish
them from untweaked production runs. It's entirely a marketing trick.
Even Lextronix reps, when asked directly, openly admitted that there was
only one change to Sat 800. And that they adopted the 'Third Generation"
tag to spike their own flagging sales, because there had been so much
bad breath about this radio.

There were no revisions of Sat 800. One version, one generation.

Quality control improved over its production cycle, but it was there
were no differences between productions samples except the shaft bearing.








"Simon Mason" wrote in message
. uk...
The Sat 800 was the biggest pile of junk I've ever bought.

On Jan 8, 11:28*am, "Simon Mason"
wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in ...

dxAce wrote:
Looks kinda retro to me.

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/0750.html

dxAce
Michigan
USA

* Looks like better build quality than Sat 800, but IIRC, it's a Tecsun
build.

The Sat 800 was the biggest pile of junk I've ever bought.

--
Simon Masonhttp://www.simonmason.karoo.net/

Didn't Eton/Grundig go through several rounds of product delays
following excited new product announcements with the 800? Maybe I'm
thinking of another model.

Radioguy wrote:

On Jan 8, 11:28 am, "Simon Mason"
wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in ...

dxAce wrote:
Looks kinda retro to me.

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/0750.html

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Looks like better build quality than Sat 800, but IIRC, it's a Tecsun
build.

The Sat 800 was the biggest pile of junk I've ever bought.

--
Simon Masonhttp://www.simonmason.karoo.net/

Didn't Eton/Grundig go through several rounds of product delays
following excited new product announcements with the 800? Maybe I'm
thinking of another model.

Seems as though they did that with the E1, which was originally planned as the 900. I don't recall whether they had the same
troubles with the 800 or not.

On Jan 9, 8:08*am, dxAce wrote:
Radioguy wrote:
On Jan 8, 11:28 am, "Simon Mason"
wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in ...

dxAce wrote:
Looks kinda retro to me.

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...able/0750.html

dxAce
Michigan
USA

* Looks like better build quality than Sat 800, but IIRC, it's a Tecsun
build.

The Sat 800 was the biggest pile of junk I've ever bought.

--
Simon Masonhttp://www.simonmason.karoo.net/

Didn't Eton/Grundig go through several rounds of product delays
following excited new product announcements with the 800? *Maybe I'm
thinking of another model.

Seems as though they did that with the E1, which was originally planned as the 900. I don't recall whether they had the same
troubles with the 800 or not.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That's right - the production date kept getting pushed off for the
900.