I have owned both and I agree with John and Cuhulin. The 700 has
better quality control, but the sync design leaves a lot to be
desired. I believe the radio was made for Grundig in Portugal. The 800
was made in China (at the Tecsun production facilities) and quality
control was an issue, particularly in the earlier radios. If you can
find a good 800, however, it's a better radio for SWLing and DXing.
The large speaker on the 800 is unsurpassed for audio quality. It's
too big to really be considered a portable. Both radios go for good
amounts on eBay, but the 800 will usually go for more than a 700, in
the range of $350 to $400. The 700 usually goes for $250 to $300.

And though it greatly worries me to agree twice in one day with
Cuhulin, he's also right about looking in thrift stores. I just found
a fully functional Realistic DX-150A for $15 in a local thrift store.

Mike
Louisville, KY

On Aug 3, 2:22�pm, wrote:
On Aug 3, 11:41�am, wrote:

Hi,
� I am comparing two radios: a Grundig Satillite 700 or a Grundig
Satillite 800. �Assuming both are in good �shape which is the better
choice?
Thank you,
Mike

I have never owned these radio's, but did have a Sat 700 for test for
a while against a Sony 2010. The Sony ran rings around it due to the
700's poor SW sensitivity and very mediocre sync detector.

OTOH I have never seen a Sat 800 here in South Africa, but do own a
Drake SW8 which I have for some years. The innards of the Sat 800 are
based on the SW8, so I would suggest it is a top notch choice as
Cuhulin states. However, do you know that it is a HUGE radio, several
times larger than a Sat 700?

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7700, Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop.http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx