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Stinger December 17th 03 01:40 AM

New Grundig (Eton) MW/SW/FM/XM-satellite radio
 
Eton won some awards for the upcoming 2004 Consumer Electronics Show.

One of them is for the Eton E1 XM. Here's the blurb from their press
release:

linked he http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031215/sfm106_1.html
------------------------------------------------
A winner in the personal electronics category, the Eton E1 XM is the first
product to combine four radio technologies -- AM/FM/Shortwave/XM Satellite
radio -- resulting in the finest full-sized, all-in-one portable world radio
ever. Equipped with Dual Conversion Superheterodyne Circuitry and capable of
receiving Continuous Shortwave including Selectable Single Sideband, its
performance and sensitivity are peerless. The 5.7 inch backlit dot-matrix
display, 1700 station presets, and five tuning methods make the E1 XM's
extraordinary capabilities accessible to serious enthusiasts and casual
listeners alike.
----------------------------------------------------

No price information I can find yet....

-- Stinger





Gray Shockley December 17th 03 02:18 AM

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:40:49 -0600, Stinger wrote
(in message ):

Eton won some awards for the upcoming 2004 Consumer Electronics Show.

One of them is for the Eton E1 XM. Here's the blurb from their press
release:

linked he http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031215/sfm106_1.html
------------------------------------------------
A winner in the personal electronics category, the Eton E1 XM is the first
product to combine four radio technologies -- AM/FM/Shortwave/XM Satellite
radio -- resulting in the finest full-sized, all-in-one portable world radio
ever. Equipped with Dual Conversion Superheterodyne Circuitry and capable of
receiving Continuous Shortwave including Selectable Single Sideband, its
performance and sensitivity are peerless. The 5.7 inch backlit dot-matrix
display, 1700 station presets, and five tuning methods make the E1 XM's
extraordinary capabilities accessible to serious enthusiasts and casual
listeners alike.
----------------------------------------------------


pix at:
http://www.etoncorp.com/asp/3CESAwards.asp




No price information I can find yet....



They (and you know how "they" are) say,
"Price: To be announced at CES 2004".


-- Stinger


- - Gray




Fredric J. Einstein December 17th 03 04:28 AM

This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.

Brenda Ann December 17th 03 04:47 AM


"Fredric J. Einstein" wrote in message
s.com...
This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.


I would think they would have used one of the world satellite radio
broadcasters, rather than XM.. or maybe in addition to.. this rather
restricts their market for this radio.



Ken Thomas December 17th 03 04:50 AM

It's not a very pretty radio. Buttons look small. Knobs on left side
look they were stuck on the very edge of the radio like an after
thought.

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:47:49 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:


"Fredric J. Einstein" wrote in message
ws.com...
This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.


I would think they would have used one of the world satellite radio
broadcasters, rather than XM.. or maybe in addition to.. this rather
restricts their market for this radio.



Gray Shockley December 17th 03 04:52 AM

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:28:55 -0600, Fredric J. Einstein wrote
(in message m):

This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.



Why?

I've got several radios (with no quality control problems) that do everything
that radio is claimed to do except cost me $10 a month every month for as
long as I live (subject to increased monthly fee and not guaranteed to be
around in three years)?

Plus my RX-320 has a 12" LCD display.



Gray Shockley
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DX-392 DX-398
RX-320 DX-399
CCradio w/RS Loop
Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz)
Select-A-Tenna
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Vicksburg, MS US


Frank Dresser December 17th 03 06:06 AM


"Fredric J. Einstein" wrote in message
s.com...
This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.


The future of radio, especially shortwave radio, is cutting costs. I
suppose DRM would be helpful to the extent that it would reduce the
electric bill at the transmitter.

Most broadcasters have found cutbacks in languages and programming
effective cost cutters. Some have pulled the plug on SW broadcasting.

Dave Frantz of WWRB likes SSB for reduced transmission costs.

Frank Dresser



Gray Shockley December 17th 03 06:35 AM

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 0:06:11 -0600, Frank Dresser wrote
(in message ):


"Fredric J. Einstein" wrote in message
s.com...
This is an exciting radio. If they were able to add DRM reception,
this would be a superb choice for the future of radio.


The future of radio, especially shortwave radio, is cutting costs. I
suppose DRM would be helpful to the extent that it would reduce the
electric bill at the transmitter.

Most broadcasters have found cutbacks in languages and programming
effective cost cutters. Some have pulled the plug on SW broadcasting.

Dave Frantz of WWRB likes SSB for reduced transmission costs.



And, of course, the "fact" that the feds are monitoring everyone on the
Internet so that the guv'ment can track down all of us spurious individuals
with Operation NotShortWave.

Also, acoording to our usual stoned sources, there is an upcoming event which
will be one of the most horrible things that has ever happened and from which
no one will recover, if our sources are to be trusted when they're babbling
like a mountain stream.


Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the grid: Y3K is on the way.
You'd best prepare now so that you won't be desperate when the new millennia
gets closer.

Also, Planet Y is getting closer and, even as I (attempt to) type this
missive there are rumors afoot (if not at hand) that Planet Z is hurtling
this way.




Gray Shockley
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Alex Jones is now fatter than Rush Limbaugh.
Simply amazing!


Peter Maus December 17th 03 07:02 AM

Gray Shockley wrote:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:40:49 -0600, Stinger wrote
(in message ):


Eton won some awards for the upcoming 2004 Consumer Electronics Show.

One of them is for the Eton E1 XM. Here's the blurb from their press
release:

linked he http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031215/sfm106_1.html
------------------------------------------------
A winner in the personal electronics category, the Eton E1 XM is the first
product to combine four radio technologies -- AM/FM/Shortwave/XM Satellite
radio -- resulting in the finest full-sized, all-in-one portable world radio
ever. Equipped with Dual Conversion Superheterodyne Circuitry and capable of
receiving Continuous Shortwave including Selectable Single Sideband, its
performance and sensitivity are peerless. The 5.7 inch backlit dot-matrix
display, 1700 station presets, and five tuning methods make the E1 XM's
extraordinary capabilities accessible to serious enthusiasts and casual
listeners alike.
----------------------------------------------------



pix at:
http://www.etoncorp.com/asp/3CESAwards.asp








Kind of answers questions about the highly anticipated, long
awaited vaporware called Satellit 900...this picture is of the same
case as the Sat 900 published by Grundig AG in '94.


Or was it '95








No price information I can find yet....




They (and you know how "they" are) say,
"Price: To be announced at CES 2004".


-- Stinger



- - Gray





Gray Shockley December 17th 03 07:23 AM

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 1:02:25 -0600, Peter Maus wrote
(in message ):

Kind of answers questions about the highly anticipated, long
awaited vaporware called Satellit 900...this picture is of the same
case as the Sat 900 published by Grundig AG in '94.



Just further proof that RadioShack has totally gotten out of the shortwave
receiver arena: they carry Grundig.


Gray
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sigh



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