Grundig Satellit 800 - Opinions
 

Evening All... im thinking of buying a Satellit 800 receiver, i understand
its got all of the features of a table top, but is just compact enough to be
used as a portable, i was wondering what anyone thought of this peice of kit

whats comes in the box? do you get a power socket? is it good value for
cash?

Thanx
{FireArm}

Dale wrote:


I definitely wouldn't consider it a portable.


You 200 pound six foot four weaklings just amaze me. We had CHILDREN
carrying around Hallicrafters Model SX-88 radios. One under EACH arm!

pffthhh..and YOU can't even pick up a ninety pound 'Grundig' 800. It was
made the size of suitcase in order to *facilitate* relocation. Furniture
movers are hardly EVER required for room to room moves!

I understand four caster type wheels are available as an option for the
limp of wrist or those who married very weak women.




mike II

It is worth noting that eton (Grundig North America) has just discontinued
it.

"{FireArm}" wrotf:

Evening All... im thinking of buying a Satellit 800 receiver, i understand
its got all of the features of a table top, but is just compact enough to be
used as a portable, i was wondering what anyone thought of this peice of kit

whats comes in the box? do you get a power socket? is it good value for
cash?

Thanx
{FireArm}

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 00:44:16 GMT, "{FireArm}"
wrote:

Evening All... im thinking of buying a Satellit 800 receiver, i understand
its got all of the features of a table top, but is just compact enough to be
used as a portable, i was wondering what anyone thought of this peice of kit

whats comes in the box? do you get a power socket? is it good value for
cash?

Thanx
{FireArm}


The 800 has good sound and a great sync detector. You won't be sorry
spending the cash for it. BTW - if you buy one and keep it in perfect
shape - you could resell it on Ebay and only lose a little bit of
money. Almost like renting it.

Good luck

{FireArm} wrote:
Evening All... im thinking of buying a Satellit 800 receiver, i understand
its got all of the features of a table top, but is just compact enough to be
used as a portable, i was wondering what anyone thought of this peice of kit

whats comes in the box? do you get a power socket? is it good value for
cash?

Thanx
{FireArm}



A good review may be found he


http://usa.shortwavestore.com/satellit-800-review.html

m II wrote:
{FireArm} wrote:

Evening All... im thinking of buying a Satellit 800 receiver, i
understand
its got all of the features of a table top, but is just compact enough
to be
used as a portable, i was wondering what anyone thought of this peice
of kit

whats comes in the box? do you get a power socket? is it good value for
cash?

Thanx
{FireArm}



A good review may be found he


http://usa.shortwavestore.com/satellit-800-review.html


Some more reviews...

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1...b910868de77b61

http://snipurl.com/95i0





mike

Kameron Spesial wrote:

The 800 has good sound and a great sync detector. You won't be sorry
spending the cash for it. BTW - if you buy one and keep it in perfect
shape - you could resell it on Ebay and only lose a little bit of
money. Almost like renting it.

Good luck


Drake has a fifteen day return policy. No risk to the buyer this way.

http://www.rldrake.com/swl/Sat800mil.html


mike

Hi,
I agree entirely with KA2SH2's and N6HBJ's negative points of view about the
G S 800:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1...b910868de77b61
The reception and the audio quality are NOT that good, the Satellit 650's
and 600's are far better. IMHO this radio is overrated and too expensive.
I'm very disappointed with it maybe because I can compare it with my other
rigs at any time. Have a look at eBay Germany, there are a lot of 600 and
650 every week at reasonable prices, you won't regret it if you buy one.

I wish a nice w.e. to everybody !

--



D. KREMP
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dominique dot kremp at wanadoo dot fr

Rx:
Icom
-IC-R70 + POCOM PFC-100 + KIWA audio mods
-IC-R71E + ESKAB-Edvis PLAM unit / 4 kHz X9MD + FL44A + KIWA audio mods +
WILLCO ICM 1024 B
Grundig
-Satellit 800
-Satellit 600 Professional (3x)
-Satellit 650 International
-Satellit 700 (2x)
-Concert Boy
Ant:
-DATONG AD 370
-DRESSLER ARA 30
-LW 25 m + mod. FRT 7700



{FireArm} wrote:
Evening All... im thinking of buying a Satellit 800 receiver, i
understand its got all of the features of a table top, but is just
compact enough to be used as a portable, i was wondering what anyone
thought of this peice of kit

whats comes in the box? do you get a power socket? is it good value
for cash?

Thanx
{FireArm}

m II wrote in message news:DOM2d.22879$yW6.3654@clgrps12...
Kameron Spesial wrote:

The 800 has good sound and a great sync detector. You won't be sorry
spending the cash for it. BTW - if you buy one and keep it in perfect
shape - you could resell it on Ebay and only lose a little bit of
money. Almost like renting it.

Good luck


Drake has a fifteen day return policy. No risk to the buyer this way.

http://www.rldrake.com/swl/Sat800mil.html


mike


I agree the sound is nice, but I was never impressed with its sync
detector. In fact, it seems pretty lame compared to the sync detectors
in some other portables (e.g., the Sony SW77).

In general, I just don't see why anyone would buy an 800 when the ICOM
R-75 is essentially in the same price range.

Because they're broadcast listeners? Well, then spend a hundred bucks
on an external speaker for the R-75.

Because they want a portable? Well, the R-75 is more portable than the
800.

I'm sort of glad Eton discontinued it because it's not really a
Grundig and the Grundig name led lots of people to expect to get
something that's just not available anymore in a portable.

"DK" wrote in message ...
Hi,
I agree entirely with KA2SH2's and N6HBJ's negative points of view about the
G S 800:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1...b910868de77b61
The reception and the audio quality are NOT that good, the Satellit 650's
and 600's are far better. IMHO this radio is overrated and too expensive.
I'm very disappointed with it maybe because I can compare it with my other
rigs at any time. Have a look at eBay Germany, there are a lot of 600 and
650 every week at reasonable prices, you won't regret it if you buy one.

I wish a nice w.e. to everybody !

Actually, the reception of the 800 is better than the 600/650 on
shortwave because of the outstanding sync detector. Also, the narrow
bandwidth on the 800 is better for ssb. Of course sound on the 600/650
is better since it uses a 30-watt amp with 2 speakers. The slow/fast
AGC is SUPERIOR to the 600/650's either on or off AGC/Manual Gain. The
600/650 is better on MW and superior on FM. Also consider that the
600/650 NEW costs about twice as much as the 800. For a NEW set,
can't beat the 800 for the price.

Got to be careful about used 600/650s. The preselector might not work
properly, and is something that can easily break down, reducing
sensitivity greatly.

Above poster is correct. The Passport 2004 actually classifies it as a
"portatop" because it combines aspects and convenience of a portable,
but also has features along with size of a tabletop. The thing is
known to eat batteries. Maybe you can use rechargables, but I don't
know if rechargable D's are that common. I think Radio Shack has them.

Compact? Have you actually seen this thing? Most tabletop rigs are far
smaller. Big is good as far as I'm concerned but I thought you might want to
know as some like small.

The best way to insure getting a good '800' is to buy a factory (Drake)
refurbished one from someone like Universal. They typically sell for
about $399.


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"Dan" wrote in message
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On 18 Sep 2004 07:55:46 -0700, (Steve) wrote:

I agree the sound is nice, but I was never impressed with its sync
detector. In fact, it seems pretty lame compared to the sync
detectors
in some other portables (e.g., the Sony SW77).

I'd say yours is defective. The sync on mine is outstanding. It
*completely* eliminates adjacent channel interference/hets.

In mine (was one of the first ones out), it's sync has historically
been very good. The original AC adaptor had some issues with
it (more along the lines of interference with the radio than anything
nasty), but Grundig replaced the AC adaptors for free.

Only thing I've noticed in mine is that it's in my basement office,
and in the winter time the sync doesn't work so well the past
couple of years. Could be that 59F basement that I have in the
winter, more than anything else. One of these days, I'm going to
send it to Drake to get the sync tweaked for that.

On the whole, the 800 is a good portatop. It replaced my Icom R-70,
and it seemed to do just as good for DXing (assuming an outside
antenna) as the R70 did. And it sounded a lot better, too.

--Mike L.


--Mike L.

norml wrote in message . ..
It is worth noting that eton (Grundig North America) has just discontinued
it.

I just received this email from Eton regarding the Satellit 800:

"It is not discontinued and will sell parallel with the E1."