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By the way, what's the tuning resolution on the E1?

Steve


Here they are Steve.

Selectable using the "Fast" button for the Display and Tuning resolutions
only not the Select:

MW AM:
1]Display resolution: 10Hz, 100Hz, 1KHz
2]Tuning resolution: 10Hz, 100Hz, 1 kHz
3]Select: 9kHz 10 Khz

MW SSB:
1] 10Hz, 1kHz
2] 10 Hz, 1kHz
3] 9kHz 10kHz

LW and SW AM:
1] 10Hz 100Hz 1 khz
2] 10hz 100hz 1 khz
3] 5 khz

LW and SW SSB:
1] 10hz 1khz
2] 10hz 1khz
3] 5 Khz

FM:
1] 10khz 100khz
2] 20khz 100khz
3] 100 Khz

I want to add I love the dot matrix display.
It's groovy to look at at night :) No really, nice and big with plenty of
options. Or, you can turn the display light off and it doesn't affect the
local or GMT. It's really a pleasue Steve.

Also, I hooked up my good speakers and the sound is just superb.

Lucky

"Joe Analssandrini" wrote in message
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Hello Mark,

I've seen some of "Lucky's" posts but, unless I've missed something, he
doesn't actually have the radio in hand as yet.

Does he?

"Lucky" - any comment?

Best,

Joe


Hi Joe

I was just fooling around with you that day. You have been so helpful to me
in the past. So Joe, whatever I can do to help you on whatever you want to
know about the radio please please ask.

It's a great receiver and I think you'll just love it. Just a pleasure to
use and listen to. Plus it looks great in "person". Much better then in the
pictures of it. You just can't capture the display with those pictures
online.

I would order it from the Sharper Image. There is a FREE shipping coupon for
it or $20 off. Take the free shipping cause it costs like $26 to $30. You
will pay tax though if you have a SI in your state. BUT, they give 60 days
to return it for almost ANY reason you give. So paying the tax is worth it
if you don't like it within 2 months you have a long time to decide and
return it.

Coupons if they still work.

http://www.sharperimage.com/ls_0805_fsh50/

http://www.sharperimage.com/ls_0805_20off100/

So again Joe, please let me help you in any way I can.

Lucky

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By the way, what's the tuning resolution on the E1?

Steve


Steve,

it looks like you can download the E1 manual from here. Don't know if it
works but here you go. Enjoy
http://s33.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0...R0C2IVR9JJXDTG

Lucky

Seven cents on the dollar Mississippi RIPP OFF sales tax.If I am not
mistaken,about $35.00.
cuhulin

Dear "Lucky,"

Thanks for the kind comments. I'm glad you're enjoying your new Et=F3n
E1. I hope you'll continue posting here as I am very interested in your
experience with it.

I'm not going to buy one just yet, if ever. The radio does not offer
IBOC on the MW or FM bands, nor does it offer DAB (Canadian and/or
European) or DRM. I should have thought that Et=F3n would have included
these advanced features in a new radio, even one designed primarily as
a shortwave receiver.

I would also not buy one unless and until it has been on the market for
some time as I have been "twice-burned" by Et=F3n/Grundig: first with
the Grundig Classic 960 which I bought from Willoughby and Ward in 1996
(when it first came out). It cost $249.95 plus shipping and came with a
25(!)-year warranty. So I'm theoretically covered until 2021. But what
a piece of junk! I'm on my third unit but this one is just as bad as
the two previous. Now that it's discontinued, I wonder how they'll
honor that warranty as they told me that they do not actually work on
the radio but merely replace it when problems occur.

The second example was my Grundig Satellit 800 which I purchased in
June 2000 (one of the initial production runs) and which lasted only 3
1/2 years before needing repair. I will say that, after Drake's repair
and refurbishing (for $109.00) it has worked well and I like the radio
very much (as opposed to that Classic 960).

So I'm naturally leery of buying an Et=F3n product until the production
people have ironed out all the bugs. I would also want to see a review
in PASSPORT.

But, even so, without the more advanced radio circuitry (pay satellite
radio doesn't count; in any event it holds absolutely no interest to
me), I feel the radio is "dead in the water." I may be wrong. Time will
tell.

Again thanks for your comments and I hope, for your sake, that my
impressions and opinions are wrong.

Best,

Joe

So Joe, what makes your 960 "junk"? I also have one and it sounds great.
My only complaint is that it is WAY TOO touchy trying to tune any
h.f.stations.
I guess I would have to say it is junk if h.f. is why it was purchased...



"Joe Analssandrini" wrote in message
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Dear "Lucky,"

Thanks for the kind comments. I'm glad you're enjoying your new Etón
E1. I hope you'll continue posting here as I am very interested in your
experience with it.

I'm not going to buy one just yet, if ever. The radio does not offer
IBOC on the MW or FM bands, nor does it offer DAB (Canadian and/or
European) or DRM. I should have thought that Etón would have included
these advanced features in a new radio, even one designed primarily as
a shortwave receiver.

I would also not buy one unless and until it has been on the market for
some time as I have been "twice-burned" by Etón/Grundig: first with
the Grundig Classic 960 which I bought from Willoughby and Ward in 1996
(when it first came out). It cost $249.95 plus shipping and came with a
25(!)-year warranty. So I'm theoretically covered until 2021. But what
a piece of junk! I'm on my third unit but this one is just as bad as
the two previous. Now that it's discontinued, I wonder how they'll
honor that warranty as they told me that they do not actually work on
the radio but merely replace it when problems occur.

The second example was my Grundig Satellit 800 which I purchased in
June 2000 (one of the initial production runs) and which lasted only 3
1/2 years before needing repair. I will say that, after Drake's repair
and refurbishing (for $109.00) it has worked well and I like the radio
very much (as opposed to that Classic 960).

So I'm naturally leery of buying an Etón product until the production
people have ironed out all the bugs. I would also want to see a review
in PASSPORT.

But, even so, without the more advanced radio circuitry (pay satellite
radio doesn't count; in any event it holds absolutely no interest to
me), I feel the radio is "dead in the water." I may be wrong. Time will
tell.

Again thanks for your comments and I hope, for your sake, that my
impressions and opinions are wrong.

Best,

Joe

"Joe Analssandrini" wrote in message
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Dear "Lucky,"

Thanks for the kind comments. I'm glad you're enjoying your new Etón
E1. I hope you'll continue posting here as I am very interested in your
experience with it.

I'm not going to buy one just yet, if ever. The radio does not offer
IBOC on the MW or FM bands, nor does it offer DAB (Canadian and/or
European) or DRM. I should have thought that Etón would have included
these advanced features in a new radio, even one designed primarily as
a shortwave receiver.

I would also not buy one unless and until it has been on the market for
some time as I have been "twice-burned" by Etón/Grundig: first with
the Grundig Classic 960 which I bought from Willoughby and Ward in 1996
(when it first came out). It cost $249.95 plus shipping and came with a
25(!)-year warranty. So I'm theoretically covered until 2021. But what
a piece of junk! I'm on my third unit but this one is just as bad as
the two previous. Now that it's discontinued, I wonder how they'll
honor that warranty as they told me that they do not actually work on
the radio but merely replace it when problems occur.

The second example was my Grundig Satellit 800 which I purchased in
June 2000 (one of the initial production runs) and which lasted only 3
1/2 years before needing repair. I will say that, after Drake's repair
and refurbishing (for $109.00) it has worked well and I like the radio
very much (as opposed to that Classic 960).

So I'm naturally leery of buying an Etón product until the production
people have ironed out all the bugs. I would also want to see a review
in PASSPORT.

But, even so, without the more advanced radio circuitry (pay satellite
radio doesn't count; in any event it holds absolutely no interest to
me), I feel the radio is "dead in the water." I may be wrong. Time will
tell.

Again thanks for your comments and I hope, for your sake, that my
impressions and opinions are wrong.

Best,

Joe


Hi Joe

Yes, I was very disappointed with no DRM. I felt for sure they would
surprise everyone with this after all the delays.
This would have introduced a whole new market as I just bought my Ten Tec
320D for the DRM experience.

I have a feeling they might see how this one sells then offer a new version
or enhanced version later on. But Joe, I just love radios. All radios. I had
to buy it after checking it out. Plus, I'll admit I had some inside info on
it before hand from a very trusted source.

And life is too short expecially in this angry and delicate world now. I get
a delight in working with new rigs if they are decent enough. Each radio has
a different personality to it. I use certain ones at certain times. Yes, I
was worried about having Eton E1 number 00122 off the line. But, with a 60
day return policy, I can always give it back or exchange it for another if I
find a quirk in it.

I think the Sharper Image should have one on display in their stores at some
point. Then you can go and at least look and play with it. See if it piques
your curiosity. So far I'm having fun with it.

And remember, this one is assembled in India, not Taiwan or China which is a
first for them I think.

All the best buddy
Lucky

www.devilfinder.com Radios Manufactured in India I guess India has
been manufacturing electronic products for quite a while.
cuhulin

Dear Jim,

I bought the Grundig Classic 960 in 1996. Right off the bat I realized
it was hopeless for SW broadcasts, though it does have good sound on MW
and FM. (The drifting on SW is intolerable and the tuning "feel" is
awful.) A few months after I bought it, the radio "died." I contacted
Grundig and they told me to ship it back to them, which I did. Instead
of fixing my radio, they sent me a new one. This radio drifted quite a
bit (the first one did too, but not to the same extent, especially on
FM). When I called them and spoke to a technician he admitted to me
that the set's design was not "all that would have been desired." Then
a couple of years ago that (second) unit died. Again I had to send it
back to Grundig and again they replaced it. (I noted that the SW
frequency coverage was somewhat different on this new unit.) But this
unit is the Mother of All Drifters! You can't listen to FM (which is
now all I use it for) more than an hour or so before it drifts off
frequency, no matter how long it's been running.

I "hate" that radio. It's my definition of "junk." (Three examples in
less than 9 years!) It "looks" good (people always comment on it) and
it has reasonably good sound, but its performance is very, very poor,
in my opinion. When new MW/FM radios are introduced featuring IBOC, if
the reviews are good, I'll replace that terrible "Classic" radio. (I
wouldn't even sell it to someone unless they knew exactly what they
were getting; it does have that 25-year warranty, however.) It's my
understanding that the local FM station that features classical music
half the day and jazz the other half is going to "split" in two via
IBOC and have classical music 24 hours a day on one "channel" and jazz
24 hours a day on the "other." That sounds good to me as far as local
programming goes.

By the way, that radio is kept in our living room and I have it playing
music most of the day. I do not play it "loud," and it has always
received good care.

I think it is, and has always been, a "loser." It's obvious that its
cost is next-to-nothing or they wouldn't just keep replacing the set
rather than fixing it. Naturally a year or so after I bought it for
$249.95 + shipping, the price "dropped" to $149.95 + shipping, though
the warranty also dropped from 25 years to 1 year. I can't blame them
for that! I wonder if they have a "stash" of them set aside for people
like me who have 25 year warranties and they'll use that "stash" to
keep replacing "dead" sets until the warranty runs out!

P. T. Barnum was right, as I learned through this experience (and a few
others over the years!).

As always, my opinion.

Best,

Joe

There are no hills (well,there are some,but not real hills,mostly
flatland territory around here and the FM stations boom in loud and very
good.Some of my old Goodwill radios do drift somewhat,but I can't knock
the cheap two to four dollar prices I paid for them.I bought two
Cambridge computer speakers ($5.00) and a Mr.Wizard book of science
experiments (fifty cents) at the Goodwill store this afternoon.Have to
get my junk fix once in a while.
cuhulin