Telamon wrote:

The E10 is a good looking unit but I'm not actually in the market for
another portable. I was in the store to pick up a few parts for a
project. I didn't want to pester the clerks when I wan not actually
going to buy one.

I did like what I saw and would consider an E10 or S350 if I was in the
market for a portable unit. Good sounding audio out of that S350 and it
was sensitive or it would not have picked anything up in the back of the
store.

There is a S350 Deluxe version with AM/SW frequency lock. I could not
find a manual for the Deluxe version that describes this feature that
sounds like it would eliminate drift. I would like to know how this
feature is suppose to work.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

I'm not in the market for a SW portable, either. I have an S350 since
the radio was first released some years back. It's a purchase that,
given the choice, I probably wouldn't make knowing the radio as I do
now. Even knowing that drift is less on it now, I doubt I'd be swayed
toward purchasing it. That said, I can understand why it has appeal to
folks: good audio, no synthesizer chuffing, good sensitivity and great
on batteries. I'm not one of those folks who is down on the S350; it's
just that I prefer the performance of some of the Panasonics I have on
hand (RF-2900 & 2600).

As for the E10, well, at full retail price, I'd likely not opt for this
radio either, when for $20 more there's the E5 which seems to be a more
solid performer. When I first saw the E10, I was intrigued by the IF
button on the front, so I read up on it. The conclusion I came to is
that if the radio has such a problem with images that it necessitates a
button to switch the IF from 455 to 450 kHz from time to time, it seems
like one would be better off getting a higher quality portable without
such image issues to begin with.

The E5 looks nice and from what I've heard about it, it's a decent
performer. But there you're in the same price range as the Sony
ICF-SW7600GR. And the E5, while incorporating 2 bandwidth filters, has
no sync detector. So between the two, I'd opt for the Sony, were I a
buyer in the market for a shortwave portable in that price range.