Eton - Elite 750, The Classic AM/FM/LW/VHF/Shortwave Radio with Single Side Band, 360° Rotating AM Antenna, 1000 Channels, Back-Up Battery Packs, Commitment to Preparedness

Hi, First let me say that I'm an active 'Ham" (callsign KO6BB) and have been 'radioactive' in one form or another since about 1953. In that time literally hundreds of radios have passed through my hands. Everything from military sets like the Collins R-390A (~80lbs) to small pocket all-wave sets like the Grundig G6. As I'm presently sitting in my "operations center" there are 10 multi-band radios within easy reach and ready for instant use, ranging from the Yaesu FTDX101MP (look it up) to a homebrewed tube type regen for longwave. . .Having said all that, lets get to the Eton Elite 750. A few years ago I had the Grundig Satellite 750 (same set) and almost immediately regretted selling it to get a different radio. Well, this past summer I bought an Eton Elite 750 to use for general purpose AM/FM listening as well as use on the front porch etc. It is everything I'd remembered (yes my 'big' radios do a better job for shortwave, ham etc), but I REALLY LOVE the 750 for it's tone, portability and general usefulness. It is my 'go-to' radio for general listening.To show you how much I enjoy the radio I just bought a second one and received it today. It's set up in the living room and will soon be connected to still another outdoor antenna, of the small amplified whip variety. I bought it because I find I'm spending a lot more time in the living room since wifey passed away last year. I have sort of adopted her power lift chair with massage and wanted a small listening post beside it (already have a Yaesu dual band mobile radio sitting there). Can't spend all my life in the "Operations Center" (grin).This may not be the ideal radio for everyone, but it does offer a lot of performance in a reasonably priced package, and in the event of a power failure it will always work on it's battery pack (if you keep fresh batteries in it). It is probably one of the best portable "all-wave" sets you can buy.NOTE: I DO take slight offense at some of Eton's advertising copy, such as "ON EVERY WAVELENGTH The Etón Satellit 750 broadcasts every radio wavelength". First, it does NOT broadcast at all, it is only a receiver, and it certainly doesn't even receive "every Wavelength" though it does an admirable job as a general coverage receiver. . .20 Jan Up-Date: One important item I forgot to mention is that the AC adapter that comes with the radio is of the "old school transformer linear" type that DOES NOT generate a lot of RFI (Radio interference) . At least both of my 750's have one. This is important for any radio operated on the AC mains as the more common "Switching Supply" can generate a lot of radio hash or noise and cover up weak stations. . .Phil, KO6BB

Works fantastic I've received signals from the Caribbean Jamaica down south and North Carolina California Indiana Texas and that's just the ham operators I have also received ft8 which is a digital format for ham-ups and I saw that people in Europe were communicating with him operators in America I've received sstv got a fun little picture of Santa Claus for Christmas I've heard broadcasts from India and other various countries and I'm not exactly sure of maybe Papua New Guinea I'm not really too sure but it sounded very tribal radio's fantastic has an amazing sound all functions and modes work the radio is very versatile the telescopic antenna works good the vfo has a nice feel to it very weighted the bfo works good picks up the single side bands nicely I like the fact that I can store channels on there and listen to airplanes on shortwave from around the world I pick up a lot of airplanes from the North Atlantic family group and just enjoy listening to the ham operators and 40 m and picked up a couple of them on 160 m and I logged in the CD bands and I pick up CB channels very nicely so this is very nice radio been wanting it for a while and very glad to have it I have ordered parts I plan on adding a pan adapter to this so that way I can see the signals coming in hoping that that works really don't want to have to dig in and find the ifsource point but if that makes it better hopefully eating would get in contact with me and give me the blueprint on where the intermittent frequency sorce point would be but will give this way a try looking forward to it and looking forward to adding ferrite noise reducers to the wiring and hopefully we'll be able to reduce the RF noise I like the fact that it has an antenna attenuator with three mode option the antenna on the top of the radio for the medium wave and long wave works really nice I received some AM stations from long distance I was listening to a station I'm medium wave all the way from Nashville Tennessee it's pretty damn good so nice radio all around and no complaints yet