{"id":22946,"date":"2016-12-21T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22946"},"modified":"2016-12-21T12:03:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T16:03:40","slug":"reviews-of-the-elpa-er-c57wr-shortwave-portable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/reviews-of-the-elpa-er-c57wr-shortwave-portable\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews of the Elpa ER-C57WR shortwave portable?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I recently received an email from\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Ibrahima Ditinn Diallo, regarding a receiver I had never heard of–the Elpa ER-C57WR<\/strong>.\u00a0Ibrahima has been searching for a new receiver and is considering the Elpa.<\/p>\n

I did a quick search and discovered that the Elpa ER-C57WR is available from a number of sellers on eBay–as both new and used<\/a>\u00a0for around $63 US shipped from China.<\/p>\n

The form factor is very similar to the C.Crane CC Skywave<\/a>, but it apparently lacks some of the Skywave’s functionality like weather radio and (perhaps?) multiple AM bandwidths. Here’s the ER-C57WR spec sheet:<\/p>\n

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Remembering a post from a couple years ago, I quickly realized the ER-C57WR is almost an identical match to the DigiTech\u00a0AR-1733<\/a> available via Jaycar in Australia.<\/p>\n

If the\u00a0ER-C57WR is simply the same receiver as the AR-1733, I would be hesitant to recommend it. Many AR-1733 owners complained of lousy AGC performance.<\/p>\n

Of course, it’s been a couple of years since the introduction of the AR-1733–perhaps this Elpa-badged version has been updgraded?<\/p>\n

I’m curious if any SWLing Post<\/em> readers have purchased the Elpa ER-C57WR and could comment about the receiver’s performance.<\/p>\n

Click here to\u00a0search eBay for the\u00a0Elpa ER-C57WR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently received an email from\u00a0SWLing Post reader, Ibrahima Ditinn Diallo, regarding a receiver I had never heard of–the Elpa ER-C57WR.\u00a0Ibrahima has been searching for a new receiver and is considering the Elpa. I did a quick search and discovered that the Elpa ER-C57WR is available from a number of sellers on eBay–as both new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,3196,43,1],"tags":[2303,5748,5749,5750,34],"class_list":["post-22946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-shortwave-radio","category-uncategorized","tag-c-crane-cc-skywave","tag-digitech-ar-1733","tag-elpa-er-c57wr","tag-ibrahima-ditinn-diallo","tag-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5Y6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30044,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/ssb-reception-examples-with-the-xhdata-d-808-portable-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":22946,"position":0},"title":"SSB Reception Examples with the XHDATA D-808 Portable Receiver","author":"Guy Atkins","date":"January 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In my earlier article on this receiver, I shared reception videos of three weak medium wave stations and a single shortwave outlet, all demonstrated in AM mode. 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