{"id":23913,"date":"2017-02-03T07:59:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T11:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23913"},"modified":"2017-02-03T07:59:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T11:59:03","slug":"tom-checks-out-the-new-etongrundig-executive-satellit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/tom-checks-out-the-new-etongrundig-executive-satellit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom checks out the new Eton\/Grundig Executive Satellit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Eton-satellit-Executive.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23914\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Eton-satellit-Executive-e1486121731358.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLVm5STfCi4fYim73JIKClA\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Stiles<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was sent a new Eton Executive Satellit Shortwave Radio to review and here are my initial findings:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6MUV5EUpIZ0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6MUV5EUpIZ0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the link to my Playlist of the predecessor radio which they appears to be very similar in functions:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QpYO39Uw51g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PLtQGZBHtrIF87nonte52TfNN3RWdAZqRb\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QpYO39Uw51g?list=PLtQGZBHtrIF87nonte52TfNN3RWdAZqRb\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many thanks for sharing, Tom!<\/p>\n<p>As <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Clint, recently pointed out, <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/the-eton-satellit-a-short-history-first-impressions-as-a-dx-workhorse\/\">the Eton Satellit is quite the DX machine<\/a>. \u00a0I prefer the black chassis of the original Satellit, but the leather cover is certainly a handsome addition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Grundig-G2000A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23915\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Grundig-G2000A.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Grundig-G2000A.jpg 324w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Grundig-G2000A-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The overall design\u00a0of the Grundig Executive Satellit reminds me of the 1990s era Grundig G2000A designed by F. A. Porsche (see photo above).<\/p>\n<p>FYI: At time of posting,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/6050.html\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Radio is pricing\u00a0the\u00a0Executive Satellit for $199<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamradio.com\/detail.cfm?pid=H0-014066\" target=\"_blank\">Ham Radio outlet for $199<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kwQarF\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon for $194.01<\/a> (though Amazon pricing can shift from day-to-day).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom Stiles, who writes: I was sent a new Eton Executive Satellit Shortwave Radio to review and here are my initial findings: Click here to view on YouTube. Here is the link to my Playlist of the predecessor radio which they appears to be very similar in functions: Click [&hellip;]<\/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":[3,26,129,43,304],"tags":[5909,2465,3508,5908],"class_list":["post-23913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-videos","tag-eton-executive-satellit","tag-eton-satellit","tag-eton-satellit-review","tag-grundig-executive-satellit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6dH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25079,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/yet-another-favorable-review-of-the-grundig-executive-satellit\/","url_meta":{"origin":23913,"position":0},"title":"Yet another favorable review of the Grundig Executive Satellit","author":"Thomas","date":"April 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors, Troy, Ron and Steve, who note that Jay Allen has just posted a review of the Grundig Executive Satellit\u00a0on his website. The upshot? Jay found the\u00a0performance identical to the previous (non-Executive) version of the Satellit which is to say that it has excellent AM\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Eton-Satellit-Exec-1024x849.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Eton-Satellit-Exec-1024x849.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Eton-Satellit-Exec-1024x849.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35015,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/radio-deals-grundig-executive-satellit-on-sale-109-99-shipped\/","url_meta":{"origin":23913,"position":1},"title":"Radio Deals: Grundig Executive Satellit on sale $109.99 shipped","author":"Thomas","date":"November 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Gregg Griffith, who notes that the Eton Grundig Edition Executive Sattelit is on sale at Amazon for $109.99 shipped. This is the lowest price I've ever seen for a new GEE Satellit. Since this is an Amazon sale, the price could change at any\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-29-at-6.28.47-AM-1024x414.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-29-at-6.28.47-AM-1024x414.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-29-at-6.28.47-AM-1024x414.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30185,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/radio-deal-herrington-discounts-grundig-radios-40\/","url_meta":{"origin":23913,"position":2},"title":"Radio Deal: Herrington discounts Grundig radios 40%","author":"Thomas","date":"January 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who notes that online retailer Herrington is promoting a 40% off sale on all of their Grundig radios. Some excellent prices here: Grundig Edition Field Radio--not Bluetooth version ($77.95) Grundig Executive Satellit ($119.95) Grundig Edition Mini Radio ($23.95) Grundig Executive Traveller Radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Herrington-Satellit-Sale-1024x499.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Herrington-Satellit-Sale-1024x499.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Herrington-Satellit-Sale-1024x499.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36085,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/eton-grundig-satellit-michael-seeks-advice-on-enabling-dab-reception\/","url_meta":{"origin":23913,"position":3},"title":"Eton\/Grundig Satellit: Michael seeks advice on enabling DAB reception","author":"Thomas","date":"February 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Michael Meyer, who writes: Hi Thomas. I have a question regarding the Eton Grundig Satellit\u2019s DAB function - or rather: It\u2019s missing DAB function. The Eton Grundig Satellit was reviewed in WRTH 2016 by John Nelson, demonstrating its capability of receiving DAB (Digital Audio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Digital Audio Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Digital Audio Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/digital-audio-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Eton-Satellit-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Eton-Satellit-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Eton-Satellit-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Eton-Satellit-2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8502,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/eton-introduces-two-new-shortwave-portables-the-field-and-satellit\/","url_meta":{"origin":23913,"position":4},"title":"Et\u00f3n introduces two new shortwave portables: the Field and Satellit","author":"Thomas","date":"January 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Many thanks to The Herculodge and SWLing Post reader, Gary, for pointing out these two new portables from\u00a0Et\u00f3n Corp: the\u00a0Et\u00f3n Field and\u00a0Et\u00f3n Satellit. The\u00a0Et\u00f3n Field, pictured above, looks like an updated version of the Grundig S450DLX.\u00a0Et\u00f3n mentions the following features on their website: Frequency coverage: AM: 520 \u2013 1710\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"EtonField","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonField.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonField.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonField.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonField.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29309,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/radio-deal-radioworld-canada-eton-satellit-and-traveller-iii-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":23913,"position":5},"title":"Radio Deal: RadioWorld (Canada) Eton Satellit and Traveller III sale","author":"Thomas","date":"November 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Golan Klinger, who comments: Radioworld has the Eton Traveller III on sale for $39.99 CAD (about $32 USD) and the Eton Satellit Grundig Edition for $99.99 CAD (about $79 USD). I don't think I've ever seen a lower price for the Satellit. https:\/\/radioworld.ca\/eton-traveleriii https:\/\/radioworld.ca\/eton-satellit Thank\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Eton-RadioWorld.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Eton-RadioWorld.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Eton-RadioWorld.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}