{"id":28211,"date":"2017-09-09T09:38:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T13:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28211"},"modified":"2017-09-11T08:57:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T12:57:31","slug":"chris-reviews-the-eton-field-bt-and-an-important-note-about-the-discontinued-grundig-s350dl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/chris-reviews-the-eton-field-bt-and-an-important-note-about-the-discontinued-grundig-s350dl\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris reviews the Eton Field BT and an important note about the discontinued Grundig S350DL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Eton Field BT<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Chris Freitas, who notes that’s he’s published a favorable review of the Eton Field BT on his blog: Chris Freitas on Radio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Field BT shares the same basic chassis as the Tecsun S-8800 (check out the review published yesterday<\/a>) and several other receivers including the\u00a0Grundig S350DL<\/a>,\u00a0S450DLX<\/a>, and the\u00a0C.Crane CCRadio-SW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chris and I both agree that one benefit to this type of large portable is the excellent audio fidelity they can provide.<\/p>\n

Read Chris’ full review here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Not all large portables are created equally<\/h2>\n
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The S350DL may look like a digital radio, but it’s actually analog inside and tuning is prone to drift.<\/p><\/div>\n

Important clarification:<\/strong> The Field BT–just like the S-8800 and S450DLX–does not<\/em> have the flaky analog tuning of the discontinued\u00a0Grundig S350DL series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since I started publishing videos of the Tecsun S-8800 in action, I’ve received feedback indicating that many assume the S-8800 will drift off frequency like the 2008 era GS350DL.<\/p>\n

It’s true that both radios share a common form factor, but that’s where the similarities end.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0S350DL<\/a>\u00a0is actually an analog<\/em> single conversion receiver with a digital frequency display. The S350DL tuning knob has an inner ring for fine tuning and an outer ring for speedy tuning. The big disadvantage of the S350DL is that it drifts off frequency every time the wind blows. At least, that’s how it seems. It’s a little frustrating, and that’s why mine pretty much stays tuned to one station on my kitchen shelf. Even then, it manages to drift off frequency every few days.<\/p>\n

The Eton Field BT, Eton Field, Grundig S450DLX, C. Crane CCRadio-SW and Tecsun S-8800, on the other hand, all have a pure digital<\/em> tuning experience with no drift at all. Most of these are at least double conversion and the S-8800<\/a> is even triple conversion.<\/p>\n

Chris, thanks again for sharing your review of the Field BT! It sounds like a major improvement over its predecessor, the S450DLX. I understand you’re also evaluating the excellent Grundig Traveller III–we look forward to that review when published!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Chris Freitas, who notes that’s he’s published a favorable review of the Eton Field BT on his blog: Chris Freitas on Radio The Field BT shares the same basic chassis as the Tecsun S-8800 (check out the review published yesterday) and several other receivers including the\u00a0Grundig S350DL,\u00a0S450DLX, and the\u00a0C.Crane […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3,26,129,43],"tags":[2604,6491,6494,6492,294,6493],"class_list":["post-28211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","tag-chris-freitas","tag-eton-field-bt","tag-eton-field-bt-review","tag-grundig-gs350dl","tag-grundig-s350dl","tag-grundig-s350dl-drift"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7l1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23716,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/new-field-bt-and-frx5-bt-at-hro\/","url_meta":{"origin":28211,"position":0},"title":"New Grundig Edition Field BT and Eton FRX5-BT at HRO","author":"Thomas","date":"January 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ken Hansen (N2VIP), who writes: At HRO we've just taken delivery on two new SW radios from Eton, the Field BT ($129.95) and the FRX5-BT ($79.95) Field BT - http:\/\/www.hamradio.com\/detail.cfm?pid=H0-014067 FRX5-BT http:\/\/www.hamradio.com\/detail.cfm?pid=H0-014593 Thought you might be interested. 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