{"id":35644,"date":"2019-01-21T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=35644"},"modified":"2019-01-20T11:48:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T15:48:13","slug":"ces-hall-of-fame-the-grundig-satellit-650","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/ces-hall-of-fame-the-grundig-satellit-650\/","title":{"rendered":"CES Hall of Fame: The Grundig Satellit 650"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_35645\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Grundig-Sattelit-650-e1547999179978.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35645\" class=\"size-large wp-image-35645\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Grundig-Sattelit-650-1024x689.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Universal Radio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/consumer-electronics\/gadgets\/the-consumer-electronics-hall-of-fame-grundig-satellit-650-radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IEEE Spectrum<\/a> via Paul)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>The Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame: Grundig Satellit 650 Radio<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The market for expensive shortwave radios collapsed in the early 2000s. But before it did, Grundig created a blaze of glory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though they\u2019ll likely deny it, long-distance (DX) radio enthusiasts are also often romantics. For DXers, as they\u2019re known, there\u2019s a powerful enchantment surrounding the chance reception of a signal from somewhere remote and mysterious, like the Australian Outback, the Namib Desert, or a lonely island in the Shetlands. So when they come to favor a piece of equipment, they don\u2019t just like it, they become\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eham.net\/reviews\/detail\/526\">devotees<\/a>. And one receiver seems to have earned their undying affection more than any other: the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grundig.com\/de-de\">Grundig<\/a>\u00a0Satellit 650.[&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/consumer-electronics\/gadgets\/the-consumer-electronics-hall-of-fame-grundig-satellit-650-radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the full article at the IEEE Spectrum.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I agree: the Sat 650 is a legend! I&#8217;ve never owned one&#8211;have you?\u00a0 <em>Please comment!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: IEEE Spectrum via Paul) The Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame: Grundig Satellit 650 Radio The market for expensive shortwave radios collapsed in the early 2000s. But before it did, Grundig created a blaze of glory Though they\u2019ll likely deny it, long-distance (DX) radio enthusiasts are also often romantics. For DXers, as they\u2019re known, there\u2019s [&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":[3,43],"tags":[7553,7322],"class_list":["post-35644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-grundig-satellit-650","tag-ieee-spectrum"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9gU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29152,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/radio-deal-grundig-executive-satellit-on-sale-at-frys\/","url_meta":{"origin":35644,"position":0},"title":"Radio Deal: Grundig Executive Satellit on sale at Frys","author":"Thomas","date":"November 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike Bott, who noticed that the Grundig Executive Satellit is on sale at Frys.com for $127.99 shipped. 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