{"id":53202,"date":"2022-07-01T21:40:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T01:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=53202"},"modified":"2022-07-02T14:01:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T18:01:06","slug":"etons-new-elite-satellit-hd-consistently-inconsistent-or-is-there-a-proofreader-in-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/etons-new-elite-satellit-hd-consistently-inconsistent-or-is-there-a-proofreader-in-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Eton’s New Elite Satellit HD – Consistently Inconsistent (Or… Is There A Proofreader in the House?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Guy Atkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

As reported yesterday by Dave Zantow N9EWO<\/a><\/strong> and in the SWLing Post<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, the Eton Elite Satellit HD receiver has left the vaporware zone and arrived in production. Universal-Radio started taking orders on June 28th.<\/p>\n

Any new receiver is cause for celebration, but the closer I inspect the available manuals and marketing materials, well, the more questions I have!<\/p>\n

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I’m sorry Mr. Eton, but it appears your marketing materials are very confused. I’ll need to send you to a proofreading specialist.<\/p><\/div>\n

I began comparing Eton’s product page for the new receiver, with their own datasheet and owner’s manual… as well as Universal-Radio’s catalog page and photos. The deeper I dug, the less certain I was of the feature set and specifications of this “revival” version of the Eton E1\/E1XM receiver.<\/p>\n

How best to describe what I was finding? I decided to create a table showing the inconsistencies between the sources \/ materials.<\/p>\n

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You can download a PDF version of the above chart here: ELITE SATELLIT HD CHART\u00a0<\/a>
\nNote that the PDF contains links in the header to the sources of information on Eton’s web site and Universal-Radio’s catalog page.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m sure there are more mysteries and puzzlers lurking within the documents and pages referenced above. The biggest question of all, in my opinion, is the circuitry itself. Is the receiver a superheterodyne design as in the original E1\/E1XM (with three discrete ceramic I.F. bandwidth filters), or is it a DSP circuit, a la SiLabs-based portable radios with additional (but poorly performing) bandwidths?<\/em><\/p>\n

I personally hope Eton’s new flagship includes filters that are a copy of those in the original E1\/E1XM. They have better shape factors and ultimate rejection prowess than the filters in DSP portable radios on the market today. Coupled with selectable synch-AM and Passband Tuning, they are a powerful combination for fighting interference in a portable receiver.<\/p>\n

What do you think about all the conflicts as described in the above table? Perhaps it’s just a jumble of preliminary prototype specs and final features. I hope Eton will take steps soon to bring clarity and consistency to their materials. Also, as Eton’s leading–or only–USA dealer, Universal’s web page should match too.<\/p>\n

Please leave your comments below!<\/p>\n

Guy Atkins is a Sr. Graphic Designer for T-Mobile and lives near Seattle, Washington. \u00a0He\u2019s a regular contributor to the SWLing Post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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