{"id":53216,"date":"2022-07-03T07:26:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T11:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=53216"},"modified":"2022-07-03T07:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T11:26:07","slug":"eton-elite-satellit-pricing-and-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/eton-elite-satellit-pricing-and-context\/","title":{"rendered":"Eton Elite Satellit Pricing and Context"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/eton-elite-satellit.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53217\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/eton-elite-satellit.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"562\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/eton-elite-satellit.jpeg 562w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/eton-elite-satellit-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/etoncorp.com\/products\/elite-satellit-hd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eton Elite Satellit<\/a> comes closer to fruition, I&#8217;ve gotten a lot of questions and comments from readers about the price retailers are publishing. Here they are so far (all in USD):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etoncorp.com\/products\/elite-satellit-hd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eton Corporation $699.99<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammacher.com\/product\/most-advanced-long-shortwave-hd-radio?promo=search\">Hammacher Schlemmer $699.95<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/0222.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal Radio $599.99<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even the lowest price ($599.99 via Universal) is no trivial amount for most of us.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the pricing doesn&#8217;t surprise me.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2005 when this radio&#8217;s predecessor, the Eton E1\/XM, finally hit the market, it was sold for <strong>$499.95<\/strong>. Here&#8217;s a screenshot from Universal&#8217;s site in 2005 courtesy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wayback Machine<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-E1-Wayback-Machine-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53218\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-E1-Wayback-Machine-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-E1-Wayback-Machine-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-E1-Wayback-Machine-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-E1-Wayback-Machine-1-1024x578.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-E1-Wayback-Machine-1-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-E1-Wayback-Machine-1-624x352.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/data\/inflation_calculator.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bureau of Labor Statists<\/a>, $499.95 in June 2005 has the same buying power as $751.33 in May 2022.\u00a0If we add to that the recent elevated prices for many radio\/electronic goods due to increased component cost and <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/chip-shortage-likely-to-cause-low-tecsun-inventory\/\">availability of chips<\/a>, frankly I&#8217;m a little surprised Eton&#8217;s even able to release a new product this of all years. These aren&#8217;t easy days for electronics manufacturers. Then again, Eton has been producing radios for decades and obviously knows the manufacturing landscape quite well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-This-Month.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53219\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-This-Month.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-This-Month.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-This-Month-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>When I first learned about the new Elite Satellit, you could have painted me seven shades of surprised. With the advent of inexpensive high-performance SDRs, affordable DSP portables, and knowing full well the shortwave portable radio market is on the decline (in terms of customer numbers), I would have never guessed a new enthusiast-grade portable would be introduced.<\/p>\n<p>My hope is that the Elite Satellit will deliver the performance we all want. I firmly believe that high-performance, quality gear enriches the hobby as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of Elite Satellit specs and features, <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/etons-new-elite-satellit-hd-consistently-inconsistent-or-is-there-a-proofreader-in-the-house\/\">there&#8217;s a lot of confusion out there right now <em>[great article, Guy!]<\/em><\/a>, but I&#8217;m sure this will be cleared up in coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Many have also commented about Universal Radio especially since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/end-of-an-era-universal-radio-is-closing-shop\/\">they officially closed their brick and mortar store near Columbus, Ohio in November 2020<\/a>. Fred Osterman mentioned to customers at the time that Universal would still be selling books, parts, and some accessories online, but they would no longer carry inventory like ham radio transceivers.<\/p>\n<p>Universal will be an authorized distributor of the Eton Satellit Elite and I wouldn&#8217;t hesitate purchasing from them. I suspect Fred and Barbara made an exception for Eton because they&#8217;ve been such a long-term distributor (dating back to the 1980s).\u00a0 I also think Universal will continue being a limited online retailer at least into 2023 or even beyond. Eton will fully back a warranty from products purchased at Universal regardless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Eton Elite Satellit comes closer to fruition, I&#8217;ve gotten a lot of questions and comments from readers about the price retailers are publishing. Here they are so far (all in USD): Eton Corporation $699.99 Hammacher Schlemmer $699.95 Universal Radio $599.99 Even the lowest price ($599.99 via Universal) is no trivial amount for most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[836,3,43],"tags":[7823,7822,58],"class_list":["post-53216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-elite-satellit-2","tag-eton-elite-satellit-2","tag-universal-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dQk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38149,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/wow-check-out-the-new-eton-elite-satellit\/","url_meta":{"origin":53216,"position":0},"title":"Wow! Check out the new Eton Elite Satellit!","author":"Thomas","date":"June 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Brent Levit, who notes a new Eton receiver in the latest\u00a0 Universal Radio print catalog: the Eton Elite Satellit. Raise your hand if you see the similarities between the Elite Satellit and the famous Eton E1 (photo below)? 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Per Universal Radio: 05\/11\/20 Eton expects this new model to be available in 2021. Beacause of the date uncertainty we are not accepting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Eton-Elite-Satellit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Eton-Elite-Satellit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Eton-Elite-Satellit.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Eton-Elite-Satellit.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53739,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/eton-elite-satellite-update-august-20-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":53216,"position":2},"title":"Eton Elite Satellite Update (August 20, 2022)","author":"Thomas","date":"August 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Eton Elite Satellit Update (August 20, 2022) As many SWLing Post readers have pointed out, Universal Radio has posted the following update to their product page for the Elite Satellit: Our initial allocation of radios arrived 08\/17\/22. Our Q\/C testing detected a problem with the radio. We are working closely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Noel-Photos-Internal-Satellit-15-225x300.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Noel-Photos-Internal-Satellit-15-225x300.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Noel-Photos-Internal-Satellit-15-225x300.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Noel-Photos-Internal-Satellit-15-225x300.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Noel-Photos-Internal-Satellit-15-225x300.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38236,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/update-eton-elite-satellit-expected-q4-with-pre-order-price-of-345-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":53216,"position":3},"title":"Update: Eton Elite Satellit expected Q4 with pre-order price of $349 US","author":"Thomas","date":"June 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Universal Radio has posted a product page for the new Eton Elite Satellit. Pre-Order As they have done in the past, Universal is offering a \"pre-order\" discounted price of $349.95 that will not be charged to the buyer until the unit actually ships. Availability Universal expects the Elite Satellit to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Eton-Elite-Satellit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Eton-Elite-Satellit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Eton-Elite-Satellit.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Eton-Elite-Satellit.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53698,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/eton-elite-satellit-hd-receivers-now-shipping\/","url_meta":{"origin":53216,"position":4},"title":"Eton Elite Satellit HD Receivers &#8211; Now Shipping","author":"Guy Atkins","date":"August 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to commenter Keith on my \"Consistently Inconsistent\" article, we learn that the Eton Elite Satellit HD receiver is now shipping. 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Note that over the half-hour it took me to write this update article, Amazon's stock of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Eton Elite Satellit HD","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51576,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/eton-announces-the-new-elite-satellit\/","url_meta":{"origin":53216,"position":5},"title":"Eton announces the new Elite Satellit","author":"Thomas","date":"January 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who notes that Eton has now placed a splash page image of the new Elite Satellit (above) on their home page. 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