{"id":53698,"date":"2022-08-17T17:06:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=53698"},"modified":"2022-08-17T17:12:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:12:20","slug":"eton-elite-satellit-hd-receivers-now-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/eton-elite-satellit-hd-receivers-now-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Eton Elite Satellit HD Receivers &#8211; Now Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53701\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD.jpg\" alt=\"Eton Elite Satellit HD\" width=\"911\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD.jpg 911w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD-768x626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD-624x509.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to commenter Keith on my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/etons-new-elite-satellit-hd-consistently-inconsistent-or-is-there-a-proofreader-in-the-house\/#comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Consistently Inconsistent&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> article, we learn that the Eton Elite Satellit HD receiver is now shipping. Keith purchased the receiver from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Elite-Satellit-Shortwave-Aircraft-Single\/dp\/B09PF631BM\/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Amazon.com <\/strong><\/a>and is expecting delivery on August 18.<\/p>\n<p>Note that over the half-hour it took me to write this update article, Amazon&#8217;s stock of the Elite Satellit HD dropped from 19 to 10!<\/p>\n<p>There are also updates on availability found on three other web sites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/etoncorp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eton Corporation:<\/a><\/strong> No longer does their page say &#8220;Arriving this month &#8211; reserve yours today!&#8221;. Instead, the radio is shown as &#8220;available today!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammacher.com\/product\/most-advanced-long-shortwave-hd-radio?promo=search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hammacher Schlemmer:<\/strong><\/a> their web page indicates<del> &#8220;In stock &#8211; available for immediate shipment&#8221;.\u00a0<\/del>\u00a0 EDIT: Wow, that was quick! Just after I posted this article, HS changed their web page to &#8220;We regret that this item is no longer available&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/0222.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal Radio:<\/a><\/strong> Gone is the &#8220;available late August&#8221; statement, and the radio is available for adding to your shopping cart and checkout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is great news for those who have awaited the receiver since its announcement in 2019, and especially for those getting the radio at the original pre-order price (myself included :^)<\/p>\n<p>Keith, thanks again for the heads-up on your Elite Satellit HD order. Please leave some first impression comments when you receive it!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>A regular contributor to the SWLing Post, Guy Atkins lives in the beautiful Puget Sound country of Washington State.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to commenter Keith on my &#8220;Consistently Inconsistent&#8221; article, we learn that the Eton Elite Satellit HD receiver is now shipping. Keith purchased the receiver from Amazon.com and is expecting delivery on August 18. Note that over the half-hour it took me to write this update article, Amazon&#8217;s stock of the Elite Satellit HD dropped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"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":[3,3196,26,714],"tags":[5336,9881,7823,9880,24],"class_list":["post-53698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-radios","category-retailers","tag-e1","tag-e1xm","tag-elite-satellit-2","tag-elite-satellit-hd","tag-eton"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dY6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53739,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/eton-elite-satellite-update-august-20-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":53698,"position":0},"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":53202,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/etons-new-elite-satellit-hd-consistently-inconsistent-or-is-there-a-proofreader-in-the-house\/","url_meta":{"origin":53698,"position":1},"title":"Eton&#8217;s New Elite Satellit HD &#8211; Consistently Inconsistent (Or&#8230; Is There A Proofreader in the House?)","author":"Guy Atkins","date":"July 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Guy Atkins As reported yesterday by Dave Zantow N9EWO and in the SWLing Post, the Eton Elite Satellit HD receiver has left the vaporware zone and arrived in production. Universal-Radio started taking orders on June 28th. Any new receiver is cause for celebration, but the closer I inspect the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/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\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Eton-Elite-Satellit-HD.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53805,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/guest-post-dans-letter-concerning-the-new-elite-satellit\/","url_meta":{"origin":53698,"position":2},"title":"Guest Post: Dan&#8217;s letter concerning the new Elite Satellit","author":"Thomas","date":"August 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who publishes the following guest post: Letter to Eton:\u00a0 Cutting Corners on Elite Satellit Won't Succeed by Dan Robinson As SWLing.com readers will recall, weeks before Eton shipped the first group of Elite Satellit receivers I published a commentary that asked a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dan-Robinson-Eton-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dan-Robinson-Eton-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dan-Robinson-Eton-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dan-Robinson-Eton-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"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":53698,"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. 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