{"id":53739,"date":"2022-08-20T08:40:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T12:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=53739"},"modified":"2022-08-20T08:40:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T12:40:43","slug":"eton-elite-satellite-update-august-20-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/eton-elite-satellite-update-august-20-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Eton Elite Satellite Update (August 20, 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eton Elite Satellit Update (August 20, 2022)<\/h2>\n

As many SWLing Post<\/em> readers have pointed out, Universal Radio has posted the following update to their product page for the Elite Satellit:<\/a><\/p>\n

Our initial allocation of radios arrived 08\/17\/22. Our Q\/C testing detected a problem with the radio. We are working closely with Eton to find a solution to the issue. We will begin shipping radios as soon we are satisfied the radio fully meets specifications.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Some early adopters noted that the receiver controls freeze when engaging HD radio stations. We suspect this may be one of the issues.<\/p>\n

Universal Radio will no doubt post updates as soon as they’re available. For now, though, they are not<\/strong><\/em> shipping the Eton Elite Satellit. We assume this will be the case for other retailers as well.<\/p>\n

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Noel, who shares the following internal photos he took of the Elite Satellit (click images to enlarge):<\/p>\n

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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 with Eton to find a […]<\/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":[24,7822],"class_list":["post-53739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-eton","tag-eton-elite-satellit-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dYL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53698,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/eton-elite-satellit-hd-receivers-now-shipping\/","url_meta":{"origin":53739,"position":0},"title":"Eton Elite Satellit HD Receivers – 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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