{"id":56,"date":"2008-12-22T11:34:15","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T11:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=56"},"modified":"2009-01-24T17:15:19","modified_gmt":"2009-01-24T17:15:19","slug":"the-grundig-g3-voyager-a-new-portable-with-synchronous-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/the-grundig-g3-voyager-a-new-portable-with-synchronous-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grundig G3 Voyager&#8211;a new portable with synchronous detection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_67\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/g3_selector.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67\" title=\"g3_selector\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/g3_selector.jpg\" alt=\"Grundig G3 Voyager\" width=\"200\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-67\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grundig G3 Voyager<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Universal's Homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\">Universal Radio<\/a> has just posted a product page for a new Grundig portable&#8211;<strong><em>the <a title=\"Grundig G3 Voyager\" href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/4033.html\">Grundig G3 Voyager<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong> Feature wise, it looks like a marriage of the G6 and G5 in that it has full LW\/MW\/AM\/FM coverage, plus the G6&#8217;s aircraft band. Physically, the G3 resembles the G5.<\/p>\n<p>What could make the G3 Voyager a highly competitive portable, though, is the fact that it will offer Synchronous Detection. This feature reduces fading and adjacent station interference on shortwave frequencies. The other notable portable with this feature is the trusty <a title=\"Sony ICF-SW7600GR on Universal's site\" href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/0360.html\">Sony ICF-7600GR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the G3 has not not hit retailer shelves yet, nor does it have FCC approval. <a title=\"Subscribe!\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?feed=rss2\">Subscribe to our RSS feed<\/a>, or check back here often as we will announce when the G3 becomes available.<\/p>\n<p><em>UPDATE 01\/10\/09 &#8211; Et\u00f3n has now released a product spec sheet (below) and has the G3 listed on their website (link below).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>UPDATE: The Grundig G5 no longer appears on the et\u00f3n website. Perhaps the G3 is replacing it?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/4033.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-58\" title=\"universallogo\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/universallogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a>Links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Grundig G3 Voyager on Universal's site\" href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/portable\/4033.html\">Universal Radio page for G3 Voyager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"et\u00f3n corp's G3 Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.etoncorp.com\/product_card\/?p_ProductDbId=916030\">Et\u00f3n Corporation&#8217;s G3 Page<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/g3specs.pdf\">Grundig G3 brochure with specs<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Please comment on this post or contact me if you have more information about the G3. I will add info as it becomes available. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Radio has just posted a product page for a new Grundig portable&#8211;the Grundig G3 Voyager. Feature wise, it looks like a marriage of the G6 and G5 in that it has full LW\/MW\/AM\/FM coverage, plus the G6&#8217;s aircraft band. Physically, the G3 resembles the G5. What could make the G3 Voyager a highly competitive [&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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[24,22,23,21,4081,25],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-eton","tag-g3","tag-grundig","tag-grundig-g3","tag-radios","tag-shortwave-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":318,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/the-grundig-g3-first-impressions\/","url_meta":{"origin":56,"position":0},"title":"The Grundig G3 &#8211; First Impressions","author":"Thomas","date":"August 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Grundig G3 arrived this week and I've had a few moments to gather some first impressions. 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