{"id":8502,"date":"2014-01-06T08:52:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T12:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8502"},"modified":"2014-01-06T11:17:22","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T15:17:22","slug":"eton-introduces-two-new-shortwave-portables-the-field-and-satellit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/eton-introduces-two-new-shortwave-portables-the-field-and-satellit\/","title":{"rendered":"Et\u00f3n introduces two new shortwave portables: the Field and Satellit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonField.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8504\" alt=\"EtonField\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonField.jpg\" width=\"707\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonField.jpg 707w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonField-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonField-100x76.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <a title=\"The Herculodge\" href=\"http:\/\/herculodge.typepad.com\/herculodge\/2014\/01\/new-field-radio-and-satellit-from-eton.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Herculodge<\/a> and SWLing Post reader, Gary, for pointing out these two new portables from\u00a0Et\u00f3n Corp: the\u00a0Et\u00f3n Field and\u00a0Et\u00f3n Satellit.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Et\u00f3n Field, pictured above, looks like an updated version of the <a title=\"Grundig S450DLX\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/db\/2010\/12\/grundig-s450dlx\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grundig S450DLX<\/a>.\u00a0Et\u00f3n mentions the following features <a title=\"Eton Corpd - The Field\" href=\"http:\/\/www.etoncorp.com\/en\/productdisplay\/field\" target=\"_blank\">on their website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frequency coverage:\n<ul>\n<li>AM: 520 \u2013 1710 kHz (selectable 9\/10 kHz spacing)<\/li>\n<li>FM: 87.5 \u2013 108 MHz<\/li>\n<li>SW: 1.711 \u2013 30 MHz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>FM with RDS (Radio Data System)<\/li>\n<li>Dial-in-Dial coarse\/fine digital tuning<\/li>\n<li>Treble\/Bass control<\/li>\n<li>RF gain control<\/li>\n<li>Wide\/Narrow bandwidth selection<\/li>\n<li>50 memory stations<\/li>\n<li>External AM\/FM\/SW antenna connections<\/li>\n<li>Local\/DX switch<\/li>\n<li>Rich orange LCD display<\/li>\n<li>Line-in\/Line-out and headphone jacks<\/li>\n<li>FM telescopic antenna<\/li>\n<li>Carrying strap<\/li>\n<li>Reset\/Lock button<\/li>\n<li>Power supply: 6V DC Adapter or 4 D Batteries (sold separately)<\/li>\n<li>Click <a title=\"PDF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.etoncorp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/SpecSheet_Eton_NA_Field_EN_121813_lowres.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here for the product spec sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonSatellit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8503\" alt=\"EtonSatellit\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonSatellit.jpg\" width=\"691\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonSatellit.jpg 691w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonSatellit-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/EtonSatellit-100x71.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frequency coverage:\n<ul>\n<li>AM: \u00a0520 \u2013 1710 kHz (selectable 9\/10 kHz steps)<\/li>\n<li>FM: \u00a087.5 \u2013 108 MHz<\/li>\n<li>LW: 150 \u2013 285 kHz<\/li>\n<li>SW: 1.711 \u2013 30 MHz<\/li>\n<li>AIR: 118 \u2013 136 MHz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>FM with RDS (Radio Data System<\/li>\n<li>Single sideband (SSB) with +\/1 kHz tuning<\/li>\n<li>VHF Aircraft band<\/li>\n<li>Automatic or Manual Digital Tuning<\/li>\n<li>FM stereo\/mono selection<\/li>\n<li>Electronic\/volume\/treble\/bass control<\/li>\n<li>Sync detector with selectable sideband<\/li>\n<li>Direct key-in meter band for SW<\/li>\n<li>700 memory stations<\/li>\n<li>PLL synthesized dual conversion receiver<\/li>\n<li>Local\/DX switch<\/li>\n<li>Local\/world time zones<\/li>\n<li>Clock\/Alarm\/Sleep Timer with time backup<\/li>\n<li>Rich orange LCD display<\/li>\n<li>Reset\/Lock button<\/li>\n<li>FM telescopic antenna<\/li>\n<li>Power supply: 6V DC Adapter or 4 AA batteries (sold separately)<\/li>\n<li>Click <a title=\"PDF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.etoncorp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/SpecSheet_Eton_NA_Satellit_EN_122713_lowres.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here for the product spec sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re interested in the Satellit and would like to participate in open and active discussions, join this newly created <a title=\"Join the Yahoo Group\" href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/neo\/groups\/EtonSatellit\/conversations\/messages\" target=\"_blank\">Et\u00f3n Satellit\u00a0Yahoo Group<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting to note that FM RDS has become a feature on both the Field and Satellit and that they sport a unique orange LCD display.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Also note that\u00a0<a title=\"Et\u00f3n introduces two travel portables: the Et\u00f3n Traveler III and Mini 400\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/eton-introduces-two-travel-portables-the-eton-traveler-iii-and-mini-400\/\">Et\u00f3n has introduced the Traveler III and the Mini 400 travel-sized shortwave portables<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>A note about\u00a0Et\u00f3n<\/h2>\n<p>For those of you not familiar, <strong>Et\u00f3n Corporation<\/strong> (based in Palo Alto, California) is also known as the <strong>Grundig<\/strong> brand throughout North America. Throughout the company&#8217;s history of designing and manufacturing shortwave radios, Et\u00f3n has either branded their radios as &#8220;Grundig&#8221; or &#8220;Et\u00f3n&#8221; (indeed, some models were branded with both, for example the Grundig G5 and Et\u00f3n E5). \u00a0I find the news of the Et\u00f3n\u00a0Field and Satellit very exciting as I feared the exit of the venerable Grundig G3 from the market might have also marked the departure of the company from the shortwave radio market altogether. <em>Apparently not!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is quite important for the SWLing hobby (in North America, at least) as\u00a0Et\u00f3n and Grundig products are unquestionably some of the most <strong><em>accessible<\/em><\/strong> shortwave radios on the market. Nearly every corporate or franchise retail store of RadioShack (Tandy) carries Grundig radios, as well as <a title=\"Universal Radio\" href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Radio<\/a> and a number of independent electronics\/hobby stores throughout the continent.<\/p>\n<p>By and large, I have always liked\u00a0Et\u00f3n\/Grundig radios&#8211;I have purchased nearly everyone they&#8217;ve produced in the past six years. I also like the corporation, and it&#8217;s founder\/CEO Esmail Hozour.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Mr. Hozour and Et\u00f3n Corp generously support global humanitarian efforts&#8211;they&#8217;ve donated and distributed thousands upon thousands of their self-powered radio\/lighting products <a title=\"Et\u00f3n Corp Donates preparedness products and percentage of web sales to Typhoon Haiyan Relief\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/eton-corp-donates-preparedness-products-and-percentage-of-web-sales-to-typhoon-haiyan-relief\/\" target=\"_blank\">in the wake of disasters<\/a> in Japan, the Philippines, Haiti, and even more.\u00a0\u00a0Regular SWLing Post readers will also know that\u00a0Et\u00f3n Corp generously supports\u00a0my radio-based charity,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/etow.org\" target=\"_blank\">Ears To Our World<\/a>\u00a0(a disclaimer that will be prominently mentioned on any future\u00a0Et\u00f3n\/Grundig radio review here.)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also quite simple to get in touch with\u00a0Et\u00f3n product support&#8211;a live human being is only an email or phone call away. Numerous times, I&#8217;ve directed readers to\u00a0Et\u00f3n support and their problems have been solved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/eton\" target=\"_blank\">Bookmark this tag for more information on the\u00a0Et\u00f3n Field and Satellit.<\/a> \u00a0I have a hunch that they won&#8217;t be available until after the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cesweb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Many thanks to The Herculodge and SWLing Post reader, Gary, for pointing out these two new portables from\u00a0Et\u00f3n Corp: the\u00a0Et\u00f3n Field and\u00a0Et\u00f3n Satellit. The\u00a0Et\u00f3n Field, pictured above, looks like an updated version of the Grundig S450DLX.\u00a0Et\u00f3n mentions the following features on their website: Frequency coverage: AM: 520 \u2013 1710 kHz (selectable 9\/10 kHz spacing) [&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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,26,43],"tags":[24,2466,2465,23],"class_list":["post-8502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-eton","tag-eton-field","tag-eton-satellit","tag-grundig"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2d8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28532,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/limited-time-amazon-deals-on-eton-portables\/","url_meta":{"origin":8502,"position":0},"title":"Limited time Amazon deals on Eton Portables","author":"Thomas","date":"September 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, for noting the following deals on Eton radios via Amazon.com. The Mini, Traveler and Field are all excellent prices. The Executive Satellit is also a good price, but note there may still be non \"Executive\" versions of the Satellit via the eBay\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/EtonFieldAmazonTimedDeal-e1506544481100.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/EtonFieldAmazonTimedDeal-e1506544481100.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/EtonFieldAmazonTimedDeal-e1506544481100.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29309,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/radio-deal-radioworld-canada-eton-satellit-and-traveller-iii-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":8502,"position":1},"title":"Radio Deal: RadioWorld (Canada) Eton Satellit and Traveller III sale","author":"Thomas","date":"November 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Golan Klinger, who comments: Radioworld has the Eton Traveller III on sale for $39.99 CAD (about $32 USD) and the Eton Satellit Grundig Edition for $99.99 CAD (about $79 USD). I don't think I've ever seen a lower price for the Satellit. https:\/\/radioworld.ca\/eton-traveleriii https:\/\/radioworld.ca\/eton-satellit Thank\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Eton-RadioWorld.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Eton-RadioWorld.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Eton-RadioWorld.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30185,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/radio-deal-herrington-discounts-grundig-radios-40\/","url_meta":{"origin":8502,"position":2},"title":"Radio Deal: Herrington discounts Grundig radios 40%","author":"Thomas","date":"January 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who notes that online retailer Herrington is promoting a 40% off sale on all of their Grundig radios. Some excellent prices here: Grundig Edition Field Radio--not Bluetooth version ($77.95) Grundig Executive Satellit ($119.95) Grundig Edition Mini Radio ($23.95) Grundig Executive Traveller Radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Herrington-Satellit-Sale-1024x499.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Herrington-Satellit-Sale-1024x499.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Herrington-Satellit-Sale-1024x499.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25079,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/yet-another-favorable-review-of-the-grundig-executive-satellit\/","url_meta":{"origin":8502,"position":3},"title":"Yet another favorable review of the Grundig Executive Satellit","author":"Thomas","date":"April 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors, Troy, Ron and Steve, who note that Jay Allen has just posted a review of the Grundig Executive Satellit\u00a0on his website. The upshot? Jay found the\u00a0performance identical to the previous (non-Executive) version of the Satellit which is to say that it has excellent AM\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Eton-Satellit-Exec-1024x849.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Eton-Satellit-Exec-1024x849.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Eton-Satellit-Exec-1024x849.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23913,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/tom-checks-out-the-new-etongrundig-executive-satellit\/","url_meta":{"origin":8502,"position":4},"title":"Tom checks out the new Eton\/Grundig Executive Satellit","author":"Thomas","date":"February 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom Stiles, who writes: I was sent a new Eton Executive Satellit Shortwave Radio to review and here are my initial findings: https:\/\/youtu.be\/6MUV5EUpIZ0 Click here to view on YouTube. 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