This receiver is the ultimate scion of a prestigious lineage of Grundig dating back to the 70s, whose qualities were exceptional and most successful of which was undoubtedly the Satellite 3400 who had not much to envy to certain receptors Amateur traffic. Alas, Grundig is long gone, the "Satellit" continued under various names, including that Eton has for several years this "750". For its size (it's a desktop receiver), equipment, overall presentation, he would like to recall the "Satellit" of the big time: the presence of a gain control, squelch (quiet), three positions antenna sensitivity, two bandwidths, bass / treble separate settings, input and output line, fm and am taken of external antennas (even exists in principle the possibility of neutralizing the framework ferrite and connect an antenna lw mw), s-meter needle (unfortunately tiny diagrammatic and legibility of the buttons are nice, presentation inspires confidence Modernism is present: automatic tuning, possibility of storing 1,000. stations !!), a practice originality: the directional ferrite antenna. BUT: - This unit has a very average sensitivity on all bands, with significant blows, including long and medium wave (for the latter because of a too small ferrite antenna, which is a shame for such a bulky device!) - The ability to neutralize ferrite and connect an antenna on a ol om jack does nothing because a long wire gives nothing and I would love to be told where you can obtain an antenna ol / om active external connectable to the device by a jack ...). Similarly, for shortwave, a wire antenna does absolutely nothing, probably because of unspecified impedance problems in a truly laconic manual. - The storing of stations in 1000 is complicated and oversized! - The band "AIR" is useless if you do not live near a big airport and I was not able to run the automatic search which would be useful here to identify the most used frequencies - After scanning, it is very common to find a frequency shift of 5 kHz persistant.Pour remedy this, we must repeatedly press the Bandwidth button. - About the breath, it is very strong in "broadband" position, although less "narrow band" position, but if we can be satisfied with the position close to shortwave, audio degradation in close heading is not acceptable in long and medium wave; so you have to settle for these bands of wide stance with a large breath. In fact, it lacks an intermediate filter would allow an acceptable listening in these bands.
In summary a rather expensive receiver that the claims of a highly technical device without having the technical possibilities. We adopted expensive functions and "flashy": 1000 useless memories, BNC for some antennas, AIR band ... then we would have preferred the presence of RDS FM, the ability to tilt the post for better legibility of the information, s-meter larger and more serious needle, an additional band filter.
Finally that he who knows nothing about shortwave reception does not buy the position. Entangled in the gain control, the antenna sensitivity, squelch ... he risks the galley!
