New Satellit!

[SCPD]

Soulra Satellit COMING SOON Super compact, super Global AM/FM/LW/SW/DAB/VHF airband radio - Nevada Radio

Neat new radio I came across.

 

[ka3jjz]

Hmm...the ad is a bit misleading. Under the HF coverage it says '17.11' when I suspect 1.711 Mhz was meant. Not very good tech writing here...

'DAB' is in a band that the US doesn't use for FM broadcasting.

I wonder how long it will be before eton/Grundig gets themselves into a fit, since I think the 'Satellit' name is trademarked. All they needed to do was change a couple of letters....Mike

 

[w2xq]

£199 translates to about $335. You have to be kidding me. Yuck.

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[majoco]

£199 translates to about $335. You have to be kidding me. Yuck.

+1

...and who are "soulra" - the ad says the have been making radios for 50years - how come we haven't heard of them before. Surely "Satellit" is a Grundig copyright.

Aha! I've dug a bit deeper....

"© Copyright 2013 Soulra is a registered trademark of Etón Corporation U.S.A. All Rights Reserved."

Same crap - different name :wink:

 

[Boombox]

I can see how the DAB part of it would make it interesting, if I were in Europe.

I think the Nevada store used to market it's own radios in the UK -- I used to see their ads in UK SW magazines back in the 1990's.

It looks like there are a couple other, less expensive Soulra brand radios on that site that have DAB as well as AM/FM/SW.

 

[SCPD]

New Eton Satellit

Due out Sept. 2014, portable, am / fm / lw / sw . MSRP $ 229.99, looking at a pic on the web site appears to have ssb, no specs are posted as of now.

 

[SCPD]

Eton Satellit radio receiver

 

[k1agh]

Enlarge the pic you see a u/lsb button.

 

[ka3jjz]

Threads merged since they seem to be talking about the same receiver.

We'll see how this one flies when it starts to get reviews...Mike

 

[k9rzz]

For AM BCB, I wonder does it step in 9khz channels? 10khz channels? 1 or 5khz steps?

 

[w2xq]

My guess is that would have 9 kHz steps for LW/AM to make it marketable in Europe. Even my ~$50 Grundig has that settings option.

 

[WaveyDipole]

Well we are in September. Nevada dropped the ad a few weeks ago and I have been told they usually do this if they are not going to stock it. I e-mailed Soulra a couple of times back in July, but so far, no response, not even a basic 'Sorry we have no details yet....' so not impressed.

 

[ka3jjz]

The Universal ad shows not available until October...Mike

 

[krokus]

For AM BCB, I wonder does it step in 9khz channels? 10khz channels? 1 or 5khz steps?

Hopefully selectable, and/or direct key either set.

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[WaveyDipole]

I fired off another e-mail to Soulra/Eton yesterday and this time I did get a reply:

Hello,
Thank you for your interest in our new product. The Satellit should be available early October.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at 1.800.872.2228 M-F 8-4:30 p.m. PST.

This appears to confirm the statement referred to by ka3jjz on the Universal website.

 

[imapper]

I've seen it on Amazon under a bit strange name :
Amazon.com: Eton NGWSATB Satellit AM/FM with RDS and Shortwave Radio, Black: Electronics

Good news, uh?