ETON G5 AM/FM/Shortwave Portable Radio with SSB (Single Side Band)
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Manufacturer: EtonModel: G5
Color: Black
Product features:
- AM (520 KHZ-1710 KHz)/FM-stereo (87.5 MHz- 108 MHz), LW (150 KHz - 510 KHz) and Shortwave (1711-29999 KHz) Single Side Band (SSB); Digital Phase Lock Loop (PLL) dual conversion
- Digital Display world-band radio
- Station name input features allow a 4-character input of the stations call letters
- Synthesized tuning system with digital tuning methods including Auto-Scan, Manual-Scan, Direct Key-in and Manual Tuning
- 700 programmable memory presets
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Customer Review: Grundig g5: lw/am/fm/sw radio: Good product
Summary: 4 Stars
I needed a compact portable LW/AM/SW/FM radio that was SSB capable and have compared several receivers including the SONY ICF-SW7600GR, the Grundig G6 Aviator, the Sangean ATS-909, the Kaito KA1102 and KA1103, etc. and now the Grundig G5. I am still not done with all my evaluations, but I think that the Grundig G5 (which was constructed specifically to address the numerous poor ergonomic issues of the KA1103) is a good, but way too expensive, until very recently, since the new Grundig G3 was recently introduced, and yet is still a very sensitive receiver! I am extremely impressed right out of the box with how well it performs even for quite weak signals and with the antenna on SW not even extended very much. With recent prices as low as $84.95 on Amazon, it is quite a bargain however for all you radio lovers (compared to the original Grudndig asking price of $150.00)!
PROS:
1) It comes with a slip case, a set of earbuds, 4 rechargeable NiMH batteries, an AC/DC adaptor and a very readable manual.
2) Excellent signal reception on ALL bands (LW/AM/SW/FM) with all standard frequencies continuously available. It really performs well. Both the sensitivity (ability to detect very weak signals) and the selectivity (ability to separate competing signals on adjacent frequencies) are quite good. Part of the latter capability is due to a very well designed narrow/wide band filter setting which the Kaito KA1101, KA1102 and KA1103 all had previously (due to the Degen-Kaito-Tecsun engineering design in China). The LW band is not complete from 150 KHz onward and stops at 293 KHz instead of at 520 KHz however (the start of the standard N. America am band) and is not as sensitive as the shortwave band however.
3) It has a tone switch (Music/news) available for FM only as well as a two position Local/DX switch (RF gain attenuator), an earphone jack, a charger/adaptor jack, etc.
4) It has a lock push button and also has a good backlight screen.
5) Numerous tuning methods are available including a fine tuning knob that extends slightly outside the main body of the radio.
6) Very high quality and very readable display with numerous icons for battery life and a signal strength meter that works extremely well, It also has Mono/stereo settings, sleep settings, an external antenna jack, a DC input jack, a SSB (single sideband) key on the front of the unit and a separate BFO (beat frequency oscillator) fine tuning knob on the side of the radio), just as on the KA1103etc.
7) It has long battery life using 4 ordinary or rechargeable AA batteries
8) There are 700 memory preset locations that are very easy to set and scan (coimpared with a graAnd total of 268 on the KA1103).
9) It has a nice and easy to use reset button.
10) It has a very nice size speaker with excellent sound quality and little distortion. It is much better than the speaker on the Sony premier model in my opinion.
11) It has a very good quality and very easy to maneuver FM/SW antenna that also swivels very nicely and that also is very easy to quickly extend.
12) It recharges the batteries automatically internal to the radio just like the KA1102, the Kaito KA1103, the Grundig G6, etc.
13) Overall this is a good quality radio, but I still personally don't like it as well as the KA1103 (which continues to sell well despite two major attempts by Grundig, namely the G5 and the G3, to improve upon its original "flawed ergonomics" design). This is partly because, in agreement with another reviewer, I also think that although the reception through the earbuds is just fine, I feel that the sound quality through the speaker is just too "muddy".
CONS:
1) Band scanning is not continuous over all frequencies/wavelengths, but can only be done with the autosearch keys one band at a time with a key push needed to switch to the next band. With the tuning knob of course the band search is fully continuous (as recently pointed out to me by Martesque in a Comment).
2) It generates internal Rf noises, as also noted above, that were not present on the KA1103!
Description of ETON G5 AM/FM/Shortwave Portable Radio with SSB (Single Side Band)
AM/FM/Shortwave Portable Radio with SSB (Single Side Band). If you love listening to AM, FM, and Shortwave radio, owning the G5 means you'll never have to be without the sound you love. This is the world's leading portable, multi-band and single-side band radio. We've packed all these features into one compact unit, without compromising sound quality. Go ahead, take a listen.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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