Hi Steve;
I was looking at this radio on line and it sounds like quite the little 
package.  Did you find most of the features fairly usable?  Which antennas 
did you replace?
Richard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: Eton E1 (was e-skip)


Rich,

The radio receives XM, LW, MW, SW, and FM.  Of course, you must be a
paid subscriber to hear XM.

Steve

On Friday 7/21/06 19:47 Richard Fiorello wrote:
>Hi;
>I have no clew about this radio but everyone certainly has made me curious.
>Does it receive xm or serious or are we talking about your basic portable
>short wave receiver?
>Rich
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:31 PM
>Subject: Re: Eton E1 (was e-skip)
>
>
>Russ,
>
>Using that PAL connector is my only real complaint with the
>radio.  You're right about the directionality, though.
>
>Steve
>
>On Wednesday 7/19/06 14:54 Russ Kiehne wrote:
> >I wonder why they used a PAL connector?  The problem I see, you don't 
> >have
> >the directivity like you do using a mw loop.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 11:45 AM
> >Subject: Re: Eton E1 (was e-skip)
> >
> >
> > > Russ,
> > >
> > > That's true, but I don't think that's a problem.  The radio seems to
> > > receive quite well on MW using the whip antenna.  I'd like to try an
> > > external antenna, but the radio uses a PAL connector and I'm not sure
> > > where to get one.  They're quite common in Europe, but rarely used
> > > here in the U.S.
> > >
> > > Steve