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