Drifter, 

I have owned so many of these portables, but I remember the E5 well. I believe the one I had was a G5, and Grundig branded, but essentially the same radio.  Performance-wise you can expect it to be similar in performance to the Degen DE1103/Kaito KA1103.  I believe that they are very similar internally, but the E5/G5 ditched the odd slide-rule LCD setup.  You will enjoy it!

--Neil, W2NDG