I did the full magnification of the two photos, and the NG one matches my two units purchased in 2009 from RS. The Amazon pic indeed shows different labels. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15

I must agree with those who say the button labelings are different in the two photos. The NatGeo photo matches those in the ultralight file which were taken last year. It's quite possible that there

I bought a Grundig G8 at Universal about a year ago. The buttons and labels on mine are the same as in the NatGeo picture. My display is also amber when backlit. The color of the case in the NatGeo

Thanks for your input. I had to use the zoom and pan features on both sites to read the labeling. I feel fairly confident that the National Geographic radio matches up with the one in Gary's review of

Greetings everyone. Last week my Eton E-100 Slider met with an unfortunate fall down a flight of stairs. the antenna didn't survive the fall, but the radio is still operable. Anyway, after telling

I found Jim's website, or tree of websites. Don't know if it's appropriate to link to it here, but anyone interested can find it by googling his name. There's a blog post there about birding, dated

I cannot completely read the labels, but other than the amber backlight being on in one pic and being off ( therefore it looks grey ) in the other ( and comparing both to the one sitting right next to

That is what I was thinking too, caveat emptor. It is interesting, I looked at pictures on Amazon and Universal radio and they don't match with the one at National Geographic. Specifically the one at

Phil, I just looked at my Grundig Traveller II G8 that I bought from Eton directly and, for what it's worth, the buttons are the same. The backlight on mine is sort of amber too. If you're not sure

Jim mentioned to me off list several weeks ago that he was having surgery coming up like I was. I had hand surgery last week but he never mentioned his date or the type he was having. He hasn't

I am curious. Taking a close look at the radio at the above link I notice tha the buttons are marked differently than the pictures that I found of the G8 Traveller II. The dial backlight is a

Your welcome. By the way the G8 has great battery life.

I'm sorry to bring this up again, but I too had been corresponding with Jim, concerning getting his Hoop Loop information out beyond this group. In fact, I see that I'd been in touch pretty much

Thanks! - I sent that link to my brothers and sisters, some of which listen to weak FM stations, or have some interest in having a SW radio. The G8 would be pretty good for them, and for $25, they

Here's the link. I paid $50 for mine and I like it. For $25 it's a good deal. http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/ngs/product/sale/gear-and-gadgets/traveler-shortwave-radio

Granted my initial comparison was very "unprofessional and non-technical" just going by what I heard. Still a good deal for the money, I think. Tony -- Tony, N4RNI Traverse City, MI EN74dq FISTS

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Hello All, Richard Bradley of Methuen, MA has proven that DX does exist in the dogdays of summer, qualifying for the Ten US States Heard Award Certificate in thebarefoot ULR class. At a time when

Looks to be more in the league of the Sony ICF-S10. Both have speaker and telescopic antenna which the SRF-59 does not; further, the SRF-59 is based on Sony's custom CXA1129N (receiveron a chip) which

Hi Farmerik, Not much chance of an article with pictures from me, but Jim Kearman's webpage has a good article about the MW version, maybe some info on the LW version too. I could supply a transformer