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Tecsun DR-920 (aka Grundig G1100/Eton E1100) Cheap on Ebay
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For those interested, the E100's replacement, the E1100, is available
in a Tecsun-badged version from Ebay seller "Trinityforevertrading". The price is $12.99 with $13.00 shipping from Hong Kong. Check out auction #250238926506 for an example of one of this seller's auctions for the DR-920. The auction says this model is the same as the Grundig G1100, which is the same thing as the new Eton E1100. The seller says "we have a lot in stock". The price certainly is low enough to be painless, in case this model turns out to be a dog! Perhaps we ULers will get lucky and find this to be a nice model. I wasn't aware that an ultralight is defined as less that 20 cubic inches in mass, and with a single bandwidth, until John Bryant pointed it out recently. This Tecsun/Eton/Grundig model fits both requirements with a 15.19" cubic inches measurement, and a single bandwidth. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com |
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huelbe_garcia@...
Hello Guy, friends.
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When you said "DR-920" I immediatelly thought, "oh no!" I have checked the site: DR-920 is physically the same G1100 receiver from Grundig/Eton site. An search though Internet came a few pics of E1100, identical to G1100. About DR-920 I bought one about 1.5 years ago and now it's my dad's radio :). It's full analog, has a frequency meter and clock. It's not PLL/DDS. Its sensitivity is weak to poor, but its selectivity is horrible! You can listen a strong station as far as 30 khz away from its nominal frequency. Still, it's a nice gift for your dad who listens only to local hard-news stations :) So, assuming DR-920 = G1100 = E1100 (and I am confident they are the same receiver), I don't think they are a replacement for E100. Huelbe. Brazil ----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Atkins" <dx@...> To: <ultralightdx@...> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 1:23 AM Subject: [ultralightdx] Tecsun DR-920 (aka Grundig G1100/Eton E1100) Cheap on Ebay For those interested, the E100's replacement, the E1100, is available in a Tecsun-badged version from Ebay seller "Trinityforevertrading". The price is $12.99 with $13.00 shipping from Hong Kong. Check out auction #250238926506 for an example of one of this seller's auctions for the DR-920. The auction says this model is the same as the Grundig G1100, which is the same thing as the new Eton E1100. The seller says "we have a lot in stock". The price certainly is low enough to be painless, in case this model turns out to be a dog! Perhaps we ULers will get lucky and find this to be a nice model. I wasn't aware that an ultralight is defined as less that 20 cubic inches in mass, and with a single bandwidth, until John Bryant pointed it out recently. This Tecsun/Eton/Grundig model fits both requirements with a 15.19" cubic inches measurement, and a single bandwidth. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links |
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Hi
Huelbe,
Well, that is
disappointing. It sounds like Eton/Grundig is going backwards, if they are just
rebadging a year and a half old radio.
However, perhaps
the sensitivity is just a matter of inaccurate out-of-the-box alignment, and can
be fixed by following some basic steps such as Gary DeBock has described.
Even many of the popular SRF-59 radios have not been well aligned from the
factory.
Hopefully the
selectivity can be remedied with a replacement filter, although it may be more
effort than it is worth, on such an inexpensive radio.
BTW, the auction
number I listed at first was wrong. The correct Ebay auction item number to
check is: 370045350485. Or, you can just search for all auctions by
"Trinityforevertrading".
73,
Guy
Atkins
Puyallup, WA
USA
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John H. Bryant <bjohnorcas@...>
That was a good spot, as usual, Guy.... Despite the poor
review, I ordered one.... I've been wanting to learn about substituting
filters.... and VERY inexpensive for a digitally dialed radio... Time
will tell.
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John B. At 04:23 AM 4/27/2008 +0000, you wrote: For those interested, the E100's replacement, the E1100, is available
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