Thanks Jay, yes unfortunately I found your review too late!
Drifter

The G3 was a disaster and had a very high defect rate. Not at all the same as an E5/G5 unfortunately.

Hi all,
I own an Etón E5 which I turned on recently and although still working okay on AM it seems more 'shushy' than I recall. I had a look around on eBay but as expected there were no E5/G5's for sale. What there was however wa an Etón G3 Globe Traveller, listed as only working on FM. I decided to take a chance, and am now wishing I hadn't! What I've found is that whenever you go to AM there's a constant whistle, and no reception. I'm not knowledgeable at all about the technical side, but I suspect this will be more expensive to repair than it's worth? It's a shame because being analogue tuning with separate upper and lower side bands it's just what I like. On the face of it it would appear that the G3 is an updated version of my E5, and that's what appealed to me. Looking at YouTube videos also were generally encouraging, but as they say, that's life.
Drifter

Thanks Jay. The G5 seems to be rare, hard to find

73 Ola 

Your findings are the same as mine. I think the G5/E5 twins and the original PLL DE-1103 are among the most sensitive AM portables of this size I have seen. They are also excellent on SW and FM but AM is where they are better then the others I have seen.

Jay
https://radiojayallen.com/

Hi all, 

I just bought a preowned Grundig G5. After reading a lots of reviews about both Grundig G5 and Degen 1103(pll version), it seems that they are equal but I have noticed that my Grundig G5 is less noisy than Degen 1103, not much but it is audible for me. In my opinion, both receivers are sensitive to both shortwave and mediumwave 

73 from Ola in Sweden