Eton - Elite 750, The Classic AM/FM/LW/VHF/Shortwave Radio with Single Side Band, 360° Rotating AM Antenna, 1000 Channels, Back-Up Battery Packs, Commitment to Preparedness

Works fantastic I've received signals from the Caribbean Jamaica down south and North Carolina California Indiana Texas and that's just the ham operators I have also received ft8 which is a digital format for ham-ups and I saw that people in Europe were communicating with him operators in America I've received sstv got a fun little picture of Santa Claus for Christmas I've heard broadcasts from India and other various countries and I'm not exactly sure of maybe Papua New Guinea I'm not really too sure but it sounded very tribal radio's fantastic has an amazing sound all functions and modes work the radio is very versatile the telescopic antenna works good the vfo has a nice feel to it very weighted the bfo works good picks up the single side bands nicely I like the fact that I can store channels on there and listen to airplanes on shortwave from around the world I pick up a lot of airplanes from the North Atlantic family group and just enjoy listening to the ham operators and 40 m and picked up a couple of them on 160 m and I logged in the CD bands and I pick up CB channels very nicely so this is very nice radio been wanting it for a while and very glad to have it I have ordered parts I plan on adding a pan adapter to this so that way I can see the signals coming in hoping that that works really don't want to have to dig in and find the ifsource point but if that makes it better hopefully eating would get in contact with me and give me the blueprint on where the intermittent frequency sorce point would be but will give this way a try looking forward to it and looking forward to adding ferrite noise reducers to the wiring and hopefully we'll be able to reduce the RF noise I like the fact that it has an antenna attenuator with three mode option the antenna on the top of the radio for the medium wave and long wave works really nice I received some AM stations from long distance I was listening to a station I'm medium wave all the way from Nashville Tennessee it's pretty damn good so nice radio all around and no complaints yet

First bought the elite executive. No issues. Then wanted more of a non portable unit. The 750 is a great piece of equipment. The mw and long wave rotating antenna is super. Sw whip antenna is good as well I don’t use an external. Just added a60 ft wire outside my reception is good enough. Sound is so much better than the smaller portables I do not use the ac power. I use rechargeable d cells they last a couple months on a full zap the side bands are easy to use and loaded with broadcast in the evenings. There have been many that bought this 750 with the supplied power supply not working. This is in fact a issue. As mine would not power the radio. An error comes up honestly I could care a less this issue is irrelevant for my use My other radios were a mess using ac power. The interference is crazy. Just a refrigerator running created a nasty buzzing static. So batteries eliminates tons of noise This radio is the best I’ve seen and used. Instructions are not great. Best advice is to learn from watching u tube videos I did and learned all I needed in 20 minutes. Buy this if you want a super radio. I’m completely happy and satisfied with mine.

There is a lot to cover with this radio. It used to be Grundig until Eton took it over and been making it in China ever since. I wanted something to replace an old Grundig YB400PE of mine that was battery-powered, covers all of the ham radio SSB bands, and has external antenna connections. I also didn't need anything small and portable either but wanted a desktop unit. Ham radio companies like Icom and Alinco had been making high-quality receivers in the past with advanced features. However, those are almost impossible to find. This radio fit what I was looking for. It's powered by four D batteries that sip power, so it will last a while under constant use. I use mine every day to listen to the ham bands and receive ARRL's morse code and digital bulletins. I wanted something that was battery-powered to receive those in case of a power outage. And because, being in West Texas panhandle, we are joining ERCOT in June that's pretty much a guarantee at this point. How do I receive morse code and digital modes? I connect the radio to my computer and use FLDigi to decode it.Usually, I'll have a pro section then a con section in my reviews then go into my final thoughts. However, because this radio has many features, I'll separate my review into sections highlighting each feature with the pros and cons of each.Battery: The four D batties are plenty for this radio that, in my opinion, really sips power. This means these batteries will last a while in this radio. Which is great for when the power goes out.External connections: I like the external connections of this radio. There are two BNC connections for FM and Shortwave respectively. Then two-wire connections for an AM long wire. Red for the verticle antenna and black for the ground connection. This is a major plus as the short telescopic antenna will do decently, it is not made to pick up ham radio SSB where the major of the traffic is located. Thereby having an external antenna to pick up ham chatter and modes is a necessity. The major con here is how close the two BNC connectors are to each other. If you want to use both at the same time, then only BNC connectors will fit. You can't have two BNC adapters connected at the same time. So, for example, if you have a verticle antenna that you want to use for both Ham/shortwave and FM, then you have to go this route: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H4TTZTL/?coliid=IDIO9GGUNCK0V&colid=3KR8YFQESFJIW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it One BNC female that splits into two BNC males. I will cover reception quality in another section.Telescopic Antenna: It comes with one, but not the tallest. Does a decent job, but not the best. Does a decent job on picking up FM, but again not the best. Not really used for any ham band listening on SSB (Single Sideband). It does a good job at picking up commercial AM Shortwave, but an external antenna is really better for this radio.AM/Longwave Antenna: The rotatable AM/Longwave Antenna fully rotates 360 degrees without stopping. This is great for this desktop radio, so you don't have to twist the radio itself, just the antenna. There is an option to plug in a 1/8" plug into this antenna for a long wire AM/Longwave which is a very nice plus to this antenna.Speaker, Volume, Bass, and Treble Controls: The speaker in this unit is loud enough even for my hard hearing ears. The volume comes up to a level for easy listening even for me with the knob at about 1/3. And while this radio has Bass and Treble controls, they don't make much of a difference, in my opinion. So, while the volume and speaker put out enough sound for a small crowd the meager Bass and Treble is a disappointment.Earphone Jack: The jack itself works just fine, however, I had to use a lot of force at first to get the headphone into it. So much force that I thought I broke it at first. Very sturdy.Keypad area: I really enjoy the numbered keypad so I can enter in an exact frequency and go to it, instead of using the tuning knob and fast and slow step controls like in other radios. This is where you enter frequencies, memory, Upper or Lower Sideband or AM, FM or Shortwave, Etc. The buttons feel solid and so far have worked just fine.RF Gain, Squelch, and Clarifier knobs: I usually just keep the RF Gain on auto as the unit does a good job at signal gain. I don't mess with the squelch control at all as I want to listen to the raw signal to pick up very weak signals. Turning up the squelch will cut off weak signals. The Clarifier is used to trim an SSB to hear voice clearer and I use it very frequently and works just fine.Signal Meter: Nice addition that I've only found on this radio that is on nearly all Ham radios.What I haven't used: Haven't used any memory, or the timer or sleep buttons at all though I have no doubt about whether they work or not.Unit Codes: Read the manual for this. This unit has unit codes. Codes are used to tell the radio to use 9K or 10K AM steps. A code will also tell the unit if you are using alkaline or rechargeable batteries which I found interesting.Reception: FM reception is decent enough but sometimes won't pick up weak FM. The Ant. Att. button is used to Attenuate whatever antenna the unit is using. For local FM on mine, it's best to have the Att. at halfway or low. AM reception is decent, both day and night listening. This unit picks up nighttime AM very well, so it's a decent DXer. For shortwave (and especially ham listening) use an external antenna for best reception. This is what I use the radio for the most and I have a simple roof dipole antenna. The reception on shortwave/ham band listening with an external antenna is very good. Almost as good as an HF ham radio. Almost because this radio does not have any audio processing. There are no noise-canceling or noise blanking features like on ham radios. It just picks up the raw signal with all interference. That's another con with this radio. It's very sensitive to RFI interference from TV's, power lines, computers, etc. So, it's best to turn off all you can while listening to anything AM whether it's local, shortwave, longwave, or ham band listening to decrease the amount of noise this unit receives. Even with all those off, I still use an external audio filter from MFJ Enterprises to help with static and RFI noise. It does pick up air channels, but I haven't used that feature in extended use, so I can't speak of reception on that other than it does pick up those frequencies. The same goes for Longwave.Overall: Overall, this is the best bang for your buck radio. It picks up almost anything you might want to listen to if you are a casual listener, DX listener, or ham band, listener. For best results, I would recommend some type of audio DSP filter for this radio. MFJ-748B is what I use (see picture) for ham band listening. It's a solid portable battery-powered radio that can be your companion at the house, on the beach, or ham radio listening during an emergency.1-26-'22 Update: This is a nine-month update regarding the Eton Elite 750. I still use this radio regularly to listen to ham radio and W1AW digital bulletins and I'm still quite happy with the radio.Battery: The unit still sips battery power. For example, I accidentally left the radio on all night and it only used a third of the nearly full battery power. That's almost 12 hrs.Reception: I really wish that Eton would put in some DSP noise filtering but you can't have everything. With an external antenna, it does really well on shortwave commercial and ham radio. Especially is that external antenna has some type of noise filtering on it as well. But let me still stress that this radio is extremely susceptible to interference from computer monitors, flat screen tv's, power bricks, computers, etc. I had to use some ferrite beads and ferrite cores on my computer cables to cut back on the noise this radio receives. And let me say that this radio is the best so far for AM local broadcast. It even beats out the EP Pro from CCrane. I've got the EP Pro from CCrane and this radio is more sensitive. In order for the CCrane EP Pro to receive nighttime AM radio just as well as this one, I have to use the Tecsun AN200 AM Antenna with it. This radio receives AM Broadcast so well that the Tecsun AN200 does little to improve the reception even on weak stations. However, as good as the AM side of the radio is, the FM side of the CCrane EP Pro is better than the Eton 750 simply because you can change the angle of the telescopic antenna on the CCrane EP Pro. However, if you put up an external FM antenna on the Eton 750 will greatly improve FM reception.I will say that anyone who buys this radio will not be disappointed, especially if they put up some kind of external antenna. The sun is going through a phase where it helps with AM reception whether it is AM broadcast, AM shortwave, or ham radio, so listening will get even better as the next few years progress. If you can't put up an external antenna, then you can get a long length of speaker wire and clip that onto the telescopic antenna and run it around the ceiling inside your house and that will improve reception through the internal telescopic antenna. That is what I used to pick up the local airport chatter on the air frequencies (mine is 120.5Mhz).So, there's my update and I'll say again that I'm thoroughly happy with my purchase. I just wish it was still made in America but sadly it's not.7-22-2022 Update: It's sad that I have to put in this update. One year and three months later, the unit is starting to fail. I don't know what the issue is exactly, but I noticed that there was no sound coming from the unit suddenly. From about 21Mhz and up when the BW was on narrow there was no sound. Totally dead. Now, it's spreading to both Wide and Narrow and below 21Mhz. The air frequencies were also cutting out as well. Everything looked fine on the screen, there was just no sound. So far, FM is fine, but I can't count on that. Basically, because of this problem, it's a dead unit.Again, it's sad that I have to put in this update that a little over a year and the unit is starting to fail completely. Eton, the China company, is nothing like the Grundig, the original company. I used to have a Grundig YB400PE that still worked after years of abuse and taking that thing apart numerous times and only failed because battery acid got to the main board. That old Grundig radio was built with quality in mind. The Eton company from China, obviously does not care about the quality of their products like Grundig used to. This is a sad day for me that only after a year and three months it's $400 down the drain.

In all honestly, I wanted this radio simply for the classicl look. I'm very fond of old tube-sets and the larger size, front controls and speaker as well as the analogue signal strength meter hooked me. When one bacame available as a renewed item I couldn't say no. It is a good to very-good radio overall though there are better ones. Do some research and you will find the shortcomings and workarounds that are helpful.The internal antennas are good, and it takes external antennas well with good provision for connections. Audio quality is good but limited by the speaker itself. Overall I would say if you have the money to splurge a little, go for it. If you can only buy one radio then do your research, this might not be the one you want.