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| Reviews Summary for Grundig Satellit 750 |
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Reviews: 41
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Average rating: 4.1/5
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MSRP: $300
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Description: The Grundig Satellit 750 with Advanced DSP technology is an exciting portable that brings the world to you! You will get complete coverage of all long wave, medium wave and shortwave frequencies as well as FM (stereo to the earphone jack). Plus the Satellit 750 also receives the VHF aeronautical band (117-137 MHz). Your shortwave coverage includes the reception of the single sideband (SSB) mode allowing the reception ham radio operators, maritime and shortwave aeronautical stations. You can select either wide or narrow selectivity to reduce co-channel interference. You can tune your favorite stations by the conventional tuning knob, quick keypad entry of via the 1000 memories. And you will enjoy the fidelity you have come to expect from Grundig enhanced by separate bass and treble controls. The radio features both an Earphone Jack and a Line Output Jack. Long distance Medium wave (AM band) reception is possible because of the built-in rotatable, directional ferrite antenna. External antennas may also be attached. 14.65 x 7.24 x 5.75 inches. There is even a USB (5V) outlet for MP3 or mobile phone charging function
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Product is in production.
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More info: http://www.etoncorp.com/product_card/?p_ProductDbId=351064
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DXTUNER
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 25, 2012 06:29
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Better than you think
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Please understand what the Sattelit 750 is before you buy it. It’s a multiband radio offering the user some communications receiver quality at an affordable price. It isn’t touted as the gear Johnny Ham needs in his shack to do “serious CW work” with. Its not billed as the radio which magically pulls in every Class D AM station in North America. It isn’t contracted out to the U.S. military for use in the heat of battle. It’s the affordable, capable and fun Sattelit 750, meant to give good table top reception in all modes.
I’m getting really good DX and general reception from longwave up to the VHF air band. The audio is fantastic, selectivity excellent and the feel is just right for this kind of radio. Medium wave DX is just about right, not an award winner but it isn’t disappointing or weak either. I’m extremely pleased with this radio and been having a blast with it.
Those of you who wonder if its worth $270, well I’ll tell you what. Purchase 3 Kaito KA-1103’s, string them together and tell me what that does for you.
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KP4FAR
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 31, 2011 04:56
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Excellent general coverage setme
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I bougth this one with second thougths after reading some reviews about it in MT and the now defunct PTWBR (Passport). Lately, opinions had changed and it seemed that a lot of the original problems had been solved. It seems to me that they have. The 750 has a great noise floor that results in excellent sensitivity and may even be misleading to the novice. The selectivity options are reasonable and work okay. I would have added at least another narrower option. ,There are too many memories and memory pages. It is ok but who really needs that many? The audio is one of the best features with the treble and bass control providing excellent manipulation of the audio output. This is a feature that many manufacturers don't consider even in higher end units but in my opinion, having control of bass and treble sometimes makes a difference in being able to catch difficult stations in SW. SSB works as it should and is stable. The knobs do not feel loose at all. The meter tends toward the generous side but, really, how many honest meters have you seen? The one I can remember belongs to the TMC GPR90 from the 50s and many accused the meter for being "lazy". The display is great even for tired eyes like mine. I like the continuous time display. The quick access to any frequency after punching it in the pad is another nice feature common in Tecsun derived Radios. This set works best on SW when connected to a balanced antenna. If you connect a long wire it needs a ground or a tuner. The telescopic antenna provides excellent reception but for dxing use an external. The bnc type connectors are ok and you can get adapters for any other type of connectors at RS. FM sensitivity with the whip is ok and the stereo works as it should. Medium wave sensitivity is excellent and the directional ferrite antenna can null signals effectively. On LW I can hear several local beacons. I am sure that an external loop will work even better. With the much discussed airband I have no problems since I can pick up much of the local traffic using only the whip.
The s750 looks and works like a SW radio should. It is not an Incom R75 but it was not meant to be one and honestly I think the noise floor in the 750 is better.
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KDMSKY59
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 22, 2011 09:38
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Fine mw dx (?) portable
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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The Satellite 750 is a fine multipurpose SW/MW/FM/Air radio. Best features are it's low noise floor, rotateable MW ferrite rod antenna, and varied external antenna jacks.
I work exclusively MW at this time and wanted a conventional knob radio I could use when I didn't feel like messing with my SDR-IQ or Perseus.
The 750 actually equals my SDRs in many situations but only because my 90 ft long wire lacks directional capabilities. The 750's rotateable ferrite antennas does a good job of peaking stations or nulling unwanted stations. I've tried DXing some European stations from Florida but so far have been unable to detect any hets from those frequencies using ssb mode. I've yet to try the 750 with an external long wire as of yet which brings up the 750s only problem I've found so far - the int/ext antenna switch doesn't work with the ferrite antenna. I'm not quite sure yet how the long wire added to the ferrite rod will fare for weak signal DX. Time will tell.
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KF7NGC
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 25, 2011 19:23
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Kool Radio!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've had my 750 for almost 2 years now. I have it hooked up to a 100 ft. daipole. I live in Oregon but I regulary pick up Hams as far away as England, The Austrailian outback, South africa, Japan, and all over the east coast with an average S 7 to 9. I even took it to Florida with me on vacation to see what kind of Ham traffic I could monitor there. This is a FUN easy to use radio with a low noise floor. The batteries last a long time. I also have a S800 (Great Radio) but like using the 750 even more!
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PX2Z1865
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 22, 2011 02:16
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Far way from a toy!
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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First of all, the Sat 750 has serious input antennas, im my case, I use a SWL Par Electronics with a BNC connector plus a FM Air Band Maldol Al-500H. Second, it has a commendable SW sensitivity. Third, its versatility, providing strong AM and FM signals with a powerfull and clear audio. I hear lots of SW commercial stations, many HAMs and inumerous CB drivers, since I leave near 2 major highways. I hear of course my soccer team on AM and good fashion musics on FM. It is not of course an Icom IC-R9500, however, it is not a toy neither. My best generic and domestic radio buy for 300 GWs at HRO. In my XYL opinion, it is the best looking hardware in my radio shack.
Nilton
Campinas/SP/Brazil
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KO0KY
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 19, 2011 20:06
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I'm glad I bought it...
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I recently bought one of these receivers from J&R Music World. I use it for general shortwave listening and for an alarm clock.
The Fm portion is great, the AM portion is terrific and the SW is acceptable. Acceptable means more than expected performance for the price. I've experienced no QA issues, the fit and finish is superb.
I am fully cognizant that this level of radio is no Icom R75, but for the money it performs really well.
I'm not sure what people are complaining about regarding the manual, I followed the instructions and everything worked.
I have recommended the radio to my friends and I do so for anyone reading this. You will not be disappointed, unless you think you're getting a Lowe or Palstar for the money.
73,
John - ko0ky
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KB8GRO
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 14, 2011 11:18
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Great Receiver
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Great receiver, used a g5rv antenna on it, receives everything my Icom IC 718 does, also the aircraft band works well too. Some people had trouble with the display lighting not staying on, turn on the radio, let the display light go out: about 3 sec, than hold the light button on until it beeps, light will stay on, also to turn off the beep, doesn't matter if the radio is on or off, push and hold the zero button until you see on the display "OFF", to turn on the beep push and hold the zero button until you see the "ON" in the display. Hope this helps on some of the concerns of the radio.
73"s
KB8GRO
Dan
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G3UXB
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 24, 2011 18:38
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I love this little radio
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Well I must have got a good one too! It was with much trepidation that I decided to order the Satellit 750 from Amazon, with their good return policy I thought I would be returning this radio soon. I have had it for just over a week now and I am very pleased, I have owned many radios to compare it to from the Lowe HF150-225 Satellit 650-800 Eton E1-E5 etc etc after having sold them all I was left with just my trusty Yaesu FT-1000 MP not really a radio for listeing to shortwave AM. On receiving this radio I liked the looks and did not think it was 'toyish'. Performance on FM broadcast is excellent, sensitivity on SW is great the only thing on strong SSB you do need to use the RF gain control, aircraft band easliy hears OAK about 40 miles from my home. The calibration is spot on with the fine tune straight up on SSB signals on exactly the same frequency as my FT-1000 MP but the S meter does seem overly generous on the SW bands plus 15 DB from my calibrated FT-1000 MP There is no sync detector but I would rather have no sync detector than one that works badly the only good ones I have heard were on the Lowe HF 150 and the Eton E1. I guess the later models have all the flaws fixed, I love this radio because it is in one package no external antenna tuners, speakers or power supplys to move about, great size and weight and I like the bnc connectors for the antenna, it cost me $261 and I am going to keep it
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KB3DIV
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Rating: 4/5
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Jun 15, 2011 18:19
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I got a good one!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I must have got a good one!
Glad I found this receiver for sale on Amazon and had it delivered for free.
I have a swl antenna outdoors in the trees and find this receiver to work just fine.
I believe, as with any radio, you must have a good antenna system including a solid ground.
I am using an end fed multi band fan antenna which includes a good ground at the feed point.
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SCANNUT99
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 11, 2011 19:35
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I got the E3 Wrong and now this!!
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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OK OK! I did it again. I junped the gun on the E3 and the Satellit 750. As I said in my E 3 second (and much harsher) review, "first impressions" type reviews do not work for me. I called this a toy but when I wanted another portatop to join my E1 (warranty so in repair) and my new ATS 909x, (which I will wait a month to review), there was no other model in this category except the 750!
So considering I bought the store displayed model because they had no new in box radios, I got the display model for only $200 and a full warranty so that was so cool!! What a deal. No blemishes or anything.
Now before going further I must put in a word about today's radios. To me there are five categories. A portable which should have good sensitivity off the whip and no overload. Any extra perks are great, but it should have decent sensitivity and selectivity. There seem to be new models coming out every week. So there are many nice ones to choose from.
Another dieing out category is a Mid level Table Top. The Icom R75 has many features a Table Top should have but even it lacks sync, and has awful audio output. There are a couple of others but they cost anywhere from 799-1100.
The next category is the new Computer/black box Radio. I personally feel if I have to run a radio for anything more than firmware or programming it, I will never buy a black box with a virtual display on my computer. It just doesn't seem natural to me.
Then ofcourse there are the wide frequency professional models. Few are available and they can set you back several thousand dollars.
SO NOW COMES A GREAT COMPROMISE. THE PORTATOP
While this kind of radio can make a good table top for the price (250-500) it is also portable although they certainly will not be nearly as easy to pack in a suitcase. I use these radios because they combine more features, more fun, and dare I say it, more bang for the buck. But alas, other than the sangean 909x which seems to come close to being a portatop, those are the only two out there. The Eton E1 was discontinued which is too bad, because despite quality control issues, it is by far the best portatop ever created.
So, I know what you're thinking. Why did Eton downgrade their portatop and make it without sync or dsp? Probably because the new model would have to be better than the E 1 and that would probably move that radio into a new category that isn't getting much attention, especially in this economy.
I feel this is a great portatop and I was so wrong to call it a toy. It is so fun to use and it has a lot of great features. It has variable RF Gain which can be on auto or manually controlled. It has wonderful sound, even better than the E1. It has 3 levels of Attenuation It also has fine tuning on sideband.
I find that this radio has great sensitivity with a long wire (Several ways to hook one up to this radio and that is a huge plus) so finding stations and locking then works very well without much fading. That is, if you know how to work with the bells and whistles. I was impressed what tinkering with all these controls could do.
OK OK, it maybe should have had DSP but for $249, it is a great radio at a great price with that retro look of a Shortwave Radio from past eras.
It is not perfect but if you judge it as a portatop and not an expensive table top, then it is a lot of bang for the buck and is a heck of a lot of fun to use. It also has no qc issues. Wow! An Eton radio without QC issues. Wow!!!!
The key though to using this wonderful radio is playing with the controls and changing things around. I find that with some fun filled moments of tinkering, I get great reception and image rejection.
The only criticism is sadly the Ferrit Bar. It somehow does some strange things when turned. It is no where near as good as attaching a Terk to the Bar itself. (An eighth inch input is on the bar) And I still find that the best am dxing is done with my prize Panasonic RF2200. The model I purchased used is clean and on am, it really is highly sensitive and incredibly selective like nothing else I have ever used.
I am still giving this radio a 5 because it does what it's supposed to do at a reasonable price. It is a wonderful portatop!!!
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