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| Reviews Summary for Grundig Satellit 750 |
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Reviews: 19
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Average rating: 3.5/5
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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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More info: http://www.etoncorp.com/product_card/?p_ProductDbId=351064
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W8JJI
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Rating: 3/5
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Jan 3, 2010 09:39
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Depending on what you compare it to
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Time owned: months
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As far as battery powered portable shortwave radios go it is alright. If you compare it to a "ham radio grade HF receiver" it's not so good.
Pros;
It has an actual analog S meter, nice, but difficult to see.
Provisions for external antennas.
Bass and trebble provides decent sound.
LCD display is nice and easy to see.
The high point of the receivers performance is the AM broadcast band.
On FM the receiver actually shows sighns of some selectivity. Suprising for a portable radio these days.
Cons;
S meter is difficult to see.
No noise fighting features. (ANL or NB)
Air band sensitivity is not uniform across the band, the higher end of the band is much less sensitive.
The AM rotatable antenna does not offer much of a null. Very strange.
The radio is overpriced at $300, under $180 would be more appropriate.
OTHER TIDBITS, there is a variable resistor on the circuit board that affects the AGC. I felt the receiver was a bit sluggish in this department so I made an adjustment here and with some receiver improvement. The AGC is still a little slower than I would like.
A decent radio as far as battery powered portables go. If you want serious shortwave performance just spend a little more and get a used HF ham rig for under $500 with 100 memory channels etc... foe example, an Icom ic-718 or a Yaesu FT 747 or 757 GX or a kenwood TS 50.
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KB3TQK
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Rating: 4/5
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Dec 12, 2009 17:50
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Fine general purpose receiver
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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Had the radio for about 3 months now, and really like the FM, shortwave AM, and shortwave SSB performance.
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K4YRK
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Rating: 4/5
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Dec 11, 2009 05:09
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A nice receiver for under $300
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I have had my 750 now for about two months and for a fairly low cost general coverage receiever it is well worth the cost. The key for this receiver, like any, is a good antenna. The internal pull up vertical is good for only local and strong SW, and the loop is quite good for AM broadcast. Put a good outdoor antenna, and I have several for my ham, and the 750 does very well. I have found the SSB on ham band reception good, but will not compair to a mid-to-top of the line ham receiver; but remember this is a fairly low cost unit. For the money, I am very happy with it and it is a keeper for now.
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AE4TO
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Rating: 4/5
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Dec 10, 2009 15:45
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Good SW, MW & FM radio for the money
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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This radio is a very nice looking radio and resently sold at a very reasonable price by RS.The size is just perfect for a table top with rubber feet.
I checked the radio first on SW and found that the radio is very sensitive. As sensitive as my Grundig G5, a very sensitive radio. All the big stations from the entire world came in with very nice audio.Them I checked the tropical 60 M and 90 M bands and all those low power stations were there too.
Them the ham bands and I was confortably listening to SSB,CW signals. Follow the prior directions by other reviewers in having the clarifier BFO at 1PM and using the proper USB above 10 MHZ and LSB bellow 10 MHZ. Most hams use whole frequencies not fractions (7040 Kc vs 7040.35 Kc)If some one is using fractions use the clarifier. Very strong signals 59+10..20 distort the sound a bit. Just use the antenna atenuator and the audio will be fine.
I am in Miami Fl. and the MW was full of local stations and some faray as Atlanta, NYC,Mexico, Cuba,Colombia etc.I fell it was hot on MW. The rotable antenna works very well.The two filter sections are good too.
LW was full of harmonics from MW.Triple conversion could take care of this.
AIR band: Living just 4 miles from the airport, I was able to listen to MIA approach and Info radio with very strong signals.
FM: The stereo sounds very nice and I was able to listen to local and distance stations such as, WIRK 107.9 W.P. Beach and WWWK 105.5 In Islamorada, The florida keys. These FM stations being about 100 miles away.
All of the above while using the whip antenna.
The memories are easy to store and retrieve.
I am keeping the radio. It is not my R75 or Sony 2010. I remember paying $300 for the Sony 2010 back in 1985 and the radio is still working. The battery cover has some tabs that maybe fragil but I do not anticipate any problems. The analog signal meter is nice. Being able to leave the lights on is nice. Over all a nice table top radio for the money. AE4TO
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DEANO
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Rating: 3/5
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Dec 5, 2009 21:33
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FAIR TO MIDLAND IN THE $200 PRICE RANGE
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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My initial purchase of the Grundig Satellit 750 resulted in a defective product due to the fact that it had that "motorboat" sound on the AM(medium wave) band which I've read about on other reviews. Furthermore, the radio was almost completely "deaf" on this same band. However, since I liked the design of the radio, I decided to return it for an exchange via Universal-Radio, Inc. On my second try, the radio works pretty much as promised. To me, the audio is only fair and not in line with the "real" Grundigs of the past. My CC Radio 2 has better audio. One thing I cannot understand is why the designers decided to include that incessant "beeping" for practically every function it performs.(i.e."BEEP" when you change bands; "BEEP" when pushing the light or "sleep" button; "BEEP" when it changes meter bands; "BEEP" when you change the tuning steps etc.) WHY ?? I can't believe it was put there to assist the visually impaired.Am I missing something here ?! Anyway, after consulting with the poorly written manual and deriving no solutions, I contacted the Eton Corporation and was told that there was no way of disabling the "beeps".Therefore, I guess the only way to alleviate the problem is to perform a "beepectomy"(snip-snip).Otherwise, the radio is fairly sensitive on all bands; although, the aircraft and longwave bands are essentially useless. I can't fathom why a scan funtion cannot be used on the aircraft band, similar to that of a scanner. SSB, in my opinion, is fun to use. And, I do like the lighted dial and it's related options. Overall, I have to say it's okay, but not worth the $300 price tag. $199 would be more in line with it's quality and performance. Speaking of quality,I do believe that most of the problems the other consumers are having are essentially related to quality control issues and not operator errors. I just hope that these Chinese components hold out. I've had my Panansonic RF-2600 for almost 28 years and it still performs like the first day. We'll see. I agree with another reviewer in that you should "count your blessings" if you should stumble on a unit free from the quality control issues.
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AD4C2006
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Rating: 2/5
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Nov 26, 2009 09:20
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Lot to wish in this receiver
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I have been a ham all my life and by my hands hundred of good receivers has passed from the tube era to today solid state ones.So I do have some experience in HF receivers.
Been a former owner of a Grundig Satellit 800 few years ago and having sold it (Big mistake on me) I thought that buying this S750 was going to be equal or even better that former S800.What a false statement.!! Grundig went backward designing this "toy" receiver.
I got it day before yesterday and it took me just 4 hours to realize that is away from been a professionally designed receiver.
For SW listeners who only are interested in AM receive,that's ok but I wanted something better.
First of all is lacking sensitivity on FM and AM SW with the whip antenna extended all the way out.I could not pickup FM stations from Miami that is only 50 miles south from me when I remember with the GS800 all of them came trough very strong,also on SW either AM or SSB it has low sensitivity,I had to use all the time an external dipole to hear some stations on 40 and 20M during the day,and now come the worst,when I heard a strong station with a signal of more than S9 on SSB they all sounded distorded on the speaker because the AGC level is not enough to handle strong signals,If you try to reduce the RF gain using the RF control even at minimun the signal received will sound distorded.
The VFO tunes khz by khz so that means is kinda difficult to look for SSB stations which freq are in between Khz,only using the plus minus SSB knob you will find their voices but sometimes you are at the wrong side of the passband and they don't sound clear.
The radio is a good looking pretty one but it don't work as I expected to work.
Onlything I found good is that the audio quality is great.
This receiver needs to be redesigned specially in the area of AGC.
End of the story,I sent it back to the store the next day I received it.I will buy something more professional like an Icom R75 even If I have to pay more but this $300 receiver is not for the serious sw listeners.
AD4C
Lake Worth/FL
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KWV8DA
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Rating: 2/5
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Oct 18, 2009 17:39
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awful QC/ eton no help
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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radio was fine for about 50 days and then started to lock-up on the keys, alarm would go off night and day, light would come on for no reason. also this radio does not receive ssb signals sent by am.
sounds like a motor boat. it did receive ssb signals well that are sent by ssb. when listening to radio off whip, and putting a wire ant. in connector, it would increase the ant. signal without switching to ext. ant. no 12hr. choice for clock. signal meter dark and hard to see. eton wanted me to pay s/h to have repaired, said it would take at least a couple of months. i bought the 750 from a famous brick and mortar radio store, and they did not want to stand up and replace it. after i sent them a "notice of tort" they gladly gave me a free return slip, all my money back, and let me keep the free gift(an200 ant.) they had no faith in sending me another one for fear it would not work well either. eton is an awful corp. to deal with !
great looking, great sound for music is what i will remember. for the few who got a good one,
count your blessings.
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KB0XR
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Rating: 2/5
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Sep 9, 2009 05:32
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I'm not thrilled with mine
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I've been buying SW radios since 1958 when I got a Hallicrafters S38DB. Lots of them thru the years although I still love the S38 for what it is and what it isn't.
I played with the 750 at a "Ham" store during a recent promotion. A no sales tax event. Anyway, I must have gotten wrapped up in the "Excitement" that day cause I ended up buying one to use in the den at home.
Now after several sessions with it, I find the excitement wore off rapidly.
Pro: nice audio tone. Memory management nice after reading and re reading the LOUSY manual. Good looking in a military sort of way. Good MW reception. Small footprint on the desk. Very easy on batteries. Fairly sensitive on the SW bands-apparently deaf on LW although there is not a lot to listen to in the midwest. Line out jacks are nice. Mine runs through a Cambridge Soundworks AM/FM receiver.
Con: Volume control on the wrong side for a right handed listener. BFO must be manipulated for sideband rather than a simple USB/LSB control. Movable MW antenna is nice but mine is scratchy during movement. BNC connectors for SW coax requires adaptors unless you already use BNC on your antenna coax. BNC for a hobby type receiver? RF gain appears to be dead through most of its travel. Lots of images in MW band. Stations show up in multiple places on the "Dial".
I'll probably keep it. Would I buy one again? No. I'd spring for the extra bucks and buy the E1.
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FM5GB
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 8, 2009 15:30
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good little radio!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I brought mine back from Canada a month ago; I've been amazed by the quality at such a good price (299 canadian $).
I've been inactive on ham bands for about 18 years; my last rig was Icom IC 761.And as far I remember it did'nt sound that better but cost ten times as mutch 20 years ago.
The Satellit 750 :
- is rock stable
- is easy to use
- has excellent audio.
- has not a single birdie on the whole coverage
- shows no noticeable spurs or intermods even on crowded broadcast bands with strong signals...
- has some BFO pulling affecting audio on very strong signal (can be corrected using the attenuator)
I'm feeding it with a 2 x 15 metre V-shaped dipôle through 50 ohm coax.
Even the 1KHz tuning step on shortwave is not hard to manage; for sideband receiving just leave the BFO control knob on the 12 o'clock position and tune in a signal (most operators like havin' no fraction of KHz on their transmit frequency), then slightly ajust the BFO if necessary. A breeze!
Tuning in signals on AM-MW is also very nice using the rotatable ferrite rod (even some strong LW stations from Europe can be heard here in the Carribean in the late evening!)
I would like to know the third order IP of this little rig (probably not bad !)Where could this info be available ?
Sure a good buy !
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N0CEK
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 19, 2009 18:30
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S-750
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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It amazes me that anyone would give this radio a review of less than 3.
Have had mine for one week now and it performs Very well. Yes if you want to nick pick you can find areas that could be better.
Over all its just what I wanted and expected. It is a good receiver with excellent sensitivity, and selectivity. Audio quality on AM and FM are real good. SSB works great, if yours doesn't work as good as a HAM receiver you have a defective radio.
Controls and features to my mind are adequate. Small rig dictates small control knobs. no problem to me but may put off others.
I keep my radio in the narrow filter setting which seems to have better AGC action on AM signals.
The AM and FM audio quality is very listenable even on music.
I thought this radio was pricey at $300 to $400, anything under $240 seems fair price to me, and that is how I am rating this rig.
Overall I am pleased with my unit, and am glad I got it at a really good price. I will use this rig as bedside table top and camping radio.
I own and compared this radio with a Grundig S-800, 350DL, Sony 7600GR, Sansung 909, GE superradio, and Zenith 3000-1. Using whip antenna only.
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