Grundig Satellit 800 Review

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Grundig satellit 800 review.

Our first review in the new hf radio section sees john ddraigmor reviewing the grundig satellit 800 millennium hf receiver and finds it to his liking but is it worth the 400 price tag. The satellit 750 is admittedly a less ambitious radio the us version now lists for 350 compared with 500 for its two predecessors and is generally available for around 275. The satellit rates 1 2 in my am mega shootout article. Over the years i have been an swl i have owned some fairly decent bits of hf kit.

Another problem is that the grundig s size makes it cumbersome if not impossible to orient the radio for best am reception. For this comparison both radios are sharing the same antenna and audio system. Review by thomas r. These include a yaesu frg7700 a realistic dx 394 an ancient valve.

Again the grundig satellit 800 keeps pace with the hammarlund sp600 and may. The eton version is chinese trash. It s my personal opinion that the grundig satellit 650 doesn t get the attention it deserves elsewhere. The grundig satellit 800 millennium receiver may well have been the most anticipated radio in the past few decades before shipping in early 2000.

Drake ohio usa and built in china. I have the actual grundig satellit 800 and it has hands down been the best portable sw am mw fm radio ive ever owned. The discontinued and very large grundig satellit 800 lw mw sw fm aircraft portable receiver. More than 12 months.

Purchased 1 of the satellit 800 radios last year for my boat. Also the internal ferrite rod on the satellit runs front to back a change from earlier units which had the rod oriented in the more usual lengthwise position. I bought a second hand grundig satellit 800 on ebay condition is very good first thing i noticed its huge for a prtable compare to my other receivers hooked up to a pk loops 30metre wire anrenna with a balun at around 5 metres high can pick hf aircraft from around the world for vhf its hooked up to an icom ah7000 discone. The grundig satellit 750 tecsun s 2000 has an impressive lineage the most recent top of the line model from eton was the eton e1 and before that the grundig satellit 800.