GCC RADIO EQUIPMENT USERS REVIEW ETON AND GRUNDIG S350 DL This Radio has been used in the GCC since Dec 2006 its been a great addition to the listening post.  I now have a second one which really replaced the first one.

This radio has been a great addition to the listening post for general radio listening.  I have not heard any pirate radio stations on 6955 and 6925 on this radio yet.  But I am waiting to tune them in with this radio with a wire antenna.   This radio is good for general  everyday broadcast listening and if you need to copy SSB signals you will need to couple a BFO circuit next to the radio like the Ten Tec BFO kit which is fun to build.  The radio however is good at AM distant station listening also i has narrow and wide controls, and tunes from : Frequency Coverage         BAND          PROPAGATION BEST 518 kHz to 1750 kHz     MW       USE DAY/NIGHT(DX)  2930 kHz to 8407 kHz    SW 1    USE AT NIGHTTIME  7855 kHz to 17522 kHz   SW 2   USE AT DAY /NIGHT 16838 kHz to 28634 kHz SW 3   USE AT DAYTIME 86.40 MHz to 108.9 MHz  FM     LOCAL / E's Summer   Antenna  Requirements  FM  - FM Dipole Antenna / Whip  AM - Loop Antenna          SW -  Wire Antenna or Dipole Antenna           FM - 75 ohms       AM/SW  - 500 ohms    Power Supply Requirements 4 AA Batteries or 4 D Cell Batteries  6 Volt  AC Adapter  Supplied.

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IMPROVING AM/SW RECEPTION WITH THE TERMINALS ON THE BACK OF THE RADIO

The radio requires a 500 ohm antenna connection.  So what do you do if you don't have a 500 ohm antenna? The problem is that the radio seems to overload at night when the 41 meter to 90 meter bands are active so at night I use this type of connection for my radio to reduce overloading.  There are other attenuator circuits since this is simple this will be in the public domain as is.  This requires a 10K or 100 K potentiometer  to overcome the overload image problem.   Connect the longwire antenna from indoors or out using the 1 st terminal of the potentiometer solder it.  Then use the middle part of the potentiometer if still overloads use a series resistor that would be suitable.   Use the 3 rd part of the potentiometer for the ground connection then connect this connection to ground.  GCC is not responsible for any damages.   The circuit is used as  for experimentation only.  Please use lightning protection for as any other installation will say.  Grounding is a must for better reception.   Overloading can be cured with the MFJ-956

Since its 300 ohms you might consider using good 300 ohm cable to connect this antenna for improved AM reception.  You can open it up and add more turns for to meet 500 ohm impedance.

GRUNDIG  ETON DIGITAL DISPLAY DEMO

Set To SW Band

Set To FM Band

Set To AM (MW) Band

ABOVE ALL THIS AND CONS

This radio is a good radio, but the problem is that one thing is missing is the LW bands.  The GCC likes to have radios with LW since most broadcasts are Europe, Asia and Africa.  If this radio had LW it would indeed outperform my DX 398 cause its a great radio for AM (MW DXing.  FM DXing is great on this radio as well and Shortwave well, needs RF engineering improvement to reduce overload & RFI