[Lowfer] Grundig g5 sale at Radio Shack

[Paul Daulton]

I loked up the Eton e5 and find it to be identical to the G5
gives another alternative to search for. The G6 is priced reasonably at $90 
on a couple of sites.

G5 not a great performer at LF but copies NDBs well and I got a couple of 
600 meter stations.

For $40 the alternative is a ne602/lm386 direct conversion. I woiuldnt pay 
list but at $40 had to have one.

Looking at the G6 I found a site with demo's on youtube of Loop antennas, 
good material. Several guys have asked me about where to find info on small 
loops , will direct them there.

73 Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <k2ors at verizon.net>
To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Grundig g5 sale at Radio Shack


> The Grundig G3 has very mixed reviews (to put it mildly), see:
> http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/8447
>
> I have several Grundigs, a G6, Satellite 650 and the Eton E1 and E5.
> The old Satellit 650 is by far the best of the lot and by far the most 
> expensive.
> When you buy a cheap portable ( less than $300) expect images, intermod, 
> poor selectivity and terrible performance at LF.
> Even the very best portables are marginal on LF, there is no getting 
> around the need for a decent antenna, a good front end, and good crystal 
> filters!
>
> The most I ever use a portable for on LF is in the shack (or maybe down 
> the street)  to see if a transmitter is putting out on a given frequency, 
> but there are much better tools for that (spectrum analyzer).
>
>
> 73 Warren K2ORS
>          WD2XGJ
>          WD2XSH/23
>          WE2XEB/2
>          WE2XGR/1
>
>
> May 22, 2010 10:13:57 PM, lowfer at mailman.qth.net wrote:
>
> Yes, the G5 is only available at some stores.  It's a discontinued item. 
> I
> found only one out of the three stores within 40 miles of my QTH.
>
> The G3 is a more modern product with synchronous AM detection, selectable
> sideband reception, etc.  But as I told the clerk at the store where I
> bought mine, I'll be using it out in the field...literally.  If I'm going 
> to
> risk dropping a radio in the mud, I'd rather it be the $40 unit than the
> $150 one. :)
>
> John
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