Herculodge reader Robert was kind enough to describe his experience with his Grundig G6 Aviator: I just purchased one from Amazon.com for $99 and received it two days ago. The reviews about the FM bleeding into the AIR band are correct. Very disappointing. I'll not send the radio back to Amazon but will definitely contact Grundig about it. The build quality is nice, the buttons are small but easy to push and seem to have positive engagement. The screen is also tiny but has plenty of information on it. The jog wheel works well in both modes and the SSB is implemented well and is easy to use. I also like the rubberized feel of the plastic - it won't easily slip out of my hands. The light is very good. The antenna does not pop out a fraction of on inch to fully clear the top of the radio like most others, but, if you prop it up on the flip out stand, it seems to point upwards fairly well and is adequate. Position on the stand is good. A Sony AN-LP1 works with the radio but definitely will overload it sometimes. There is no built in attenuator and the tuning is not as fine as I'd like but the slow jog setting seems to help. The radio smells funky too. Something I have never had to say about a radio before! Must be the rubberized plastic. Also, the carry strap is internally mounted instead of connecting to an outside metal loop. I hope that doesn't break off any time soon. Lastly, the reception on the SW bands seems to be pretty good so far in limited testing. The sound is good and it's TINY so it's very portable. Oh, and if you enter in frequencies on the AIR band directly, you tend not to get bothered by the FM bleed. Only a big problem with the jog wheel and slewing. Oh, I'd also like a decimal point in the frequency readout. I can't imagine that was such a problem to implement that they left it out. It's worth $100 but could be better. If it had some fixes, it would be worth $150. I would have paid that for a slightly better implementation of this radio. One more thing I forgot to add. The auto scan function seems to be poorly implemented and may need work. Last night around 6,000 and above, there are usually plenty of strong stations to hear but auto scanning just seemed to pass them all by! I slewed manually using the jog wheel and found plenty of stations around that band. Don't know why the scan was bad. Perhaps it scans too fast for a lock?
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Over the years, Eton has had a long string of product disappointments.
Posted by: Tom Welch | June 29, 2008 at 08:37 AM
I don't use my Eton E10 or Eton Sound 100s of which I have 4 that I'm trying to sell unsuccessfully on Amazon.
The G6 sounds like a disappointment.
Posted by: jeffrey McMahon | June 29, 2008 at 08:42 AM