Eton Elite 750 Shortwave Radio. The ultimate shortwave, or overpriced hype? Let's take a look! 

I got the Tecsun branded S2000 about three weeks ago. I’ve had incredible results with the built-in whip, a longwire, and an MLA-30+. I really enjoy DXing with it. I’ve been running it with batteries to reduce potential noise and they last forever in this thing.

Thank you for taking the time to make and post this excellent review on the *Eton Elite 750 Shortwave Radio* ...

I’ve always wondered about this radio, now you’ve sold me! Great video!!!

Thank you for your review, refreshing to hear a positive review for a change on a great radio.

I have one of these and love it, but I love my mint Kenwood R-5000 even more.

Thank you so much for picking up the radio. I was wondering about this receiver.

After finding your channel a while back I became interested in all things radio! I was able to locate an Eaton 750 still in the box, from a private seller and picked it up for $200. Not as good of a deal as yours but I didn’t think I did too bad. I haven’t had much time to fool with it but hopefully I will be able to soon. (my youngest is a senior in high school) Keep the great videos coming!!!

Thanks for the video. It certainly looks like you got a steal on that radio. I know you will have a blast with that one. I just got a Tecsun pl 680 yesterday.

Thanks for the demo. I just bought one ($500 new from Hammacher Schlemmer) and look forward to listening to ham and international aircraft.

Thanks for reviewing this...been curious about this radio's quality. You definitely got a great bargain there!

Excellent radio, I bought one in 2012, with an external antenna, the reception is excellent.

Recently found your channel and enjoying the radio videos had a CB in the 70’s and and now I’m getting interested in short wave will have to get something less expensive to start with keep the videos coming

I have one a few months, mine works great across all the ham bands. I have it wired up to a 10’ brass curtain rod above my desk an it has very good overall ears with that in all bands. The slightly wobbly dial is the only clinker on there, but it works fine. Good filter too.

What an amazing radio. Now I want it more than ever. I will keep searching for a used one. Because its so expensive

Great buy Eric, I have always wanted one. But am really enjoying my Software Defined Radio and using a remote connection I can listen to it on my laptop anywhere in the house!

Nice radio at a great price!As always thanks for the video,Erik.

Great radio, very familiar as a Grundig previously, as others have mentioned. 91.5 MHz FM would give you something different in the UK or at least in South Yorkshire, that frequency we receive BBC Radio 3 (the arts, classical music network) LW in Europe is almost coming to an end. RTE Radio 1 (Ireland) on 252kHz closed sometime last year and BBC Radio 4 on Long Wave 198kHz is to close in March 2024. The end of an era, as the frequency for BBC on LW has been around since the 1930s! Also the BBC on LW was instrumental in WWII, for sending messages to our Allies across Europe. Before Radio 4, it carried BBC Radio 2 (our MoR network) among others.

You got that incredible unit at a superb price. Thank you for preparing and sharing the video.

Better shortwave reception than my Yaesu 5000. Very impressive. Been looking at one of these as a pure receiver for a long time, I might just go for it. If I can find a deal like yours especially.

I actually just bought this radio after seeing you using it.

Nice radio. I had my DX 160 on last night for a while. I’m still learning how to use it.

I would love to get one of these!!

I bought one of these around 8 years ago. They have doubled in price since then..Mine says Grundig Satellit 750 on the case...its a beast

I have had this radio for a year ,it is awesome.....

I broke down and ordered one. Tiny discount for black Friday for $360. It should be here today. I can't wait.

I have had one for a few years and agree that this is overall a really good shortwave receiver, is quite sensitive, and audio is really clear and loud. I have it currently hooked to my scanner antenna (certainly not tuned for the HF bands) and receive even in the tight valley where I live; it works surprisingly well for both SW and FM. A few complaints, one, I am not a fan of lightweight plastic for base units - maybe showing my age, but I like heft and durability. VFO knob, as much as I use it, I wish it had a much better control and knob. But my biggest complaint, and I have yet to open it up and to implement a solution - if using external power and there is a power outage, it does not fall back to battery power for time and alarm retention. Once internal capacitors discharge, clocks are lost. I do not use memory features so I do not know if that is lost on power loss with the plug in. Power outages are a frequent part of life where I am in Western NC mountains. The loss of clock is irritating, but certainly not a deterrent for purchase. One caution, the power plug is 6V and is reverse polarity from 99% of everything else on the market. I have mine on a 12 bus powering other gear, but use an inexpensive 12v-6v DC-DC converter for this receiver. I was relieved when I double checked polarity markings on the connector when assembling. Thanks for all you do!

I've had the Tecsun S-2000 version (same radio, different branding I gather) for a couple of years. A really great, comprehensive allrounder that is very hard to fault IMHO. And despite comments, I'd suggest the retail price is actually very reasonable. Would thoroughly recommend it as a "one stop shop" radio receiver for the semi-serious enthusiast and a handy backup/"quick look-see radio receiver" for the dedicated enthusiast with a selection of Icom/Yaesu/Kenwood etc etc...

I had to get rid of my 4'led light from all the static it created on my SW/CB radio. Love it!

Ty for your review, demonstration. Have to get one, off grid living.

Love this radio. Use it with a long wire or a PKLoop. Lot of money but you get a lot of radio. Have the Tecsun S2000 version. Same radio different brand name. Spent many an hour tuning this beauty. Nice video too.😊😊😊

I have this radio (with Tecsun S-2000 brand) and use it with 4 D-batteries which work for ages.

I got mine, the Grundig version, back in 2009. It was on Amazon for $249 and a Lightning Deal popped up for $149 and I grabbed mine NIB. Sits above my workbench and has a carefully placed external long wire that runs outside. Works great on all bands, and I listen to SW and AIR most of the time.

Warning: The 6v DC power supply requires a non-standard Center Pin Negative Polarity. If you utilize a Positive Center Pin Polarity power supply by accident it'll be toast as the board lacks reverse polarity protection. Nice set though Eric, despite the critics. I own two myself. Very much enjoy your content.📻

That is an awesome rig without a doubt!😏👍

Great radio. Eric. I used it for transatlantic flight comms here in southern Maryland

Good feature for the am broadcast band, being able to rotate the antenna instead of the hole radio to improve reception.

Yeah, that unit has always been on my wish list. Price is a bit too rich for my pocketbook. Glad you got a good deal on one. 👍

Nice radio and nice Amber illumination

great review man! new sub here ;) ham radio technician but also a vintrage gaming lover ;) appreciate it

I miss my Sat 750 - someone stole it while we were camping several years ago - hope they enjoy it as much as I did.

I have the Satalit 750 by Grundig. It is truly a fantastic radio. I have hooked it up to a 70 ft external wire antenna that is strung up a tree. Not as good reception as some of my ham radios, but way more bands of frequencies available. Great review BTW.

Looks like a solid machine.

I bought a used Grundig Satellit 800 off of Ebay years ago and still have it. The radio is excellent too but even used is was higher priced verses the Eton Elite 750. The radio did not come with a power supply block and I did find one but the power supply block is noisy on SW and a linear power supply would need to be used with the Grundig Satellit 800 radio. Finding the original power supply is hard to find and that's the only drawback to that radio.

The reason you didn't get nothing on airbend you had it on Long wave I also have that radio I've had it a couple years now I enjoy it

If you push and hold the 0 key, it turns the beep on and off... I have the Grundig version, got it in 2011, great radio...

I had the Eton E1 years back and just couldn't handle the ripping paper overtone to it. Been on the look out for a Satalit 750 or Elite 750 for the right price. I'll have to do the saved search as you did. Something is bound to come up for a good price.

I got my Satellit 800 at Radio Shack in the early 2000's for a 100 bucks . It was a display model with no box and they threw in auniversal power supply because the original was lost

I have 2 short wave radios for a direct comparison: 1.) The Tescun S-2000 (Eton 750) with an Tescun An-48x antenna below the roof top and 2.) the Tescun PL-990x with an Tescun AN-03L antenna in my living room. The S-2000 is a very nice and stylish radio with a very good sound but imo the PL-990x is the better shortwave and ultra short wave (in English: FM) receiver. The problem I have with the S-2000 is that I have sometimes a brilliant reception and hours late its poor with lots of noise and other side effects. My be its an antenna problem. I'm still learning. In the end I love it too. By the way: Operating/Tuning the S-2000 helped me to understand the PL-990x better.

I picked up the original Grundig 750 for an astounding $20 at a yard sale! No way I would pay what is being charged for a new one. If you want an excellent quality receiver find a Drake R8 or R8b. Then you will have the best that leaves the rest in static! Btw, the switch on the side selects either internal rod antenna or the external inputs.

very nice radio think they started off as a grundig s wave radio i have the stalite 800. grundig which had prtenered up with drake that used to make ham radio gear. then you strated to see etons which look similar. but fun radios to play with but that model has more bells an whistles

Good demonstration. Looks like nice quality set made in the old way of a good portable am shortwave set. like in the tradition of old Zeniths and Hallicrafters . looks like those expensive Sonys they use to make too Decent portable AM and short wave set. Looks nice. Thank you for demonstration .. Anthony ham radio ve4akf

This radio is also known as Tecsun S-2000. 👍

I am delighted to hear good vibes about this radio. Last week I bought a second hand Tecsun 2000 which is the same radio. I absolutely love it. Yes... The sound quality is excellent. I want to do some short wave listening but only have limited space to hook up an antenna. I am currently knocking up an ATU from an old wafer capacitor and tube with wire wrapped around it and tapped. I would welcome any advice on how to rig up a portable type aerial that I can take out to the garden and bring back in when not in use. Do I really need to dig a 6ft hole for an earth? Do I really need an earth?

Fantastic radio receiver, if you don’t want/need transmit capability, this is the way to go! Hook up that loop antenna you have and the clarity will blow your mind.

You need to set up a long wire antenna or better yet an outdoor PA0RDT active antenna for to receive LW better than what you're getting on there.

I have the exact radio, but it's a Grundig Satelit 750, it was my Dad's. After he passed away I've been getting his junk mail, I believe he got from Hammaker Schlemmer (spelling?). They showed it at $600, and I can't get anything but static except on AM & FM with it.

Super cool!

I got the small PL 880 and i love it

These are great radios - I have the Grundig version. Just need more SW broadcasters! RUGER

THE EATON IS PART OF MY RADIO ROOM DREAM. A EATON, A RADIO SHACK PRO 400 SCANNER ALL CONNECTED TO A DISCONE ANTENNA.

I have the grundig satellit 750, the original version. It's 6 years old, performs perfectly. It's reciever is as good as my yaesu ft101

Hi ,great review. I’m thinking about buying this radio. I have very little experience with radios so I have a couple questions about the connectors for the external wire. Do you need the ground wire hooked up all the time or just when your using the sw wire. And what kind of plug goes in the lw/mw directional antenna ?

Thank you ! RWB

Can you please Do a Review on the AOR 8600 Scanner and what Antenna would be best Love from a UK 🇬🇧 Fan 😎👊🏻❤️

Nice radio!! Great review. What is there to listen to on shortwave in 2022?

i have a 102 ft inverted v on mine, made it come alive !

When I should buy a radio it should be the TECSUN S-2000 It has a 455 kHz ZF-output which can be used for ex. as DRM-converter. And what I am missing is an ETM/ATM function. That is also not available on the Tecsun S-2000, but is available on cheaper Tecsun's

Is there a difference between the Eton Elite 750 vs Tecsun S2000? Thanks. I see on line the Tecsun generally goes for $100+ more

One of mine says Eton and my older one says Grundig there are some Tecsun 2000 you can still find

very nice.

I recently purchased a Tecsun S2000 which is exactly the same radio and I'm having great fun fiddling with it as I'm entirely new to this sort of radio. I need a much better aerial (sorry, antenna!) so I'm restricted in what I can actually listen to as yet. Can you guys recommend a good suitable antenna?

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Great radio, I don't care what 1 particular RU-vid channel says.

I have this radio and am pleased with it. The only downside is that the air band doesn’t have auto search.

Hello, What you are calling air band (LW) I never get anything either except when at the coast, NJ shore, FL coast. Next time I go to the nearby Bahamas I will test the band outside US. I would think long wave would be for short distance ground wave and not for propagation. That Eton looks sweet. How much are they? Thanks so much. Arnie Gibbs

LW is Long Wave, which was only ever used in Europe and South America as far as I know. 100 - 500 khz, while AM / Medium Wave is 500 - 1700 khz. Air band is VHF, 120 - 130 mhz or so (just above the FM broadcast band, but is actually AM). Since it's vhf it's line of sight, so you won't hear much unless you are near an airport. If you get lucky you'll hear some planes calling in overhead but that'll be a few seconds of transmission.

Thats a great radio..i want one..lol

Is the long wave air band in the states used the same as in OZ for NDB radio compass usually has morse ident of location A lot have closed here now i assume the rely on GPS now days We had one just out of town 257kh indent RUG01 dismantled now but 2 nice towers still on the hill The perfect radio shack 🤔😊

Tecsun S-2000 appears to be the same radio.

The empty box contained the mains power lead on the Asian variants, they had an internal power supply

Yeah,you lucked out for $100!! 😏 Looked on Amazon last night, 😮 $500.

I might get me one of these.. looks like it would be some night fun for a 70 year old insomniac

Somebody said that the narrow filter is too narrow and wide is too wide without a compromise. Does the telescopic antenna rotate to receive horizontal polarization on USW? Strange that they went for an expensive, disposable D-cell battery while other Tecsun radios have a lithium battery. Why do no radios, even the more "serious" ones go above 30 MHz?

Ive seen issues with bandwidth reported, meaning that the wide filter is too wide. Way way too wide. Its sold under a variety of badges, I always liked it but I have a similar radio the Grundig Sattelit 800 Millenium which is similar in appearance just larger if you can imagine that and Im happy with it, and thats all that matters, are you happy with your radio, you are, excellent. Enjoy Dxing. 73 buddy.

If you don't mind me asking. You mentioned you bought your radio open box. How much did you pay for it? Thanks.

This is a OK. Radio being a old ham guy a couple of buds bought them and found the band spread a bit wide and both had a wobbly tuning knob . For the cost you can for a bit more new get. Icom Kenwood or a Grundig which are both much better receivers .

I am a.complete and total novice but I am so intrigued. I see SW radios with SSB on Ebay that say "aircraft radio". What's the difference?

These radios do feel cheap and plasticky until you put in the D cells, then they get quite heavy. They do receive very well though and I like that all the bands have inputs for external antennas even the medium wave BCB. What I don't like about it is the lack of a fine tuning control that makes it hard to tune in SSB on shortwave.

I'll stick to my TS - 590-S , it actually transmitts. 50 Khz to 54mhz. I have a licensed VHF repeater that talks Chicago to Milwaukee to Rockford. Everything is same as my TS - 590S. Except mine will transmit. The other advantage is I have antennas outside. Not a radio mounted antenna. Those stations are in the Carolinas. A very large group of religious stations. Can you pick up WWV ? all 4 frequencys 2.5 and 5 and 10 then 15 Mhz ?

How does this compare to the realistic DX 300? Which one would you say is better receive? Better audio?

hi, i am new to this field, have not gotten my ham license yet, but have a question for you: can this radio be used to listen to the military Morse bands used in Eastern Europe and other places around the world? my military background was intercepting morse code from Russia, eastern europe in the early 80's. would i be able to emulate this work on this setup? thanks

If you put an external antenna on it, what would you recommend?

Nice radio, do you hear anything on Longwave? I haven’t heard anything down there in years, and not even a navigational beacon.the bands on short-wave have been exceptionally good over the past few weeks.

So, can you respond to any signals on shortwave or cb or just listen?

Farpoint farms you should set the clock to utc for shortwave

Can you help a guy out here? What the difference in the Eton Elite 750 NELITE750 vs Eton Elite 750, besides the price?

LW is Longwave, LW is below the MW Mediunwave (AM Broadcast Band) LW is popular in Europe. US Amateur Radio has 2 LW allocations 135.7 to 135.8 and 472 Khz to 479 Khz. Thank You for reviewing this radio, I've been watching prices on it and got one today from Amazon for $301 73 De N9HXV

Holy crap that’s clear audio

Would you say that this is as good as, better or worse than the Grundig Satellit 650?

I have one radio like that and the bateríes working over a year