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- #56,267 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
- #115 in Portable Shortwave Radios
The Elite traveler offers the best performance in radio reception and audio quality and has the looks and style to match. The Elite traveler comes in an elegant leather case with Craftsman stitching that signifies elegance in its finest form. You can listen to the latest news on every radio wavelength-am(mw). and it’s easy to set the station spacing and frequency so your stations come in loud and clear wherever you are. Tmanual, auto, by memory or ATS (auto tuning storage) no matter how you tune in, you’ll see your selected station in high-contrast, bright orange on the LCD display. When you want to tune in solo, just plug in your favorite headphones. The traveler radio Features RDS for FM so you can see the station’s call letters, style of music, song Title, artist and more. When listening to AM stations, simply rotate the radio for the best reception, thanks to the interl anten. For enhanced FM and SW reception, simply pull up the telescoping anten. With local and world time settings, radio and buzzer alarm clock settings, sleep timer and snooze light, the Elite traveler III keeps you in timein any time zone. And if you want to prevent the radio or alarm from turning on all together, Just hit lock. Use 4 AA batteries or plug a 6V AC adaptor into the DC jack (sold separately).
John Russell
Reviewed in Australia on June 30, 2024
The item lives up to its name. Good for travelling, not good for fringe reception. My favourite station of 5Kw output is 50 kilometres away. Average in reception.
Rob R.
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2023
I ordered this Eton Elite Traveler radio as an Amazon Warehouse bargain. It arrived in like-new condition in its original box with its leather flip cover and instructions. Reading through the instruction booklet and setting it up took me all of about 10 minutes. The radio is powered by 4 AA alkaline batteries, not supplied, or an A/C adapter, not supplied, and probably not needed for most people. This beautiful looking small radio sounds great and provides a big sound. The radio receives AM/FM/SW and includes RDS which is a fun feature that displays scrolling station and song information for stations that support it. Finding stations is easily accomplished by either manual tuning using the radio's tuning wheel, or by using the radio's ATS pre-sets feature. This radio has many desirable features such as a wheel for dialing in and displaying local times from around the world, a selectable temperature/signal strength/clock display, adjustments for display brightness, a choice for 9/10 k tuning, fast/slow tuning, and can be set up as a bedside alarm. The main features that made this radio shine for me were its size, ease of operation, a bright readable display, RDS, ATS, good receive sensitivity for FM stations supporting RDS, and a big clear sound. This radio checks all the boxes for me. Things I would wish for would be an external antenna jack, a local/DX choice button, a microSD slot, and a longer antenna. I haven't tested the radio's SW receive capability, but I would strongly recommend anyone intending to buy this radio for that purpose to add a clip-on roll-up wire antenna to their purchase. Also, as nice as the provided leather cover is, I took it off because it prevents me from using the kickstand on the back of the radio. Instead, I ordered an inexpensive generic hard case (6x4x2) for transporting and storing my radio. The Eton Elite Traveler is a fun and feature rich little radio. I suspect people rating it poorly may have had trouble understanding the setup instructions. I found this small radio to be reasonably priced considering it includes RDS, and for me an exceptional value as it was Amazon Warehouse purchase.
Vaibhav Chhabra
Reviewed in India on July 25, 2022
No power cord...
Hector Max Alvelais L
Reviewed in Mexico on April 1, 2022
Lo compré motivado por la buenas opiniones de su desempeño en AM. En esta banda es más bien mediocre, en cambio su sensibilidad en FM es extraordinaria, es perfecto para hacer DX en FM.
Ruben Olmos
Reviewed in Mexico on January 21, 2020
Físicamente tiene buena presencia y su manejo es muy sencillo.
JG
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2019
Two quick caveats; I'm writing this from the perspective of someone that is a complete Longwave/Shortwave beginner, and I've played with the unit from a fairly urban setting (meaning lots of radio interference...).First off, I was immediately struck by the finish and box-opening experience. Thought and effort went into this package. There were no corners cut, nor was there extra fluff. The leather cover that wraps around the radio is buttery soft and cradles the unit nicely. Everything looks and feels solid and robust.The FM & AM bands are, as others have noted, strong, clean, and easy to use. I wanted to test out the SW/LW capabilities, however, as I'd never used them, and knew that there was an outside chance I could pick up a station from far, far away. The instruction manual didn't go into enough detail to help me through that process, and the process of switching from FM-->AM-->SW-->LW isn't particularly intuitive. I spent an hour nosing around the net to pick up the basics...I will throw out this tip....if you can't get LW to work, try turning the radio off and then HOLD DOWN the AM/LW button until the unit toggles back to "LW on". There is an ability to "hide" LW from the regular functioning. This is in the manual, but I missed it the first couple times I read through it.In the end, I wasn't able to pick up anything on LW (and based on ancillary reading, I think this is normal?), and I could only pull in 2-3 Shortwave stations, one of which was relatively clear from India, I think (I'm on the West Coast of the US). I'm going to blame the lack of more breadth on the urban setting, however, lots of wifi routers, phone radios, wifi signals and other assorted interference bouncing around my house. I tend to think if I needed to use this little guy in an emergency situation with most of our modern technologies knocked out, that it would be more useful.I'd also note that for a radio enthusiast that travels a lot internationally, this is an exceptionally compact and useful unit, with the ability to nearly-instantaneously tune in local stations and change the time to local time at the turn of a dial. Neat!
Cezar Ardeleanu
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2019
He's pretty smart! I don't like the color of the screen! In the AM band is incredible! Look like a DX AM: i received a radio channel from 1.416 miles!!!
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