On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:40:06 -0800, "Frank103"
wrote:

I bought an Eton 1 from Circuit city as a Christmas gift and it was
delivered yesterday. I took it out of the box to check it out. I live in the
Las Vegas area which has about 15 AM stations and 25 FM stations. The Eton 1
could barely bring in about one-half of those stations. Just incredibly poor
reception. The whip antenna made very little difference when it was
extended. I don't have an outside antenna; it was just plug and play - and
it didn't pick-up that much to play. I mean here's a worldband radio that
can't get stations 30 miles or less away. Am I missing something? Thanks in
advance.
Frank

What is the serial number of your radio? Circuit City seems to be
shipping radios with the serial number less than 2000. Radios built
after early 2006 should be above 5463. Radios in the range of 3067 -
5462 were recalled. It is possible they selling refurbished units, it
seems strange they would selling units this old. You may wish/hope it
is defective in which case they may replace it with a brand new
current manafactured unit.