The C. Crane Co. CCRadio Plus
Dave Pitzer
"good" general purpose table radio with an above average AM section. Any
comments?
Dave Pitzer
Susan York
I bought one a few months ago, and am very pleased. It is solidly
built, hears very well indeed, and has very clear sound. Sort of the
old "Super Radio" made digital, and built like a tank. I find the WX
alert very handy, though if you are going to use that, it definitely
wants to be run off 110V rather than batteries, since the receiver is
on continuously even with the radio switched off. You can turn that
feature off, if you wish. As with any specialty product, it probably
is a bit pricey, but I find it well worth the cost.
--
Susan
Bob Miller
wrote:
You might call and ask if they've improved the digital display. I have
a plain CCRadio, and the display only lasted about two years before it
quit showing numbers and letters. Fortunately, I put all of my
favorite stations in memory before the radio went blind.
I asked about their repairing the display, and they want a minimum of
$49.95 plus shipping both ways.
Otherwise it is a good radio, altho' I'm not sure it's really much
better a DX-type radio than others. Still, it does have the 8-inch
ferrite antenna, plus screws where you can attach an external AM
antenna.
My much cheaper GE SuperRadio has about the same receiving
capabilities, but with analog tuning, and a better audio setup; it's
like a little mono boombox.
bob
k5qwg
Cecil Moore
I bought one hoping to receive 10kw WTAW clearly at night
from 30 miles away. It's a nice radio but didn't solve
that midnight reception problem. My Grundig Yacht Boy 400
receives just as well as the CCRadio Plus.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp
Mike Luther
Cecil Moore wrote:
Isn't our old friend WTAW on streaming audio as well? I think I recall
hearing that it is. As a thought to the original poster, perhaps the
stations he is seeking are on streaming audio over the web as well.
Incidentally, I'd love to be able to get KMVL-AM in Madisonville where
you are, at the in-town family home site in College Station, at night,
chuckle. But at night on 1220 when KMVL-AM is at 3 watts, that's even a
few DB worse than your choice for 10KW, grin.
W5WQN
--
--> Sleep well; OS2's still awake! ;)
Mike Luther
Cecil Moore
> Isn't our old friend WTAW on streaming audio as well?
I'm just lazy. My IC-756PRO also receives it pretty well
on my G5RV. But my computer and ICOM are not in my bedroom
and I like to set the CCRadio timer to one hour so it will
turn off automatically after I go to sleep listening to
Coast-To-Coast AM with George and Art.
> Incidentally, I'd love to be able to get KMVL-AM in Madisonville where
> you are, at the in-town family home site in College Station, at night,
> chuckle. But at night on 1220 when KMVL-AM is at 3 watts, that's even a
> few DB worse than your choice for 10KW, grin.
WTAW advertises 10kw but may run at reduced power at night.
That might be part of the problem. And I could switch over
to KMVL but music doesn't put me to sleep as fast as Art
Bell. :-)
garigue
Hello Dave .... I would not reccommend the CC radio for a number of
reasons. First I find that it is susceptable to noise ...don't ask me why
...I am not an engineer ..... The damm beeping of this thing on band change
is unnecessary and irritating. It does not have the ability , with the
internal antenna, to pull stations apart and out of the mud ... IMHO. The
display could use a little more contrast for my back none of life eyesight.
I live about 30 miles from Pittsburgh and have difficulty with AM stations
from there at night ....which was the main reason I got the radio. The
small Toshiba F 11 I bought years ago is a better AM receiver. I don't
have any experience with the GE super radio but I know fellows that like
them. Reception probably would be better with a turnable loop but I have
other projects to work on before that happens. The expense - performance
curve is way off ....again IMHO.
Hopefully you will be more satisfied than I am if you go this route.
Take care ..... Tom Popovic Belle Vernon PA
Mike Luther
Cecil Moore wrote:
> WTAW advertises 10kw but may run at reduced power at night.
> That might be part of the problem. And I could switch over
> to KMVL but music doesn't put me to sleep as fast as Art
> Bell. :-)
Double :) :)
Asimov
--- on the heady topic of "Re: The C. Crane Co. CCRadio Plus"
CM> From: Cecil Moore <myc...@arrl.net>
CM> Xref: core-easynews rec.radio.amateur.antenna:220052
CM> WTAW advertises 10kw but may run at reduced power at night.
CM> That might be part of the problem. And I could switch over
CM> to KMVL but music doesn't put me to sleep as fast as Art
CM> Bell. :-)
No wonder it puts you to sleep. Here you are with an IQ of nearly 170
and to have to listen to perfect morons using 10 gallon words
inappropriately must just lull you into unconsciousness before they
reach the end of their speil. You have to be a masochist!
A*s*i*m*o*v
... Plato was a bore. - Friedrich Nietzsche
Cecil Moore
> No wonder it puts you to sleep. Here you are with an IQ of nearly 170
> and to have to listen to perfect morons using 10 gallon words
> inappropriately must just lull you into unconsciousness before they
> reach the end of their speil. You have to be a masochist!
Just trying to support my fellow ham, Art Bell. :-)
amdx
"Cecil Moore" <myc...@arrl.net> wrote in message
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I lost interest in Art Bell when he interviewed a lady who said,
"I got into the mind of the spider, as he crawled across the wall."
Mike
Cecil Moore
> I lost interest in Art Bell when he interviewed a lady who said,
> "I got into the mind of the spider, as he crawled across the wall."
Now "Be The Beast" is on the National Geographic channel.
Did you hear Art Bell interview Wayne Green?
Bob Miller
>amdx wrote:
>> I lost interest in Art Bell when he interviewed a lady who said,
>> "I got into the mind of the spider, as he crawled across the wall."
>
>Now "Be The Beast" is on the National Geographic channel.
>Did you hear Art Bell interview Wayne Green?
Wayne's recommended reading list was pretty amazing. Did they really
fake the moon shot in a TV studio?
bob
k5qwg
Cecil Moore
> Wayne's recommended reading list was pretty amazing. Did they really
> fake the moon shot in a TV studio?
I saw "Destination Moon" back in the '50's.
Joel Kolstad
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> I lost interest in Art Bell when he interviewed a lady who said,
> "I got into the mind of the spider, as he crawled across the wall."
I distinctly recall him interviewing a guy who was discussing how, if you just
thought about it hard enough, you could be telekinetic and move large boudlers
around just like Luke in The Empire Strikes Back. He kept saying something
like, "You can't be Jesus, you can't be Satan, but anything else you can be!"
:-)
Just because Art interviews loons doesn't mean that (1) he's one or (2) his
listeners are. It's just entertainment, plain and simple...
Joel Kolstad
"Bob Miller" <NOS...@neosoft.com> wrote in message
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> Wayne's recommended reading list was pretty amazing. Did they really
> fake the moon shot in a TV studio?
It's kinda humorously ironic that the reason some of these "we faked the moon
landing" types are so sure of themselves is because they're so ignorant or
just plain downright dumb that they, personally, can't understand all the
science required to pull it off. Granted, there probably is no one single
person who _does_, but at least most people are savvy enough to recognize that
(1) there are people smarter -- much, much smarter! -- than themselves and (2)
a bunch of average people with limited skills can, while working in a
well-organized effort, achieve extraordinary results that no single human ever
could.