C Crane CC Skywave AM, FM, Shortwave, Weather and Airband Portable Travel Radio with Clock and Alarm

I was a little apprehensive about spending $90 for another radio. I've had many,but the reviews convinced me this was the ultimate travel radio. After spending a day using it, I am very pleased with my purchase. I like the fact it can go everywhere(and it will)and can fit into a pants or jacket pocket. I also like having ten presets with easy access. There are more presets available,but ten is more than enough on each band. The ATS feature is a nice bonus,as well. ATS works nice on Shortwave,but there are so few Shortwave stations worth listening to. Most of them are in a different language and 90% of the English transmissions are of a religious nature and are worthless to me. Honestly, I was expecting Sangean PR D5 performance on AM, and this is the only shortcoming I have found. The AM is excellent.but not quite as good as the PR D5, my usual reference. Maybe it;s the size,but it is far better than any radio this small I have ever owned. The FM is exceptional. The Skywave can really separate the signals. We have a 10,000 wattt station on 1070 two miles from here. WBAL in Baltimore on 1090, about 140 miles from here will come in. For example, the CCrane EP, the best AM long distance radio I have cannot receive it. Selectivity and sensitivity are both superb. The included headphones are high quality and the FM sounds great. It's nice having the Weather band. I haven't used the Aircraft band yet. There are only a few small regional airports near here. I have and have had many radios. This little gem will be with me everywhere, The sound is not tinny at all, and it;s only slightly larger than two pocket radios I have the CCrane Pocket and The Sangean DX200. The speaker on the CCrane is tinny. There is no deep bass feature. The sound out of the Sangean is better with the extra bass feature, and it is nice the Skywave has voice and music settings. Both talk and music sound better on the music setting. The Skywave is a winner. It is a lot of radio in a very small package and it is worth the 30 or so extra dollars over a traditional pocket radio.

Well, UPS stopped by a couple of hours ago..... Let me give a little history. About a year ago I went radio crazy and bought 5/6 radios, the most expensive about $60. Had analog SW on a few. Well, anyway, got frustrated with the SW after a few hours of "searching" around. Also, had hoped to "pull in" distant AM stations late at night. That didn't work out either (I think that's called DXing). If I'm not mistaken, about the time I quit foolin' with my radios C Crane announced the Skywave. Frankly, I can't remember what caused me to consider and then buy this radio. For the past couple of hours, I've been going through the instruction book (which is great) and trying out some of the functions and bands. On shortwave picked up a station in Nashville (I'm in Virginia Beach). Nice country music....then, the station sent me to another frequency and it turned to one of those whack-job so-called Christian stations. Used the ATS and the radio picked up a bunch of channels on SW. I'm listening to one of those now. Haven't a clue as to where it is???? Speaker is fine. I think it's amazing that it's so small and sounds so good (hey, I'm an old guy and my hearing ain't all that great). Size seems perfect. If it were smaller the buttons would be too small. And, see no advantage of it being larger. I'm maybe five miles from our airport and the tower frequency comes in decently. Tried a few local FM stations and they were fine. So far it's been easy to learn the functions. As I mentioned a well-written instruction booklet. Anyway, as I said, I've only had this a few hours (dang, I just heard Beijing....wow, that's cool.....of course, I could be wrong). This is surely meeting all of my expectations and then some. (China radio international, yes, I guess it is China) This is cool. Frequency is 6020 and it's 9:30 PM EST. Here's a link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Radio_International For newcomers, I'd suggest going through the instruction booklet front to back. Sure made it easy for me. This is not what I would call an inexpensive radio. That said, based on my limited experience with several other small radios this is fairly and reasonably priced for what it is. I surely have no buyer remorse and I'm sure this will provide many hours of great radio listening. Hey, I'm listening to China for cryin' out loud!!!!! Changes I'd like to see. Yes, just one. A filter to get rid of those darn Christian stations (Yes, I know I'm sure I ticked off a bunch of people with that comment.) If you're on the fence about buying this, I can think of no reason you shouldn't. The specs and features are accurately described. It is what it is and that's fine with me. Regards, George EDIT: BTW, before ordering I called Amazon and they said, Yes, this is the latest model with the changes. EDIT: 12:15 AM Radio Havana 6000 Don't forget about the bandwidth button, it makes a difference.

Excellent radio. Highly recommended. Slightly tinny on the sound. With 400 memories and lost of features. Its very sensitive and very immune to adjacent channel interference. Excellent on batteries, should last weeks. The ATS works really well an the AM and FM bands. In the SW bands the ATS is limited to pre-defined band segments rather then the entire SW band. This is a somewhat limiting feature, but understandable. You can tune with the knob in fast or coarse, with the direct frequency entry, or with the up/down keys. And of course the memory buttons. It also has seven weather bands and airplane band. There a BW filter options and 9/10KHz tune option on the AM

Bought for Hubby who is connected to wireless radio 24/7. Tired of hearing static so I thought this one would be great for him, he loves it throwing all others away. I might purchase it aerial antennae to go with it.

Excelente radio muy buena recepcion en todas las bandas AM-FM-WX-AIR-SW. Diseño compacto, buen sonido alta sensibilidad, stereo ajuste ancho de banda, sintonía fina. super contento con esta compra lo recomiendo.

World radio sw

Great reception . Great sound . Good size for travelling . Would prefer the buttons a little raised , rather than flush with the body , for ease of location in the dark . Main use is when travelling , so I like the small size and light weight .