{"id":10142,"date":"2014-07-03T11:21:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T15:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10142"},"modified":"2014-12-13T09:18:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T13:18:30","slug":"the-cc-skywave-c-cranes-latest-shortwave-portable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/the-cc-skywave-c-cranes-latest-shortwave-portable\/","title":{"rendered":"The CC Skywave: C. Crane&#8217;s latest shortwave portable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CC-Skywave.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10143\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CC-Skywave.jpg\" alt=\"CC-Skywave\" width=\"472\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a>The CC Skywave is the latest shortwave portable from the manufacturer and retailer, C. Crane. \u00a0 While\u00a0this radio&#8217;s form factor looks a lot like the <a title=\"CCRadio-SWP in the SW Radio Index \" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/db\/2010\/12\/c-crane-ccradio-swp\/\" target=\"_blank\">CCRadio-SWP<\/a>, \u00a0you can tell, based on features, that this is a complete re-design internally. Indeed, the Skywave sports an NOAA weather radio\u2013and an aviation band\u2013as well as AM\/FM and shortwave.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the features C. Crane lists for the CC Skywave:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AM, FM, Weather plus Alert, Shortwave (2.3-26.1 MHz) and Air Aviation Band<\/li>\n<li>Direct Entry of a Frequency plus Auto Scan and Store<\/li>\n<li>Lighted LCD Display<\/li>\n<li>Selectable Fast or Fine Tuning on all Bands Except Weather<\/li>\n<li>400 Memory Presets<\/li>\n<li>Runs on (2) AA Alkaline batteries (not included)<\/li>\n<li>(Optional) CC Skywave Power Adapter w\/ Mini USB Plug Required for Charging NiMH Batteries.<\/li>\n<li>Stereo Headphone Jack and Fold-Out Back Stand<\/li>\n<li>Clock with 12\/24 hour format, Alarm<\/li>\n<li>Rotary Volume Knob<\/li>\n<li>High Quality CC Buds Earphones and radio Carry Case included<\/li>\n<li>One Year Limited Warranty<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions:\u00a04.75&#8243; W x 3&#8243; H x 1.1&#8243; D<\/li>\n<li>Weight: approximately 5.5 ounces without batteries<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccrane.com\/c\/pdfs\/instructionmanuals\/cc-skywave.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to download the user manual (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a title=\"C.Crane Skywave order\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ccrane.com\/Shortwave-Radios\/CC-Skywave-Radio-With-AM-FM-Shortwave-Weather-and-Aviation-Bands\" target=\"_blank\">Skywave is now available to order on the C. Crane website<\/a>. Since availability is scheduled for July 14, 2014, ordering online is a means of reserving your unit. \u00a0I would expect C. Crane to ship on time;\u00a0this is\u00a0a retailer with a good\u00a0track record.<\/p>\n<p>I do hope to review the Skywave in the coming weeks.\u00a0<strong>Update<\/strong>: <a title=\"Review of the C. Crane CC Skywave portable radio\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/review-of-the-c-crane-cc-skywave-portable-radio\/\">Click here to read a full review of the CC Skywave<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CC Skywave is the latest shortwave portable from the manufacturer and retailer, C. Crane. \u00a0 While\u00a0this radio&#8217;s form factor looks a lot like the CCRadio-SWP, \u00a0you can tell, based on features, that this is a complete re-design internally. Indeed, the Skywave sports an NOAA weather radio\u2013and an aviation band\u2013as well as AM\/FM and shortwave. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,43,357],"tags":[318,2303,2304,2307,2306],"class_list":["post-10142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-index","tag-c-crane","tag-c-crane-cc-skywave","tag-cc-skywave","tag-skywave","tag-skywave-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2DA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27831,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/the-c-crane-skywave-ssb-a-sneak-peek\/","url_meta":{"origin":10142,"position":0},"title":"The C. 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Here is the catalog description: \"The Skywave is the ultimate travel radio\u00a0with great AM\/ FM, Shortwave, Aviation\u00a0and Weather. Performance is excellent\u00a0and it is small and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"This image of the CC Skywave, clipped from the CCrane online catalog","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/CCrane-CC-Skywave-226x300.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":28666,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/cc-skywave-ssb-c-crane-publishes-pre-order-page-with-pricing-availability-and-features\/","url_meta":{"origin":10142,"position":2},"title":"CC Skywave SSB: C. Crane publishes pre-order page with pricing, availability and features","author":"Thomas","date":"October 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"C. Crane has published a full pre-order page for their latest travel portable: the CC Skywave SSB. The price is $169.99 US--they've noted an expected ship date of sometime after November 3, 2017. We've been testing a pilot run CC Skywave SSB and recently posted photos. 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