{"id":12626,"date":"2015-03-16T09:14:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T13:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12626"},"modified":"2015-03-16T09:16:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T13:16:47","slug":"ray-compares-his-jrc-nrd-515-and-commradio-cr-1a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/ray-compares-his-jrc-nrd-515-and-commradio-cr-1a\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray compares his JRC NRD-515 and CommRadio CR-1a"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CommRadioCR1a\"<\/a><\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Ray (WB8VDS) recently commented<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I have continued to run A\/B comparisons between my CR-1a and an NRD-515. Digital to Analog competition.<\/p>\n

My NRD-515 has been a station favorite for many years. I find the two radios are pretty much equal in terms of performance. Sensitivity between the two are even. The wide range of BW filter options on the CR-1a are a real plus. My 515 has the stock 2.4 mechanical and the 500 hz cw filter.<\/p>\n

The CR-1a with the portability, long battery life and internal speaker makes this one awesome receiver. I plan to use this radio when camping and recharging via a small solar panel should be a snap. A small QRP transmitter with T\/R switching is the works.<\/p>\n

I was really blown away by receiving an email from the president of Comm Radio concerning feedback I left on their website.<\/p>\n

Big performance in a small package. 5\/5+”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for your comment, Ray! Wow–The JRC NRD-515 is a classic. It’s great to hear that the CommRadio CR-1a<\/a> stacks up so well against this benchmark.<\/p>\n

Like you, I love<\/em> the portability of the CR-1\/CR-1a line. The internal battery powers it for hours at a time. I’ve hinted to CommRadio that they should design a small companion transmitter for portable QRP–link the two together and that would be one cool piece of kit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SWLing Post reader, Ray (WB8VDS) recently commented: “I have continued to run A\/B comparisons between my CR-1a and an NRD-515. Digital to Analog competition. My NRD-515 has been a station favorite for many years. I find the two radios are pretty much equal in terms of performance. Sensitivity between the two are even. The wide […]<\/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":[3,26,129,43],"tags":[1626,1625,2773,1627,2772,3698,3697,3696,3695],"class_list":["post-12626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","tag-commradio","tag-commradio-cr-1","tag-commradio-cr-1a","tag-cr-1","tag-cr-1a","tag-japan-radio-company-nrd-515","tag-jrc-nrd-515","tag-nrd-515","tag-ray-wb8vds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3hE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43088,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/deans-love-of-the-jrc-nrd-515-spans-35-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":12626,"position":0},"title":"Dean’s love of the JRC NRD-515 spans 35 years…","author":"Thomas","date":"May 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dean Bianco, who kindly allowed me to share his note which accompanies the photo above: Me and my then brand-new JRC-NRD-515 in 1985. 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