{"id":14935,"date":"2015-09-24T07:19:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14935"},"modified":"2015-09-24T07:19:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:19:01","slug":"jeffs-bedside-radio-search-ends-with-the-sangean-cl-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/jeffs-bedside-radio-search-ends-with-the-sangean-cl-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff’s bedside radio search ends with the Sangean CL-100"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sangean-CL-100\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My pal, Jeff McMahon, over at the Herculodge<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n

A week ago, my Sangean WR-2<\/a> was fried when the electric company surged my house. I replaced it with the Grundig S350DL<\/a> but it drifted too much.<\/p>\n

I then used my superior Crane-SW <\/a>radio (same size as the big Grundig) and guess what? It died! Those cheap radios today seem to die after 5 years or so.<\/p>\n

So I looked through the myriad of unused radios in my cabinet and unearthed a Sangean CL-100<\/a> purchased in 2011. For whatever reason, it no longer works with batteries (old double As were left in there and leaked a tiny bit but compartment looked clean enough), so I plugged it in and it works.<\/p>\n

FM is better than my Sangean WR-2. I think it has a DSP chip.
\nAM is better with low background noise, amazing for a radio this small.<\/p>\n

Speaker is not as good as the WR-2, but it\u2019s clear and okay since I listen mostly through earbuds.<\/p>\n

Tiny footprint on my bedside table, which I like.<\/p>\n

The menu system is easy enough to use though I wonder if down the road I\u2019ll encounter bugs.<\/p>\n

I bought this for about $45 and now it\u2019s about $12 more.<\/p>\n

It really suits my needs.<\/p>\n

[A] man needs a strong performing bedside radio. That\u2019s the backbone of a collection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indeed it is, Jeff!<\/p>\n

I see why you like the CL-100<\/a>. For a bedside radio, the flat\/horizontal form factor also makes it less susceptible to being knocked over when you reach for it in the dark.<\/p>\n

As for battery operation, you may try removing some of the corrosion on the battery contacts with a file or something mildly abrasive. I’d also hit it with a little Deoxit. (Though knowing Jeff, he’s probably already on this.)<\/p>\n

\"Lead_Free_Solder_05mm\"<\/a>Having your Sangean WR-2 fried by the power company is bad enough, but then finding out your C.Crane CCradio-SW isn’t working just adds insult to injury.<\/p>\n

I should note that, in general, I think C.Crane products are built as well as most others on the market.<\/p>\n

I often wonder if premature product failures have less to do with poor quality control and more to do with the lead-free solder electronics manufacturers are forced to use these days.<\/p>\n

Many moons ago, a friend\u00a0sent me this article which outlines concerns about the use of lead-free solder in the military and aerospace industries<\/a>. It’s worth a read and certainly points out\u00a0inherent flaws. I often wonder if nearly all of our modern consumer electronics are prone to fail within a decade; you know, planned obsolescence at its worst. Perhaps I’m overreacting.<\/p>\n

When I build kits or repair electronics, I only use traditional lead-based solder.\u00a0Not only is it easier to use, but I feel it will last longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My pal, Jeff McMahon, over at the Herculodge writes: A week ago, my Sangean WR-2 was fried when the electric company surged my house. I replaced it with the Grundig S350DL but it drifted too much. I then used my superior Crane-SW radio (same size as the big Grundig) and guess what? It died! Those […]<\/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":[373,3],"tags":[189,2940,4246,4247,4248],"class_list":["post-14935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-news","tag-ccradio-sw","tag-herculodge","tag-lead-free-solder","tag-sangean-cl-100","tag-sangean-wr-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3ST","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35551,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/bedside-radio-jeff-ousts-the-sangean-wr-2-in-favor-of-the-grundig-g4000a\/","url_meta":{"origin":14935,"position":0},"title":"Bedside radio: Jeff ousts the Sangean WR-2 in favor of the Grundig G4000A","author":"Thomas","date":"January 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Our friend, Jeff McMahon, over at the Herculodge blog has just replaced his bedside radio--he writes: Inexplicably, the Sangean WR-2 wasn't getting 89.3 KPCC without static, distortion, and bleed-in from another station, over the last few weeks, even with the wire FM antenna attached to the back of it. 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