{"id":1536,"date":"2011-08-03T19:35:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T00:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2011-08-03T19:35:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T00:35:45","slug":"c-crane-observer-on-sale-this-week-for-29-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/c-crane-observer-on-sale-this-week-for-29-95\/","title":{"rendered":"C.Crane Observer on sale this week for $29.95"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I just received an electronic sales ad from C.Crane<\/a> announcing that they’re selling off their stock of the C. Crane Observer for $29.95<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Though this is not<\/strong> a shortwave radio<\/em>, I do think this is a superb value. I’ve used the Observer; it is sturdy, has excellent AM reception (it is a C. Crane, after all) and also includes FM and the NOAA weather bands (useful in the US). It also has a flashlight and even a fully functional dial light.<\/p>\n

The Observer also has excellent ergonomics, is simple to operate, and–best of all–has the added feature of being self-powered.<\/p>\n

What’s more, C. Crane also includes adapters which can be plugged into many cell phones and iPods to charge them using the radio’s crank power–again, a highly useful feature if you lose power and need to place an important cell phone call.<\/p>\n

This is a great little radio to have on hand in case of a power outage or severe weather. C. Crane claims that this offer is only good while supplies last<\/a>; I doubt they will last long.\u00a0I’m going to hasten this process, and take one from their stock, myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just received an electronic sales ad from C.Crane announcing that they’re selling off their stock of the C. Crane Observer for $29.95. Though this is not a shortwave radio, I do think this is a superb value. I’ve used the Observer; it is sturdy, has excellent AM reception (it is a C. Crane, after […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[519,517,516,427,518],"class_list":["post-1536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radios","tag-c-crane-company","tag-c-crane-observer","tag-cc-observer","tag-noaa","tag-weather-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-oM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28862,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/noaa-weather-radio-review-three-excellent-choices-under-90\/","url_meta":{"origin":1536,"position":0},"title":"NOAA Weather Radio Review: three excellent choices under $90","author":"Thomas","date":"October 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Jim T, who writes with the following inquiry: Wondering if you can give me some guidance re: NOAA weather radios. 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