{"id":26492,"date":"2017-06-18T07:57:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T11:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=26492"},"modified":"2017-06-19T07:26:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T11:26:35","slug":"david-seeks-a-feature-packed-swiss-army-knife-portable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/david-seeks-a-feature-packed-swiss-army-knife-portable\/","title":{"rendered":"David seeks a feature-packed “Swiss Army Knife” portable"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The CC Skywave<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, David, who writes with the following inquiry:<\/p>\n

I really enjoy the SWLing site. It’s great and you guys have such good reviews and information!<\/p>\n

I’m looking for a radio and one thing I have not seen on the site is a “features” type breakdown when you could limit the radios by the features you’re looking for. Maybe I missed it???<\/p>\n

I’m looking for a portable radio (option to run on batteries, rechargeable, etc.) that has SW\/AM\/FM and the NOAA bands (perk if it has SAME) and has an Aux In so I can play music from my phone\/whatever on it.<\/p>\n

This will be a radio that I can take camping, to parks, have in the car for trips, gatherings, etc. I’d like it to have enough speaker that music is enjoyable, but not such a large form factor that it’s impossible\/silly to lug around when needed.<\/p>\n

Does such a thing exist!? Any recommendations? Thanks so much.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good questions, David! I like your suggestion about a master feature list for comparing portables. If I have the time someday, I might try to put something like this together (else, perhaps, a Post<\/em> contributor can volunteer for the job?).<\/p>\n

To answer your question…<\/p>\n

You’re certainly looking for a “Swiss Army Knife” of a radio. The only model that comes to mind is the C.Crane CC Skywave<\/strong>. I published a full review of the Skywave<\/a>\u00a0a couple years ago and can whole-heartedly recommend it. (Click here to browse our archive of Skywave posts.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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The C.Crane CC Skywave<\/p><\/div>\n

The Skywave ticks every box on your feature list–it is even capable of SAME weather alerts! It’s also an excellent performer and my favorite compact travel radio that’s currently in production.<\/p>\n

The only item missing on the Skywave is an audio AUX-in port, but I can’t think of any other radio on the market that comes closer to meeting your wish list than the Skywave.<\/p>\n

SWLing Post<\/em> readers:<\/strong> Perhaps you can help? Please comment if you can recommend a portable that meets all of David’s criteria. I may very well have overlooked a model. Obviously, the two features that make this search more challenging are weather radio and an an AUX-in port. Please comment with your suggestions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, David, who writes with the following inquiry: I really enjoy the SWLing site. It’s great and you guys have such good reviews and information! I’m looking for a radio and one thing I have not seen on the site is a “features” type breakdown when you could limit the […]<\/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":[3,26,43],"tags":[2303,595,6252,2832,6253],"class_list":["post-26492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-c-crane-cc-skywave","tag-noaa-weather-radio","tag-same","tag-shortwave-portables","tag-swiss-army-knife-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6Ti","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22550,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/trying-to-chose-between-the-cc-skywave-and-tecsun-pl-310et\/","url_meta":{"origin":26492,"position":0},"title":"Trying to chose between the CC Skywave and Tecsun PL-310ET?","author":"Thomas","date":"December 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Joe, who recently asked in our comments section: \"The CC Skywave is more than double the price of the Tecsun PL-310ET. 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