{"id":27831,"date":"2017-08-31T09:22:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T13:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27831"},"modified":"2017-08-31T09:42:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T13:42:43","slug":"the-c-crane-skywave-ssb-a-sneak-peek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/the-c-crane-skywave-ssb-a-sneak-peek\/","title":{"rendered":"The C. Crane Skywave SSB: A sneak peek!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tuesday afternoon, I took a number of portable radios to the field: the Tecsun S-8800, Tecsun PL-880, Digitech AR-1780, C. Crane CC Skywave and the new C. Crane CC Skywave SSB.<\/p>\n

Last week, I received a pilot run (pre-production) CC Skywave SSB<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0from C. Crane to test and provide feedback. My unit, of course, is still subject to cosmetic changes and engineering tweaks.<\/p>\n

Since this is not a final iteration of the product, I won’t comment or review performance other than to say that if you like the original CC Skywave, you should love the new CC Skywave SSB.<\/p>\n

C. Crane has kindly given me permission to post a few preview photos.<\/p>\n

CC Skywave SSB Photos<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>First thing you’ll notice is that the CC Skywave SSB is essentially identical to its predecessor in size and shape.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the CC Skywave SSB fits the original Skywave’s carry case perfectly. If you’ve purchased a custom protective case–like this one<\/a>— for the original Skywave, it’ll fit the CC Skywave SSB like a glove. \u00a0 \"\"<\/a>As you can see above, the front panel design has changed, though. The CC Skywave SSB accommodates four additional function buttons and sports a re-designed speaker grill (similar to\u00a0the CC Pocket Radio<\/a>).\u00a0\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Nice touch! C. Crane thought to use that little piece of real estate behind the backstand.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As many of you know, I’m a one-bag-traveler-kind-of-guy\u00a0who never<\/em><\/strong> leaves home without a shortwave radio<\/a>. On one bag travels, of course, I only carry one<\/em> full-featured portable. Space is too precious to carry two.<\/p>\n

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Listening to the 2016 BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica while traveling in Canada with the CC Skywave.<\/p><\/div>\n

The original CC Skywave has pretty much been my go-to travel radio since it was released. I’ve taken it everywhere.<\/p>\n

I’ve also taken the amazing\u00a0Sony ICF-SW100<\/a>\u00a0and the full-featured\u00a0Grundig G6<\/a>\u00a0(which even includes the AIR band) on trips when I wanted access to single sideband mode–something the original CC Skywave lacked. (Note that both of these radios are now discontinued.)<\/p>\n

But when traveling in North America or by air, I really appreciate the Skywave’s excellent NOAA weather radio and access to aviation frequencies on the AIR band. Very handy features for the traveler who likes to stay informed.<\/p>\n

By adding single sideband mode to an already capable ultra-compact travel radio, C. Crane has created a welcome radio traveling companion indeed.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday afternoon, I took a number of portable radios to the field: the Tecsun S-8800, Tecsun PL-880, Digitech AR-1780, C. Crane CC Skywave and the new C. Crane CC Skywave SSB. Last week, I received a pilot run (pre-production) CC Skywave SSB\u00a0from C. Crane to test and provide feedback. 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