{"id":28887,"date":"2017-10-25T06:44:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T10:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28887"},"modified":"2017-10-25T06:44:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T10:44:12","slug":"weather-radio-review-steve-recommends-the-sangean-cl-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/weather-radio-review-steve-recommends-the-sangean-cl-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather Radio Review: Steve recommends the Sangean CL-100"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Steve Lebkuecher, who comments on our recent post about weather radios<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I have the Sangean CL-100 and highly recommend the radio for several reasons and in fact I bought several for family members as gifts. The Sangean CL-100 looks like an alarm clock and is what I use as an alarm clock but the CL-100 is a full featured weather radio as well.<\/p>\n

The audio quality for general broadcast is excellent for a radio this size and the build quality is very good. I bought mine several years ago and have not had any issues. (About $60.00 from Amazon<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Some of the features I like and why:<\/p>\n

S.A.M,E (Specific Area Message Encoding) Alerts only for your county. If a thunderstorm passes through a county next to you at 4:00 AM you will not be woken up. This has happened to me several times with my previous non S.A.M.E radio and I just ended up turning the radio completely off which obviously left me vulnerable to the next event.<\/p>\n

Selectable Alerts \u2013 disable alerts that you may not care about such as wind advisory. Again I have been woken up with my previous weather radio that didn\u2019t have this feature for a wind advisory early in the morning. Very irritating.<\/p>\n

End-of-message (EOM) Radio turns off after alert is given so you don\u2019t have to get out of bed just to turn the alert off.<\/p>\n

RBDS (Radio Broadcast Data System) You can set the radios clock as well as the radio will display station ID and song name.<\/p>\n

Display is excellent and has a wide viewing angle plus you can adjust the brightness. I do wish the display was a little bigger and mounted on the front of the radio VS the top so it would be easier to see the time if you wake up during the night.<\/p>\n

Two separate alarms and can be programed for different days of the week.<\/p>\n

Human Wake-up System \u2013 Alarm starts at a very low level and gradually builds up in volume. You can set the alarm to buzzer or radio broadcast. I hate being jolted out of bed by a nasty sounding alarm.<\/p>\n

The jacks include DC power in, stereo earphone, AM external antenna, FM\/weather external antenna, aux-in, external alert and grounding terminal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for your review of the CL-100, Steve! I had forgotten about this particular weather radio and didn’t realize it was still on the market. I now recall an earlier post where Jeff McMahon touted the CL-100<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I love the CL-100 display and the fact that it doubles so well as a proper alarm clock. At time of posting, I notice one on eBay for $44 shipped<\/a>–I hope someone buys it before I do. (Seriously–I’m very<\/em> tempted.)<\/p>\n

Shop for the Sangean CL-100 at:<\/p>\n