{"id":29863,"date":"2017-12-30T15:39:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T19:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29863"},"modified":"2017-12-30T15:39:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T19:39:08","slug":"michael-is-favorably-impressed-with-the-c-crane-cc-skywave-ssb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/michael-is-favorably-impressed-with-the-c-crane-cc-skywave-ssb\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael is favorably impressed with the C. Crane CC Skywave SSB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Michael (N9YZM), who writes:<\/p>\n

Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n

I took the plunge and purchased the Skywave SSB. It was under the tree on Christmas morning.<\/p>\n

It was with some trepidation that I unwrapped it and installed a pair of AA batteries. I had read all the reviews<\/a> regarding whistles and whines and had decided to give it a go anyway, particularly with the knowledge of the manufacturer’s excellent reputation for product support.<\/p>\n

I am pleased to report no whistles or whines so far!<\/p>\n

This morning I was listening to the breakfast club net on 3973 kHz. Reception, with just the whip, was not quite as good as my Commradio CR1-a<\/a> with the W6LVP loop<\/a>, but still very readable, and good enough to put a smile on my face and remove any thoughts of returning the radio to the manufacturer.<\/p>\n

Air band, Weather Channel, FM, AM all seem to work great. I bought the radio primarily to throw in the bag when travelling, and can’t wait for the next business trip! I will still take the PL-880, and do some comparisons.<\/p>\n

If I could change anything on the Skywave SSB, It would be to soften up (or remove) the detent on the tuning knob.<\/p>\n

Holy Grail definitely comes to mind !!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Excellent, Michael! It sounds like your Skywave SSB is one that received a proper calibration and quality control run! I think you’ll find it makes for a superb compact travel radio.<\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing your review!<\/p>\n

As a side note, my full (4,300 word–!) review of the Skywave SSB has been published in the January 2018 issue of The Spectrum Monitor magazine<\/a>.\u00a0 You can purchase and download the issue for $3, or (better) purchase a one year subscription for only $24. As I’ve said before<\/a>, TSM is one of the best values in our radio hobby!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Michael (N9YZM), who writes: Hi Thomas, I took the plunge and purchased the Skywave SSB. It was under the tree on Christmas morning. It was with some trepidation that I unwrapped it and installed a pair of AA batteries. I had read all the reviews regarding whistles and whines […]<\/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":[3,26,129,43,154],"tags":[6398,6397,6677,6718,4085,4082],"class_list":["post-29863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","tag-c-crane-cc-skywave-ssb","tag-cc-skywave-ssb","tag-cc-skywave-ssb-review","tag-michael-sharpe-n9yzm","tag-reviews","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7LF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29295,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/rocky-is-pleased-with-the-cc-skywave-ssb\/","url_meta":{"origin":29863,"position":0},"title":"Rocky is pleased with the CC Skywave SSB","author":"Thomas","date":"November 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,Rocky Robello (KA7EII), who writes: Just got my new C. 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