{"id":29922,"date":"2018-01-02T10:03:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T14:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29922"},"modified":"2018-01-02T10:03:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T14:03:36","slug":"bill-recommends-the-hermitshell-travel-case-for-cc-skywave-radios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/bill-recommends-the-hermitshell-travel-case-for-cc-skywave-radios\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill recommends the Hermitshell travel case for CC Skywave radios"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Bill (KD5XN), who writes:<\/p>\n

I enjoyed your article on the C Crane Skywave SSB this month in the Spectrum Monitor<\/a>. I too have both of the Skywaves now, and agree they are near-ideal travel radios.<\/p>\n

I bought a protective case by \u201cHermit Shell” that I stumbled across on Amazon<\/a> that may well be one of the best protective cases I\u2019ve ever seen for a portable radio.<\/p>\n

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It is made specifically for the Skywave(s) and fits like a glove. I believe one could kick it across a parking lot and never worry about any damage to your radio it\u2019s so well padded. I put the earbuds and a clip lead for attaching to a reel antenna into the pouch in the cover. Not much else is going to fit.<\/p>\n

I know that you are also a \u201cbag geek\u201d so I\u2019ve sent the Amazon link for you to peruse.<\/p>\n

[…]The only slight negative that I could say is that the cased radio is approximately twice the thickness of the radio alone, if tight packing is an issue.<\/p>\n

I just thought I\u2019d pass this along as I don\u2019t recall ever seeing anyone mentioning it. At $14.99 it\u2019s cheap but good insurance if you travel where things \u201ctake a beating.”<\/p>\n

73, Happy Holidays and thank you for all your reviews and articles.<\/p>\n

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Click here to view on Amazon.com (affiliate link).<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for your recommendation and tip, Bill!<\/p>\n

We actually have mentioned this on the SWLing Post<\/em> before<\/a>, but obviously the article is rather buried at this point. Thanks for the reminder.<\/p>\n

Like you, I do see the negative that this case effectively increases the size of the CC Skywave for one bag travel, but it would certainly do a fine job protecting the Skywave in transit. Indeed, I believe that’s a pretty acceptable compromise. I especially like the fact that the earbuds will also fit in the case.\u00a0 \u00a0I might pick one of these up with some Christmas credit I have at Amazon.<\/p>\n

Afterall, the CC Skywave SSB is a $150 radio–! I suppose since I buy $15-$20 protective cases for my $150 smartphone, my radio should at least get the same treatment! It’ll certainly outlast my smartphone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Bill (KD5XN), who writes: I enjoyed your article on the C Crane Skywave SSB this month in the Spectrum Monitor. I too have both of the Skywaves now, and agree they are near-ideal travel radios. I bought a protective case by \u201cHermit Shell” that I stumbled across on Amazon that […]<\/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":[4199,3,43],"tags":[6722,2303,6398,2304,5635,1153],"class_list":["post-29922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bill-kennedy-kd5xn","tag-c-crane-cc-skywave","tag-c-crane-cc-skywave-ssb","tag-cc-skywave","tag-hermitshell","tag-shortwave-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7MC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38502,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/dennis-approves-of-the-hermitshell-case-for-cc-skywave-radios\/","url_meta":{"origin":29922,"position":0},"title":"Dennis approves of the Hermitshell Case for CC Skywave radios","author":"Thomas","date":"July 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who notes that after seeing a number of posts about radio cases, he thought he'd share a link to the case he uses for the C. 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