{"id":36334,"date":"2019-02-27T07:23:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T11:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=36334"},"modified":"2019-02-27T07:23:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T11:23:19","slug":"stan-compares-the-c-crane-ccradio3-with-the-ccradio2e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/stan-compares-the-c-crane-ccradio3-with-the-ccradio2e\/","title":{"rendered":"Stan compares the C. Crane CCRadio3 with the CCRadio2E"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/i> contributor, Stan Horzepa (WA1LOU), who shares the following post originally published\u00a0on his blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I bought a first-production-run C.Crane CCRadio3<\/a>\u00a0AM\/FM\/WX\/2-Meter receiver after reading K4SWL\u2019s preview on his blog, The SWLing Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I already own the highly-regarded C.Crane CCRadio 2E Enhanced<\/a>, which I reviewed here<\/a>\u00a0five years ago, so I decided to compare the two on the AM, FM and weather bands. Before comparing the two radios, I recalibrated the antennas of both radios, then with the radios sitting side-by-side, I tuned each radio through each band channel-by-channel<\/p>\n

My findings follow.<\/p>\n

On the AM band, the 3 captured signals faster than the 2E.<\/p>\n

Occasionally, signals were stronger on the 3 than on the 2E and vice versa<\/i>, but most of the time, the signal strength was the same on both radios. So I conclude that the sensitivity of the two radios are the same.<\/p>\n

I tried the 3\u2019s new Bluetooth function before reading the manual. I just pressed the Bluetooth button to access the Bluetooth mode and my iPhone and MacBook Pro found the 3 without pressing the radio’s Pair button, as instructed by the manual.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, the differences I found between the 3 and the 2E were (1) the 3\u2019s ability to capture AM signals was noticeably faster than the 2E and (2) the addition of the Bluetooth function in the 3.<\/p>\n

I did not notice any other performance enhancements. I was hoping that the 3 might be more sensitive than the 2E (not that the 2E is not sensitive\u00a0\u2014\u00a0it certainly is!), but I’d say that the 3 and 2E Enhanced are about equal sensitivity-wise, as well as selectivity-wise.<\/p>\n

Believe it or not moments… During the comparison, I was very surprised that on two occasions (on 820 and 1500 kHz), each radio simultaneously received different stations while tuned to the same frequency!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to check out Stan\u2019s blog.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you for sharing your thoughts after comparing the two receivers, Stan! I think this supports the idea that if one owns the CCRadio2E and doesn\u2019t need Bluetooth functionality, there\u2019s no real reason to upgrade to the CCRadio3. With that said, and as I think you found Stan, the Bluetooth functionality in the CCRadio3 is excellent. It must be one of the best Bluetooth receivers I\u2019ve tested and as you point out, it\u2019s also very easy to engage and use.<\/p>\n

Thanks again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Stan Horzepa (WA1LOU), who shares the following post originally published\u00a0on his blog: I bought a first-production-run C.Crane CCRadio3\u00a0AM\/FM\/WX\/2-Meter receiver after reading K4SWL\u2019s preview on his blog, The SWLing Post. I already own the highly-regarded C.Crane CCRadio 2E Enhanced, which I reviewed here\u00a0five years ago, so I decided to compare […]<\/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":[373,433,836,3,3196,26,129],"tags":[318,7649,7607,7648,7651,7650],"class_list":["post-36334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-new-products","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-radios","category-reviews","tag-c-crane","tag-c-crane-ccradio2e","tag-c-crane-ccradio3","tag-ccradio2e","tag-ccradio3-ccradio2e-comparison","tag-stan-horzepa-wa1lou"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9s2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36013,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/preview-the-c-crane-ccradio3-am-fm-wx-and-2-meter-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":36334,"position":0},"title":"Preview: The C. 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