{"id":46202,"date":"2020-10-28T09:01:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=46202"},"modified":"2020-10-28T09:01:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:01:29","slug":"matts-mediumwave-audio-comparison-of-the-c-crane-radio-2e-and-the-potomac-instruments-fim-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/matts-mediumwave-audio-comparison-of-the-c-crane-radio-2e-and-the-potomac-instruments-fim-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt’s mediumwave audio comparison of the C.Crane Radio 2E and the Potomac Instruments FIM-41"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Matt Blaze<\/a>, who writes:<\/p>\n

I did another head-to-head receiver comparison, this time of two MW BCB AM portables: The C.Crane Radio 2\/e<\/strong> vs. the Potomac Instruments FIM-41<\/strong> field intensity meter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The latter is not intended as a receiver, but rather a test instrument, but it turns out to be the among most sensitive MW receivers I’ve ever used. So I thought it would be interesting to compare its performance with that of a well-regarded modern portable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Audio Comparison:<\/h1>\nhttps:\/\/www.mattblaze.org\/private\/MW-FIMvsCrane.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n
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Our two contenders with comparable portable radios: the GE Super Radio, Panasonic RF-2200, and Sony ICF-EX5MK2.<\/p><\/div>\n

Another brilliant audio comparison, Matt! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together! I actually believe audio comparisons, as you’ve set them up, are a fantastic way of sharing A\/B comparisons.<\/p>\n

Click here to check out all of Matt’s receiver audio comparisons.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Matt Blaze, who writes: I did another head-to-head receiver comparison, this time of two MW BCB AM portables: The C.Crane Radio 2\/e vs. the Potomac Instruments FIM-41 field intensity meter. The latter is not intended as a receiver, but rather a test instrument, but it turns out to be […]<\/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":[373,433,3,26,746,129],"tags":[190,2939,2938,8917,8836,8918,4099,5820,8916,8915],"class_list":["post-46202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-radios","category-recordings","category-reviews","tag-ccrane","tag-c-crane-ccradio-2e","tag-ccradio-2e","tag-fim-41","tag-matt-blaze","tag-matts-audio-comparisons","tag-mediumwave","tag-mediumwave-dxing","tag-potomac-instruments","tag-potomac-instruments-fim-41"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-c1c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46693,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/matts-monster-mediumwave-radio-selectivity-shootout\/","url_meta":{"origin":46202,"position":0},"title":"Matt’s Monster Mediumwave Radio Selectivity Shootout!","author":"Thomas","date":"November 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Matt Blaze (WB2SRI), for sharing another brilliant audio comparison featuring benchmark portable radios: Medium wave selectivity shootout by Matt Blaze I did another monster medium wave portable receiver comparison, this time with the aim of comparing receivers' ability to deal with weak signals in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Matt-Blaze-Mediumwave-Radio-Comparison-Recordings-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Matt-Blaze-Mediumwave-Radio-Comparison-Recordings-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Matt-Blaze-Mediumwave-Radio-Comparison-Recordings-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Matt-Blaze-Mediumwave-Radio-Comparison-Recordings-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Matt-Blaze-Mediumwave-Radio-Comparison-Recordings-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46366,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/matts-marathon-mediumwave-matchup\/","url_meta":{"origin":46202,"position":1},"title":"Matt’s Marathon MediumWave Matchup","author":"Thomas","date":"November 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Matt Blaze (WB2SRI), who shares the following guest post: Matt's Marathon MediumWave Matchup by Matt Blaze Here's another simultaneous receiver comparison, this time of ten portable medium wave receivers plus the Icom IC-R9500 (as a \"reference receiver\"). 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Simply add the radio to our shopping cart and the price will be adjusted automatically. 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