{"id":5458,"date":"2013-01-25T07:14:53","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T11:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=5458"},"modified":"2013-01-25T08:25:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T12:25:28","slug":"commradio-is-introducing-the-cr-1-a-new-tabletop-shortwave-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/commradio-is-introducing-the-cr-1-a-new-tabletop-shortwave-receiver\/","title":{"rendered":"CommRadio is introducing the CR-1, a new tabletop shortwave receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5460\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5460\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5460\" alt=\"The CommRadio CR-1\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/CR-1-300x131.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/CR-1-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/CR-1-100x43.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/CR-1.jpg 466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CommRadio CR-1<\/p><\/div>\n<p>US-based <a title=\"CommRadio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commradio.com\" target=\"_blank\">CommRadio<\/a> is introducing a new tabletop, SDR-based, shortwave receiver this year: the CR-1. <a title=\"CommRadio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commradio.com\" target=\"_blank\">Their website<\/a> has a few specifications and the video I&#8217;ve embedded below.<\/p>\n<p>The CR-1 receives the full medium wave and shortwave spectrum (.5-30 MHz), plus some portions of VHF and UHF (FM broadcast band, Aircraft, Marine, NOAA weather radio, GMRS and FRS services).<\/p>\n<p>The receiver architecture is a dual conversion super-heterodyne design with low-IF , I-Q digital sampling, 16 bit DSP with digital audio CODEC. \u00a0Their website also mentions\u00a0DSP algorithms for all demodulation: DSB-AM, SSB, CW, WBFM, NBFM and channel filtering.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HsTfgIM091Y\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other impressive features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can be powered from\u00a0USB or a 6-18 VDC power source (from a separate 2.1mm jack). \u00a0The CR-1 possibly has the most flexible power source I&#8217;ve ever seen in a shortwave receiver!<\/li>\n<li>The knobs are black anodized machined aluminium and front panel is powder coated machined aluminium; case is 20\u00a0gauge powder coated steel<\/li>\n<li>Three antenna inputs\n<ul>\n<li>BNC for HF\/MW<\/li>\n<li>3.5 mm audio jack (rated at 1000 Ohm,\u00a0for roll-up antennas or telescoping whip),<\/li>\n<li>BNC for VHF and UHF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Very portable size!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Full specs are available on their website:\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"CommRadio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commradio.com\" target=\"_blank\">commradio.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will also keep you posted with any future updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US-based CommRadio is introducing a new tabletop, SDR-based, shortwave receiver this year: the CR-1. Their website has a few specifications and the video I&#8217;ve embedded below. The CR-1 receives the full medium wave and shortwave spectrum (.5-30 MHz), plus some portions of VHF and UHF (FM broadcast band, Aircraft, Marine, NOAA weather radio, GMRS and [&hellip;]<\/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":[6,836,3,43,158],"tags":[1626,1625,1627,4108,157,4082,1628],"class_list":["post-5458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manufacturers","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-commradio","tag-commradio-cr-1","tag-cr-1","tag-new-products","tag-sdr","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-tabletop-receivers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1q2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9329,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/commradio-introduces-the-cr-1a\/","url_meta":{"origin":5458,"position":0},"title":"CommRadio introduces the CR-1a","author":"Thomas","date":"April 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Dave Zantow (N9EWO) for apprising me of an update to the CommRadio line: the new CommRadio CR-1a. 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CommRadio CR-1 By and large, new products on our radio receiver market these days tend to be SDRs or software-defined radios. \u00a0And it\u2019s a good thing: \u00a0by reinterpreting radio digitally, it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Manufacturers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Manufacturers","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/manufacturers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The CommRadio CR-1 software defined radio","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_2940-300x184.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22367,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/the-commradio-cr-1a-has-been-discontinued\/","url_meta":{"origin":5458,"position":3},"title":"The CommRadio CR-1a has been discontinued","author":"Thomas","date":"November 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors R. Lewis (KF5GV\/HS1) and Dave Zantow (N9EWO) who've both noted that the CommRadio CR-1a receiver has been listed as \"discontinued\" by Universal Radio, and HRO. I imagine CommRadio has stopped manufacturing the CR-1a as they gear up for production of the new\u00a0CTX-10 10 watt\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The CommRadio CR-1a","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CR-1a-left-front.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CR-1a-left-front.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CR-1a-left-front.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CR-1a-left-front.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5507,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/commradio-cr1-is-now-available-for-purchase\/","url_meta":{"origin":5458,"position":4},"title":"CommRadio CR1 is now available for purchase","author":"Thomas","date":"February 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"You can now\u00a0purchase the CommRadio CR1 (we recently mentioned) for $500 plus $12 shipping on CommRadio's\u00a0website. 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