{"id":8527,"date":"2014-01-07T10:48:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T14:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8527"},"modified":"2014-01-07T10:50:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T14:50:17","slug":"commradio-cr-1-and-wrth-power-outage-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/commradio-cr-1-and-wrth-power-outage-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"CommRadio CR-1 and WRTH: Power outage essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLike much of North America, we’re currently experiencing record low temperatures and strong winds here at our mountain home. This morning, I woke to no power and no Internet. My iPhone still works though, hence the ability to publish this post.<\/p>\n

But no power is really no problem when it comes to SWLing. Indeed, for those living in urban areas, power outages represent temporary refuge from all of those electronic noises (RFI) that plague daily listening.<\/p>\n

I’ve spent the morning SWLing with my CommRadio CR-1. The beauty of the CR-1 is that it can operate for hours on its internal battery and can also be charged\/powered via USB or anything from a 6V to 18v DC power source. I’m currently charging the CR-1’s battery from our solar-powered battery bank. It makes me realize that the CR-1 is an ideal, top-shelf radio for off-grid DXing.<\/p>\n

Additionally, I received my 2014 WRTH yesterday in the post. The WRTH is always a welcome delivery, but this morning was even more appreciated since it requires no power source whatsoever to work!<\/p>\n

No power? No worries! With a WRTH and CommRadio CR-1 combo, I’m a happy listener!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like much of North America, we’re currently experiencing record low temperatures and strong winds here at our mountain home. This morning, I woke to no power and no Internet. My iPhone still works though, hence the ability to publish this post. But no power is really no problem when it comes to SWLing. Indeed, for […]<\/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":[3,553,26,129,43,158],"tags":[1626,1625,1627,2175,4103,193,2470],"class_list":["post-8527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-preparedness","category-radios","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-commradio","tag-commradio-cr-1","tag-cr-1","tag-off-grid-radio","tag-preparedness","tag-wrth","tag-wrth-2014"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2dx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13448,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/used-commradio-cr-1-at-universal-radio-for-379\/","url_meta":{"origin":8527,"position":0},"title":"Used CommRadio CR-1 at Universal Radio for $379","author":"Thomas","date":"June 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"While browsing\u00a0the Universal Radio used equipment index\u00a0during lunch, I noticed Universal\u00a0currently has a used CommRadio CR-1 (not the CR-1a) for $379.95. 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