Not many people are really prepared for a disaster, especially in areas where they aren’t common. Maybe folks in areas where there are regular hurricanes, tornadoes or winter storms that shut everything down have a good handle on being prepared or people like the Preppers, but the rest of us find it easy to slack on […]
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What is Shortwave?
Shortwave radio is a radio transmission using shortwave frequencies, generally 1.6–30 MHz (187.4–10.0 m), just above the medium wave AM broadcast band. Many of SW’s properties are similar to AM like the ability for the signal to travel long distances. Since the early 1900’s, there have been significant advances in radio. One of the biggest advances that has […]
The Reviews Are In
We thought you might like to see what others are saying about the CC Skywave. It’s one thing when we tell you what we think, but it’s a whole different story when customers and media give you their feedback. Below are a few highlights. Customer Reviews: The Ultimate Travel Radio After putting this radio through […]
C. Crane’s Been Busy!
C. Crane took a short blogging break to work on exciting new radio and audio projects. We sure do feel like hard working elves in our tech shop but the work pays off. Here’s a look at what we’ve been up too. The new WiFi Internet Radio; the CC WiFi 2 was released in October. […]
C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 25!
Congratulations to yesterday’s winner Bob Confer for winning the CC Solar Observer AM/FM/Weather Windup Emergency Radio, Matthew Phillips for winning the Power Vivid® A15 LED Bulb (Warm White) and Matt for winning the GeoBulb®-II LED Light Bulb True Color. Today’s Blog Topic is: What is your favorite movie? Today’s giveaways are the CC SW Pocket […]
C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 20!
Today’s Blog Topic is: What is your favorite holiday and why? Today’s giveaways are the CC SW Pocket AM/FM/SW Radio, the Sun’s Dusk LED Accent Light Bulb and the GeoBulb®-II LED Light Bulb True Color. To participate all you have to do is leave a comment on today’s blog post. We will select three comments […]
C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 13!
We have had a great time reading everyone’s comments here at C. Crane! Today’s Blog Topic is: If you could put two talk show hosts in a debate with each other, who would they be and what would they debate? Today’s giveaways are the CC SW Pocket AM/FM/SW Pocket Radio and a Power Vivid® BR40 […]
C. Crane’s 30 Year Anniversary- 30 Days of Giveaways, Day 8!
Congratulations to Gerbilpractice for winning the CC Gozo and Susan Rittenhouse winner of the GeoBulb® II LED Light Bulb. Today’s giveaways are the CC Solar Observer and a CC Sun’s Dusk LED Bulb. Comment on today’s blog for a change to win. Today’s blog topic: What is your favorite memory of summer, past or present? The winners will […]
Fun with Radio Waves – By Gordon West, WB6NOA
Radio waves are invisible and travel at the speed of light. We are surrounded by harmless radio waves, sent out from TRANSMITTERS aboard satellites as well as those tall antenna towers you see on the horizon. Because radio waves rapidly decrease in intensity with the square of the distance traveled, we are safe from this […]