C. Crane CC Pocket AM FM and NOAA Weather Radio with Clock and Sleep Timer

I love this radio. They pretty much thought of every feature you need in a pocket radio.There is a lockout switch so you don't accidently switch stations, but allows you to still adjust the volume.There are 5 memory store buttons for AM and FM and are a great way to quickly check your favorite stations.Uses 2 AA batteries that last for like 70 plus hours on Alkaline.Speaker/Mono/Stereo (headphones) switchYou can tune up and down manually or scan by holding the up or down tuning buttons and radio will stop on the next active station. You can then store the station by holding one of the 5 memory keys (hold until it beeps) to store it into memory.The 3 position Speaker/Mono/Stereo (Headphone) switch (in Mono you can hear everything with just 1 earbud) came in handy because I took an old pair of stereo buds and cut off one side to use as mono buds for safety when I'm walking. With the switch on mono I'll hear both channel contents in one ear. Not necessary on AM but essential on FM. The radio comes with a nice pair of C Crane stereo earbuds that sound great and are a nice added feature.The clock keeps good time and stays on even when radio is off, I like that feature. I've been using the original 2 AA batteries for over 3 weeks and still shows full on display. Another nice feature so you know if you need to replace batteries when they get low and aren't surprised when it just stops working like most other radios.The speaker is small but sounds great for voice and ok for music, no real bass but sounds good for the size and is plenty loud for normal listening. I often just stick in my pocket when I'm working out in the yard and can hear it just fine.The reception on AM is fantastic it's like a pocket DX radio, it's reception is as good if not slightly better than my Eton Executive Satellit. Since it's digital it doesn't drift and there is a signal strength meter like a cell phone so you can vary the orientation of the radio to get a maximum signal. Additionally you can adjust tuning between 1 and 10 khz to fine tune in a distant station as well as adjust the bandwidth between 2.5 and 4 khz (2.5 is great for distant stations while 4 is great for local). All the adjustment are made with the memory keys on the front panel and all the combos are printed on the back of the battery cover, so you'll always have them handy.There is also a Weather band with Alert feature. I never use the alert feature but the weather radio is useful and would be handy in a weather emergency. I do need the plug in antenna wire to get good reception on the weather channels but sounds good when you do.The FM reception is excellent as well, I can receive all my local stations without the plug in wire antenna, when you use headphones they act as a FM antenna and the radio does output in Stereo (make sure you switch Speaker/Headphone to Stereo) and sounds great no hiss like some cheaper pocket radios have.This radio is the best pocket radio I ever owned. It just works and sounds great to me.The only Con but also a nice feature is it's Sleep timer (90/60/30/15/120 mins). It's the only negative about the radio in that when the sleep timer turns the radio off it makes a pop sound, which is a little loud and could possibly wake you in a typical quiet room. If they fix that annoyance I would have no cons for the radio, and if you don't use the sleep timer it's a non-issue.The price is a little high at $65 but the radio is totally worth it. It's small and well made and looks like it will last a long time and has a nice U shaped rubber bumper around the sides and bottom of the radio. Now that I own it I totally love it and I would highly recommend it.

Nice machine. good reception.

I purchased this as a birthday gift. It was a great gift. He really enjoyed the sound.

There are many reviews on this radio, which is considered one of the best pocket radios out there. I will not go into detail, but at a high level:• Great build quality.• Great sensitivity on FM and WB. Not bad on AM, but there's only so much you can do with this size radio on MW.• Speaker sound is decent for a small radio, but it shines when using headphones.• An intuitive user interface with a decent feature set.• Good battery life on AA batteries. A must for me since I want to be able to replace batteries on the fly when traveling.One negative - my copy is plagued by the volume issue that appears to be common after the volume dial was redesigned. When using headphones, the volume goes from 0 to annoyingly loud. I purchased an inline volume control for the headphones, which solved the problem, but the volume should work out of the box.So, while annoyed by the volume issue, I am happy with the radio and use it on my train commute to work.

Have lots of different radios and transceivers and this is the best small pocket receiver I have yet to own right out of the box. Very intuitive controls and display.25 memories for AM and 25 for FM. AM tuning by either 10 or 1khz, narrow filter to take the harshness out of weak/ static stations to name a few features.Compared this radio against other portable radios including the PL-660 and a couple weather radios.Indoor: FM stations came in same as the PL660 ( obviously sound thru Crane is best for voice)Indoor: AM stations, almost the same as PL660. The signal strength was less on Crane so not as good S/N ratio. Use of the selectable narrow AM filter (2.5khz) helps with the thin sound on weak stations.Indoor: Weather radio picked up same and did slightly better on stations than the mediocre Midland Weather Radio WR120b using the 32” ish included earphone jack antenna (see pic)Can also attach the included earphones to use as antenna for WB and FM.Outdoors: Am & FM perform quite well if away from power lines/ distribution.Outdoors: The real surprise was how well the Weather Band portion performed outside. Picked up 5 of the 7 NOAA stations in my “Area” using the included antenna.Farthest station was 78 miles away ( weak but very intelligible) Use will be for remote camping that the ollllddd Radio Shacks and the Mickey Mouse Midland that never worked in remote areas.This Crane Pocket Radio is for very specific uses so don’t expect this to be the same as a larger radio with better specs but for taking up very little space, it is great!