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CCRadio-2E Enhanced AM/FM/WX/2-Meter Ham w/NOAA Weather Alert

AM FM Portable Radio Designed for Long-Range Reception and Audio Clarity

The purpose of the CCRadio-2E is to make weak signals strong and also to produce crisp, accurate audio for the spoken word. AM performance comes from our patented Twin-Coil Ferrite® AM Antenna and traditional FM reception is exceptional in its ability to bring in a weak station clearly. Audio can be adjusted for accurate and warm voice rendition and good musical performance. This radio also has the weather band and alert along with the 2-meter Ham band. More information about the 2-Meter Ham Band can be found at CCRadio.com/2-meter.

Since the CCRadio’s original debut the external design has remained the same but there have been countless revisions inside to improve performance, durability and audio. It is one of the most popular portables manufactured and many experts feel it is the best AM radio made. It has evolved into C. Crane’s flagship radio.

This is one of the finest portables made and a personal favorite of mine. - Denis Korn

The CCRadio-2 comes in Black Mica and Titanium color.

Weight: 4 lbs (without optional batteries) Size: 11" W x 6.5" H x 4" D.

Input Power:	Power Cord: AC 120 Volts 60Hz Batteries: (4) D size (not included)
Power Consumption:	AC Power: 8 Watts Battery Power: 40-50 mA DC

What's in the Box:

CCRadio-2E
AC Power Cord
Instruction Manual
One Year Limited Warranty

Review from Radio Jay Allen:

For the past month I’ve been using C.Crane’s latest update to their flagship AM/FM portable radio – the CC Radio 2. This revised version is called the CC Radio 2E Enhanced and I’ll tell you right now, it is an immense step forward – most noticeably in its AM sound quality, but in several other respects as well. C.Crane has redesigned the radio’s circuits around an entirely new chip, so although the new version looks outwardly identical to the older CC-2 the radio has been thoroughly revamped.

The new CC Radio-2E is among the best sounding AM portables I own. It has rich audio with a nicely balanced frequency response, punchy bass and clear treble, and the bass and treble controls are now far more useful. Yes, you can still cut down the treble if you have a very noisy signal, but for most listening you will appreciate that the sound is now much more alive and open…for its size the radio pours out a very robust sound that is lots of fun to listen to. I put it side by side with a CC Radio-SW (noted for its excellent audio) and find the CC-2E sounds just as nice…maybe nicer. The two radios have a different frequency balance with the CC-SW giving a bit more midrange compared with the CC-2E’s more recessed midrange providing apparently greater bass and treble, but I can’t say one is better than the other…they are different but both excellent for portables. The CC-2 also competes well with the GE Superadios, also known for excellent sound…clearly the CC-2E is about as good as it gets for AM sound in this product category and that is an achievement.

RF Performance: This improved sound is especially exciting to me because the CC-2E is also as good as it gets for AM/FM reception in a portable*…it is super sensitive and achieves nice quiet backgrounds on medium to weak AM signals. Judging AM portables for sensitivity is best done in the daytime, listening to how much noise is present in the background of medium to weak signals. (You have to be in an area relatively free of RFI – Radio Frequency Interference to judge a radio’s sensitivity…if the background electrical noise is high it will become the limiting factor in reception and you will not be able to tell how low the noise floor of the radio is…see my article “Combating RFI” at the top of my home page).

FM reception has also been improved…comparing the CC-2E to my older CC-2 the enhanced model was still excellent in sensitivity but more selective…it was able to pull in some problem signals much more clearly and now ranks among the best FM portables I have tested.

Muting: One quibble…the new chip used in the CC-2E has muting which makes manual tuning irksome compared with the older model. It also suppresses the volume when you purposely tune slightly off the center of a signal, such as when trying to help with adjacent channel rejection. Luckily it does not seem to mute weaker signals as many current day radios with so-called “soft muting” do…the radio received signals right down into the band noise as well as or better than any radio I compared it to. So luckily it does not impact reception in most cases but it would be wonderful to be rid of it.