C. Crane CC Radio-2E Enhanced Portable AM FM Weather and 2-Meter Ham Band (Titanium) CC2TE

I bought this before hurricane Dorian was supposed to pass us by because I did not have a decent battery powered radio with me. I picked this particular model because it can receive the 2 meter ham band and also because it has the tone controls on it. The built in antenna works just fine and I can pickup all of the FM stations in our area with ease. I have not tried AM. There are two screw terminals for an external AM antenna, there is also a bar antenna internal to the radio for AM so you do not have to provide an antenna for AM. The radio sounds great with the bass and treble adjusted to taste. It only has one, monaural speaker, but on the FM band you can listen in stereo with a pair of headphones. I really like this feature. It has a clock with alarm functionality. I keep the radio next to my bed on the nightstand and the clock is nice to have. The backlight on the LCD does not turn off or dim automatically, which may be a problem. For me, it is not. I have not tried the alarm, but I have used the weather band alert function. The weather alert has a few settings; it can beep and allow you to turn on the radio, or it can turn on the radio automatically and you will hear the NOAA station's update. There are two things I don't like about this radio. The first is the lack of squelch control on the ham band. So, if you use the ham band, be prepared to listen to a lot of static. Second, if you use the weather alert mode and you leave the radio unplugged, the batteries will go dead in about 3-4 weeks even without ever turning on the radio. This radio can be powered off of mains AC (110V, 60Hz) or 4, "D" cell batteries. The radio will automatically switch to battery power when the AC power fails even if the AC cord is attached. This is great because you will not lose your presets or alarm, etc., if the power goes out. This is a no frills, reasonably well built radio. It serves my needs perfectly and I hope it will last me a long time.

Loved this radio right out of the box ! Beautifully designed, with basic simple controls. Well made, user friendly, and sounds GREAT! Thank You C. Crane !

I had an older CCRadio for many years and recently decided to get this newer model and sell the older one on an auction site, which I did successfully. This one one is very similar, but adds the HAM radio band. I doubt I will use that much but I guess it's nice to have. I also opted for the Titanium color versus the Black one that I had previous. I like the new color, it looks very sharp although the unit I received did have a slight manufacturing defect-there is a mar near the LCD window where it looks like they nicked it during assembly. This for me is not enough of an issue to hassle in sending it back in for a replacement however. The radio sounds and performs wonderful. I don't have any issues in my location with reception anyway but the reception seems quite strong and the speaker on it is great for both talk radio and music. It is very clear and can fill the room with audio nicely. I'm using this mostly as a clock radio and it works very well for that. I also use the sleep function often when it's nice to be able to fall asleep listening to the radio, without having to worry about having to shut it it off later. I only wish this had Bluetooth functionality so I could pair my iPhone to the speaker and use it to play music. That would be very cool. This radio is also a bit pricey. Note, this radio takes .6 watt of power when off but when you have the weather alert feature activated, it adds 1 more watt. I wish it was a bit less, but I can understand why this is: the weather alert receiver needs to be constantly on and scanning in order to be able to receive any weather alerts. I guess it's worth it, especially in the winter and since I live right on the coast. This amount of 'vampire' draw probably equates to less than $2.00 a year in electricity.

Radio exceeds my expectations. Clarity of am stations is outstanding. I like the snooze timer for night time listening.

We got this for when our internet is down. We live in a very rural area so getting NOAA weather is a must. This radio surprised me in that it gets the emergency weather with the antenna retracted in the case, and gets it perfectly. The sound quality is very good considering it's a table top radio, and it does get quite loud without distortion. Easy to tune, nice to have a lockout feature to keep you from turning it on/killing the battery. Also nice having a dimmable backlight. Nice having quick presets and very nice in an emergency to have it monitor weather and let you know when an alert comes. I did get some SW stations in the evening, a better antenna is a must here. All in all very happy !

This is my second one with the original one being knocked off the counter and breaking after 19 years of use. 19 years ya'll. The old one had the analog TV channels but this new one does not (duh, don't exist anymore) replaced with VHF HAM Radio bands. AM pulls in stations pretty good but the addition of an AM external antenna puts it in another league. FM pretty good but at certain times of day here in Savannah GA we get some station bleed over from more stronger stations. Again, the addition of an external FM antenna would correct this. Sound quality is great for a plastic box. The 4 D cell batteries last a couple days so the (included) AC power cord is a requirement. The weather stations are pre-set so look up your location and set to that one. Be careful if you set up the automatic weather alert. This thing will go off at anytime the NOAA pushes out an alert and will scare the be-jezzus out of you in the middle of the night. The clock and clock radio work. All in all this is a fine instrument to pull in distant radio signals.

Damaged in shipping, amazon has changed the refund date to a few weeks further out, defiantly better to buy from Walmart dot com that Walmart has a instore fast return refund policy, this is a $50.00 radio selling for $200.00 ripoff. C.Crane radios are made in China, made with cheap parts inside, very height markup, looking on E-bay these radios have a problem with the led screen stops working and the on/off button stops working. Priced at $200, I expected this radio to be made in the USA and being high quality made.

Buyers should be aware that the Treble and Bass knobs are very fragile, they may be made from egg shells. In the 7 years I have this radio 2 knobs one Treble and one Bass knob have broken. At $19 each knob, total $38 for knobs that should never have broken in the first place, that seems like a lot. Shipping was approximately $13 exorbitantly high for such a light weight and small knob to ship, each time a knob broke. I still don't know how either knob broke, I think over time the cheap plastic just became brittle and they just fell apart. Poor quality for important control knobs. The sound quality with the Aux. hole in the back is much lower quality sound than from the radio. I tried listening to Pandora thru the Aux. input and it sounded terrible. This radio is a solidly built, for the most part, storm radio with good AM/FM, Weather & 2 Meter Band reception. I think with an analog screen it would eat less battery. It does eat D batteries, so you better have a good supply of D Batt's before the storm sets in. For this reason, I feel this Radio is best used when plugged into AC power. I used this during Hurricane Sandy black out and many Black outs over time and it pulls in the signal very well. The reception is the radio's strongest asset. The mesh screen has started to rust over time, not sure why, since it has never been exposed to direct rain. I had higher expectations from a radio in this price point and was not expecting the problems I have had and the poor customer service that has been provided for what I consider a manufacturers defects. I would love to have given the C Crane a 5 star rating but, had to deduct one star for weak plastic that will fail over time and another star for their poor customer service. If I had known in advance about the knobs being prone to breakage, I would have purchased another radio.