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January 25, 2013

CommRadio Introducing the CR-1 Tabletop SW Receiver

The CommRadio CR-1

Thanks, Vimal:

CommRadio is introducing the CR-1, a new tabletop shortwave receiver
Posted on January 25, 2013 by Thomas

http://swling.com/blog/2013/01/commradio-is-introducing-the-cr-1-a-new-tabletop-shortwave-receiver/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheSwlingPo

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Comments

They should put more thought into the user interface. The "BAND" label on the LCD is redundant. It should just be AM, FM, SW, or the Ham Bands LSB/USB. Instead of SW they use "INTL AM"!!

Also that radio station on 11.550 MHz is not Radio Azadi from Kuwait! It's WEWN from US in Spanish. Also does the radio have only 3 filters (AM: 10 kHz/SSB: 2.6 kHz/CW: 1 kHz)? Does it have PBT? What is the dynamic range? For $500 one would except something really good ...

Posted by: Paul | January 25, 2013 at 10:37 PM

Longwave coverage and synchronous detection would be nice features to have, especially in a $500 radio.

An SDR receiver should have far more than three IF filters. For listening to MW, 10 kHz is likely too wide unless a station is in the clear and 2.6 kHz is too narrow for good audio. Filters in the 6 kHz and 4 kHz ranges would be useful.

Posted by: Gary | January 26, 2013 at 12:23 AM

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Posted by: vimal oberoi | January 26, 2013 at 08:29 AM

Shortwave radios are obsolete. Nearly every station can be streamed to an iPod/iPhone. Plus, they don't broadcast much more than religious, rightwingnuts and propaganda over the air now.

Posted by: Ed | January 26, 2013 at 09:15 AM

I'm pretty sure that those are merely the default filters -- with SDR, filter widths can be set to arbitrary values. Also, note that it is far from just a SW receiver -- it receives MW, UHF, and VHF as well as HF. If this is well done, this could be a very convenient and useful receiver.

Posted by: Doug T. | January 26, 2013 at 09:58 AM

I found a lot of useful information about this rig in this thread:

http://forums.radioreference.com/software-defined-radio/256366-new-sdr-commradio-cr-1-a.html

Note that CommRadio is a spin off of a a well-respected radio designer "Aerostream Communications," which focuses on the government and military market.

This radio might be really good.

Posted by: Doug T. | January 26, 2013 at 10:12 AM

Help needed. Today my PL 390 seems to have frozen. Display screen shows:
temperature,
time(still,not blinking),
battery status(approximately 60%)
and lock icon.
It won't unlock,despite several trials.The cells were taken out and replaced with freshly charged 3AA 's,but to no avail.
Connected it to laptop USB,with charging cable,still same status.
It was workingly perfectly yesterday.
Any suggestions are welcome.

Posted by: vimal oberoi | January 28, 2013 at 06:16 AM

Left the radio without cells,and thank GOD, it has revived to blank screen; and with cells to normal operation.

Posted by: vimal oberoi | January 28, 2013 at 06:52 AM

First CR-1 prototype made it's way to good old Europe (Switzerland) for beta testing.

Site is in german language, Google translator will be your friend. Swiss shortwave enthusiast Fernando ("Fenu") will support CommRadio with software testing and hints from the european listener's point of view.

http://www.fenu-radio.ch/index4.htm#CR-1

Posted by: Andreas | February 13, 2013 at 08:07 AM

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