Addressing our desire to see an extended comparison between the CCRadio 2E and the legendary Panasonic RF-2200, Don writes:
The RF 2200 has analog tuning that my tired old eyes had trouble reading, even with glasses.
On the other hand, the CCRadio 2e has bright green digital readings that are no problem. The only faults with the 2e,in my view are the following:
No toggle switch to change from "Time" to "Frequency" and the way the 2 meter memory scan is set up.
After about 10 seconds after finding an active channel, the display goes back to clock time and (at least on mine, before I sent it back,) the scan would not start once the channel had no traffic or carrier on it.
The analog readout on the 2200 is about the most accurate I've ever used.
In all fairness the CC is designed in such a way that it's easy to use for those who may have a problem working small controls and buttons, as well as trouble seeing a small readout. That's a wonderful thing and I wish more outfits would keep people with issues (for lack of a better word) in mind.
I can see how the dial on the 2200 could cause some people problems. My eyesight was never that great to begin with. Over time and through dialing around on radios that have a less than accurate and/or rather vague tuning readouts I've learned to tune by ear.
Posted by: Drive-In-Freak | March 30, 2014 at 09:50 PM