On Feb 22, 10:51 am, wrote:
I have at least one or two old National Panasonic Radios which date back
to that era.I don't think I have one that is a World Boy
though.Yep,National Panasonic are good radios.When I was in the
Army,usually you would find me toting a little radio around in my shirt
pocket.
cuhulin

I'll have to go look again; maybe it is a real leather case. The
strap has a little pouch that still contains the earphone. It needs
an AC cord, though. I ordered one that fits a Transoceanic D7000,
American version. The dimensions appear to be right.
My wife was even impressed with the sound. She has it in the kitchen
now. Took it away from me. The power switch is a rocker type and is
smooth, along with the smooth slider volume control. The tone control
is interesting; it is a slider, but it must be tapped. At the far
left it's marked "news" and seems to accentuate the center audio
freqs; as the control is moved right, near the center it is marked
"soft" and the tone does soften. As the control is moved farther
right towards the area marked "music" the highs are brought out, and
are brought out very well. The dial lamp is out. I'll need to look
at that.

Sound quality on some of those old radios will amaze you.At Shannon
Wright Compound,I was sitting in one of our trucks with Martin,(he is an
Indian from Minnesota,not India Indian,American Indian) we was waiting
on some of our Helicopters to come in,so we could load them up again
with more Rockets and small arms Ammunition.I had my bigger portable
radio turned on,Motorola.He commented on how good my radio sounded.Real
pleasant mellow sound.
cuhulin

On Feb 22, 2:13 pm, "tack" wrote:
On Feb 22, 10:51 am, wrote:

I have at least one or two old National Panasonic Radios which date back
to that era.I don't think I have one that is a World Boy
though.Yep,National Panasonic are good radios.When I was in the
Army,usually you would find me toting a little radio around in my shirt
pocket.
cuhulin

I'll have to go look again; maybe it is a real leather case. The
strap has a little pouch that still contains the earphone. It needs
an AC cord, though. I ordered one that fits a Transoceanic D7000,
American version. The dimensions appear to be right.
My wife was even impressed with the sound. She has it in the kitchen
now. Took it away from me. The power switch is a rocker type and is
smooth, along with the smooth slider volume control. The tone control
is interesting; it is a slider, but it must be tapped. At the far
left it's marked "news" and seems to accentuate the center audio
freqs; as the control is moved right, near the center it is marked
"soft" and the tone does soften. As the control is moved farther
right towards the area marked "music" the highs are brought out, and
are brought out very well. The dial lamp is out. I'll need to look
at that.


Yeah, I guess it really is leather. it's just stiff like cardboard.
No cracks yet, maybe I out to treat it. Strap is clearly plastic
though.

www.ccrane.com doesn't know S..t about radios.I have owned two of
those no d..n good pieces of plastic Crap before.I sent them back to
Fortuna,California.Never,But Never buy anything fron ccrane dot Crap.
cuhulin

On Feb 22, 2:43 pm, wrote:
www.ccrane.com doesn't know S..t about radios.I have owned two of
those no d..n good pieces of plastic Crap before.I sent them back to
Fortuna,California.Never,But Never buy anything fron ccrane dot Crap.
cuhulin


Crane is heavily marketed in some venues. like late night talk radio.
Crane's stuff is made cheap overseas. I did buy one though, Many
years ago. The Sangean CCRadio. It's AM/FM/WX. It is pretty
sensitive and brings in the weather very well. That was the main
reason I bought it. I live in tornado country. Its main claim to
fame is its DX capabilities in those bands. Only 5 presets though.
Digital with alarm. I put in my order as soon as I heard about it,
and I got a very low serial number. But it was recalled for a defect;
I sent it back and it returned repaired. As far as it goes, it's OK,
but the sound quality is what you'd expect from a cheap plastic
portable made nowadays.
What is the problem with making good-sounding radios? Is it that they
don't want to use quality speakers, or push-pull audio circuits with
quality components? With current technology, good tone control ought
to be nothing.

On Feb 22, 2:43 pm, wrote:
www.ccrane.com doesn't know S..t about radios.I have owned two of
those no d..n good pieces of plastic Crap before.I sent them back to
Fortuna,California.Never,But Never buy anything fron ccrane dot Crap.
cuhulin


Of course I bought my radio many years ago. Crane used to have a good
reoutation. What happened; did he use to have a good supplier that
dried up? Sangean just put his name on their radio. Maybe Sangean
went to crap.

I think Wal Mart stores sell Bag Balm in the pets department.I have
never used it before and I don't know if it's good for treating
leather.Maybe some Saddle Soap would work ok.I have some old,old,old
Popular Mechanics and Popular Science and Science and Mechanics and
Mechanix Illustrated magazines here.I think I have seen some ads in
those old magazines before about a product that is suppose to be good
for treating and restoring leather seats in automobiles.I don't know if
the product is still available though.If there is a place near you that
sells Horse Tackle,ask them.
cuhulin

On Feb 22, 3:48 pm, wrote:
I think Wal Mart stores sell Bag Balm in the pets department.I have
never used it before and I don't know if it's good for treating
leather.Maybe some Saddle Soap would work ok.I have some old,old,old
Popular Mechanics and Popular Science and Science and Mechanics and
Mechanix Illustrated magazines here.I think I have seen some ads in
those old magazines before about a product that is suppose to be good
for treating and restoring leather seats in automobiles.I don't know if
the product is still available though.If there is a place near you that
sells Horse Tackle,ask them.
cuhulin



I went to that Crane website you gave me, and right there looks like
the radio that I bought from them many years ago. It is the same
style, knobs, etc. But subtle differences. In the picture where it
says DX mine says WX, and The one in the picture does not have
"SANGEAN" on it. It's that CCradio plus. I bet Crane went to a
cheapo asian manufacturer that cuts corners by cutting out quality. I
guess they make garbage now. I won't be buying from them in the
future. You know, in one of these forums I recall folks talking about
an antennae tuner or something like that put out by Crane, and they
were saying it was trash too.

Years ago,I bought one of those sangean radios that George ''Afraid of
Ouija Boards'' Noory and Art ''married a young Girl'' Bell and Popular
''Lieing A.s'' Science,maybe it was Popular ''Lieing A.s'' Mechanics
magazine Lied about) bragged about,AM/FM/a couple of tv channels and
weather band radio.That radio didn't show me s..t! I sent it back.Then I
bought a sangean ATS 909 AM/FM/Shortwave radio from those RIPP OFF
Liars,I sent that one back too.I suppose ccrane has my data in their
computers somewhere,or on hard paper.
cuhulin

On Feb 22, 5:23 pm, wrote:
Years ago,I bought one of those sangean radios that George ''Afraid of
Ouija Boards'' Noory and Art ''married a young Girl'' Bell and Popular
''Lieing A.s'' Science,maybe it was Popular ''Lieing A.s'' Mechanics
magazine Lied about) bragged about,AM/FM/a couple of tv channels and
weather band radio.That radio didn't show me s..t! I sent it back.Then I
bought a sangean ATS 909 AM/FM/Shortwave radio from those RIPP OFF
Liars,I sent that one back too.I suppose ccrane has my data in their
computers somewhere,or on hard paper.
cuhulin



I listened to Art bell a few days ago. He's asking folks (again) to
concentrate on using mind or thought control to ask the aliens to come
and show themselves. Some callers called in to say they saw the
UFO's. Bell is claiming success. What a bunch of nutjobs. Say, I
heard something a while back about Art Bell liking them young. Tells
about his character. I had surgery on my leg last month and can't
work yet (service connected disability) so i've been tuning the radio
a lot (various SW sets and old BC radios too).
But my older CCradio radio works well enough for the weather part, and
that's what I wanted it for. It's for the cellar. AM & FM also work
ok but nothing grand. Sure as hell not worth $169.00!!!!!!!!!! Did
you see what they cost now? what a rip