mitbr
Active Member
I have this radio and live in a hurricane zone. Works very well and hears everything you need for an emergency and runs forever on a couple AA batteries.The CCrane Skywave SSB 2 receives AM, FM, SW, HF SSB, weather and airband, has an adaptor and socket for plugging in a wire antenna and will run for about 60 hours on a couple of AA batteries. That would be my recommendation for an emergency radio.
My thoughts about it are here: Checking out the new C.Crane CC Skywave SSB 2
My preference for an emergency radio would be to go for the radio performance first and then figure out a way to power it with crank or solar recharging.
You might also be interested in this, regarding "What do you want in your radio kit bag when faced with a longer duration, more severe regional or national emergency?" : The fertilizer hits the fan radio kit
Cheers, Jock
Tim