C. Crane CC Shortwave Reel Antenna

This does help to bring in stations that are on the edge of regular receprtion with your radio. Not fantastic, but it does help for clarity.

I connected to my old Heathkit GC-1000 “Most Accurate Clock” initially, as it has always had reception problems in this apartment. Not sure how much it improved things but after resyncing to WWV when powered on a mysterious 10 minute offset that suddenly appeared last year vanished (I suspect that was more due to the reset than the antenna though). I purchased this clock (and RS-232 option) for my Western Digital Pascal MicroEngine, after getting tired of manually typing the date and time every time I bootstrapped the computer. While I quit using the MicroEngine in 1991 and donated it to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA in 2008, I have kept the Heathkit GC-1000 “Most Accurate Clock” running all these years. Will see how the antenna continues on the Heathkit clock and eventually on the C Crane CC Skywave as I figure out more of its capabilities.

Awesome simply Awesome used it on my last camping trip in the mountains. Usually you can only get two FM stations, but this time I got five or six. All of the stations were perfectly clear also. I'm very happy with this addition to my radio.

Works really well. It provided me with a noticeable difference in reception. Made some channels seem like it was a local station.

Cheaply made antenna, the antenna clamp was too large to fit over any of my portables, a long piece of cooper wire worked great. Another gadget for my junk drawer.

Using this with my CCrane Skywave radio and the Tectun 880. Attaches to the antenna of the radio, then unreel it as far as possible, hooking the reel end to a tree branch with the clip, or some object inside the house. Outside is always better. The combination of longer antenna length, as well as the capacitor attaches in series with the reel antenna definitely works to bring in distant short wave stations. Not for AM broadcast band on either of these radios, as in this mode they are connected only to the internal ferrite antenna, not the external whip antenna.

Works well

This shortwave antennae helps many stations to play on my new shortwave radio. Better than what I expected. Very concise instructions to understand. Love it. Let the company know that it is a great but. Plus it came earlier than expected. Being used.