Comm Radio CR-1A Communications Receiver, With fully disclosed Interface Protocol for 3rd party developers and even has a Spectral Display when hooked up to a PC – if needed. The CR-1a SDR is a small, low-power, ruggedly constructed radio receiver that is finding a niche in the world of SWL’s (short wave listeners) and amateur radio enthusiasts alike. Not only does it cover the Shortwave frequencies but FM Broadcast, Airband & VHF/UHF too, albeit at reduced sensitivity and performance (see specs below). It’s even got a built-in Li-Ion battery pack allowing true portability for up to eight hours of use. (Even more using headphones).

The company behind it are designers of miniature wideband signal intelligence receivers, developed for special-operations units, and rugged business-jet data-link transceivers. How good is that?

The CR-1 SDR is independent of a host PC, using embedded digital signal processing technology providing a degree of portability and performance previously unavailable to the radio enthusiast. There are many thousands of listeners that want a modern approach to receiver design without the complexity, cost and PC-only driven products available on the market today.

As one potential customer noted: “It’s an SDR with knobs, keys, and a display!” We couldn’t agree more. Book mark this page and check out the video’s in the tab below.

And another thing. Why the BIG FEET? When CommRadio designed this compact marvel they wanted to fit a decent speaker. So they did and by raising the body off the desk it would actually produce nice loud crisp audio. They even thought of that too.